There are so many black skin care products we use on a daily basis and think nothing about. We take for granted that the body lotions, shampoos and any other black skin care product we buy are good for us and that we shouldn't be afraid that some might cause long term problem. The truth is, many of them can be harmful.
Commercial deodorants, hair spray, nail polish, perfumes, hand and body lotions all contain what are called phthalates. This chemical has been known to cause birth defects and has shown up in higher than normal levels in pregnant women. Many might say to simply using treatments with phthalates, but the problem is that not all treatments list them on their labels.
One could also think that by walking into a health food store and simply getting "all natural" cosmetics could easily solve the problem. The bottom line is this is a lot more difficult than you could imagine. Much of this is due to companies wanting to cash in on the movement towards "all natural" products. Just because a product declares there are one or two natural products in it, such as lavender or aloe, does not a safe product make. Get in the habit of reading labels, take a close look at what is going into the product you are buying and don't take the advertisement's word for it that all the ingredients are safe.
The best thing you can do for yourself is to become an informed consumer. Read the labels on the black skin care products you buy, become familiar with the terminology. Hand and body lotions are probably the easiest items to find with truly all natural ingredients. The difficulty comes when looking for a black skin care product such as makeup. There are very few companies out there that offer true all natural products. However, there are companies that make an honest attempt to keep their black skin care products as natural as possible. Some of these companies are Origins, Aveda, and Clarins.
A happy, healthy consumer is a well informed consumer. Don't take the advertising hype and labels as the gospel truth. Dig deeper, read the labels carefully, scrutinize the ingredients. Be aware that some ingredients in the black skin care product you are purchasing can cause allergic reactions. Some of the ingredients attributed to allergic reactions are jojoba oil, tea tree oil, and lavender. Do a test patch on your skin first before you start using the product, you don't want to end up with a nasty rash, or in the worst case scenario, in a hospital.
For more info, see Black Skin Care and Black Skin Care Product. Ron King is a web developer; visit his website Skin Care.
Copyright 2007 Ron King. This article may be reprinted if the resource box is left intact and the links live.
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