Natural Skin Care

Care for Yourself With Natural Safe And Pure Products

Natural pure and safe skin care by Zija International — Protect Your Family with Natural Skincare

Natural skincare is the most important issue in beauty therapy as more and more consumers become aware of the hazardous, toxic chemicals in their skin care and personal care products. Consumers have realised that government regulations for the ingredients in cosmetics are 40 years out of date. Throughout the world there is wide variety in government regulations on cosmetics. The European Union leads the way with an amended Cosmetic Directive banning chemicals known or suspected of causing cancer, birth defects or genetic mutations. Alas, other governments are woefully slow to take action.

Why are hazardous chemicals in cosmetic products? Producers of cosmetics are under regulated as 40 years ago products applied to the skin were NOT thought to have an impact on the body. The skin was thought to be a barrier to the chemical additives.

However, today we know differently. Medications are now produced on skin patches for rapid absorption into the body.

Toxins and Hazardous Chemicals in Skin Care and Personal Care Products

Within everyday skin care or personal products that women, men, children and babies are exposed to every day there have been found up to 10,500 additives. And I do mean additives some are additives for your car radiator and you put that on your skin!!! Only 11% of these additives have been tested for safety.

Recent studies by the Environment Working Group found the following results in personal care products:

60% had compounds that disrupt hormones in the body
56% contained chemicals that helped other chemicals penetrate quicker and deeper into your body
45% of products could be harmful to your reproductive capacity or harm an unborn baby’s development
33% had ingredients linked to cancer

Unfortunately hairdressers, cosmeticians and manicurists are exposed to these chemical daily. These 3 professions have been shown to have 4 times the likely development of bone tumours or myeloma than the population at large. Women using hair dye are 50% more likely to develop non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Occupational health studies in relation to products used within the beauty industry revealed that of 2,983 chemicals studied 884 were found to be hazardous causing one or more of the following: biological or reproductive mutations, acute toxicity, tumours and cancer causing plus eye and skin irritations.

This is a TOXIC NIGHTMARE that we expose ourselves to on a constant basis. What can you do to safe guard yourself and your loved ones?

How to Choose a Safe Skin Care Product

Examine the product labels on these goods within your household, mouthwash, toothpaste, shampoo, body lotion, baby lotion, soap, lipstick and hair conditioner. What you will find is a toxic cocktail of chemicals.

There are a host of chemicals to avoid but the following list is a good starting point: isopropyl alcohol, aluminum, benzyl alcohol, cationic surfactants, coal tar, diethanolamine, ethanol, formaldehyde, hydroquinone, imidazolidinyl urea, lead, mercury, p-phenylenediamine, paraben derivatives, petroleum distillates, phthalates, poltethylene glycol (PEG), quaternary ammonium compounds, silica, sulphates, synthetic fragrances, toluene, triclosan, triethanolamine and the list goes on. Look for a future post on Skin Care Toxins.

My best advice is to carefully select a company committed to protecting the health of you and your family. Look for a company that has signed the “Guideline for Safe Cosmetics” from the Natural Products Association.

XanGo LLC Signs Compact For Safe Cosmetics

Green Technology Brings Out Mangosteen Oil from Zija International — Pericarp Oil of Mangosteen

In 2008, XanGo LLC signed the Natural Products Association’s “Compact for Safe Cosmetics”. This means if you are searching for a natural safe skin care or personal care product then XanGo products are manufactured to the highest standards to protect you and your loved ones.

All XanGo products meet the standards from the Natural Products Association and are toxin free for your protection.

At the time of writing XanGo has a range of natural skin care products “Glimpse” is the brand name and a range of natural skin care products with the brand name “Juni”. All XanGo products are based around the powerful plant nutrients found within mangosteen.