Sea salt, herbs, honey, milk and citrus fruits were all used by the ancients as beauty treatments and were the best herbal skin care available at the time. These were promptly forgotten in the subsequent and twentieth centuries as new and more exciting mineral oils, preservatives and other chemicals were thought to be the magic answer.
Lactic acid (alpha hydroxyl acid) in the form of dairy and milk products was thought to be effective as it can open the pores. In fact the AHAs are still used to peel away the outer layer of skin to-day to give a fresher look. These are now regarded as NOT being safe as they expose the skin to infection and toxins. The Cancer Prevention Coalition has warned that cosmetic products containing these are risky and may lead to cancer and other diseases.
This is one of the reasons why herbal skin care has now taken the cosmetic world by storm. There is sound scientific backing for this. These derivatives from plants, flowers, seeds and nuts are as skin friendly as we can get. They work with the skin and are in marked contract to chemicals which can cause allergic reactions and can even cause dermatitis and other skin breakouts which are so disappointing for the consumer.
The best products which are used in herbal skin care today have ingredients like shea butter, phytessence wakame, avocado oil, manuka honey and grapeseed oil.
There are also innovative ingredients like Xtend TK which can get collagen growing again and will not cause any adverse reaction at all. The phytessence wakame is derived from an algae and is rich in minerals and vitamins and in fact can reduce the depletion of our hyaluronic acid.
These are the ingredients which represent the very best in herbal skin care.
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