The skincare cosmetics industry is one industry that has many dirty little secrets. Looking from the outside as a consumer there's so much we don't know about the companies that make the many products that we use daily.
If you really think about it, we are exposing ourselves to so many chemicals on a daily basis that it's scary just thinking about it.
The average person uses 7 products daily. That includes the day cream, night cream, perfume, make up, cleanser, toothpaste and roll on; and if you really want to go overboard you add a mouth wash, and body wash and an exfoliating cleanser and facial masks that's used every so often.
That's a lot of products that contain a lot of chemicals that are absorbed into our body through the skin pores.
But do you really know what most of these products contain?
Most people don't, if they did then they would definitely freak out. I know I did when I found out.
A few years ago I did a bit of research of the ingredients that are used in aging skincare products and I discovered something really shocking.
Here are just a few of the unbelievable things I discovered:
1. Companies use cancer causing substances like methyl paraben,propyl paraben, ethyl paraben and Nitrosamines in their products because they are cheap ingredients.
2. Many of the cosmetic brands, including the famous ones, use mineral oil in their moisturizers despite the fact that mineral oil, which is a byproduct of petroleum (gas) causes premature aging of skin.
3. Many of the so called natural skin care products available today actually contain only small amount of natural substances and unfortunately these are the ingredients that are used as a front to attract more customers.
There are many more shocking discoveries I made about skincare cosmetics including the famous brands we love so much.
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