Green Beaver Daily Facial Cleanser with purifying grapefruit & soothing aloe
July 30, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
A wonderful, clean product worth tracking down. Discover the virtues of aloe vera. Aloe vera has long been recognized as a herbal remedy for various skin problems such as eczema and psoriasis. Green Beaver’s soothing aloe vera based facial care products were specifically formulated for the most sensitive skin. They are extremely gentle, soothing and 100% natural!
Their facial products contain an air-dried 200X aloe concentrate. Air-drying does not denature the skin soothing ingredients found in the aloe. Each 120 ml product contains the equivalent of 1.0 Litre aloe gel actives! Ideal for sensitive or troubled skin.
Purifying grapefruit enzymes gently dissolve and remove impurities. Their unique foaming aloe gel will soothe and leave your skin hydrated. Enriched with chamomile to help calm irritated skin. Suitable for sensitive or troubled skin including eczema and psoriasis prone skin, as the citrus extract makes is a natural antibacterial solution and the aloe has anti-inflammatory properties. Light-textured, non-greasy and fragrance-free.
100% NATURAL, BIODEGRADABLE, VEGAN AND GLUTEN-FREE
Tracie Martyn Enzyme Exfoliant
June 11, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
This is a lovely product with clean but powerful ingredients.
Product Description
This complexion savior comes closest to a “Facial in a Jar”™. Known as the “Red Carpet Secret” for brightening the faces, décolletés and arms of Oscar nominees, winners and presenters, this multiple benefit product targets wrinkles, large pores and brown spots with dermatological strength ingredients. While it delivers amazing results this natural product feels luxurious, cooling and calming. Editorial reviews: “It leaves my skin glowing” says Susan Sarandon. ‘There are amazing ingredients in this very effective mask-every exfoliant from salicylic acid to pineapple enzymes to malic, tartaric and lactic acids! This is the equivalent of a doctors microdermabrasion…’” Voted 50 Best Anti-aging Beauty Finds.
Indications
Powerful enzymes, botanical skin lighteners and balanced fruit acids combine in a synergistic formula aimed at gently, yet efficiently resurfacing the skin: softening fine lines and wrinkles, minimizing large pores and safely lightening the complexion. This unique facial treatment while deeply cleansing and exfoliating is also designed to actually calm the skin, reducing redness and sensitivity. Recommended for all skin types including customers trying to avoid glycolic and/or retinol products due to their potential of causing redness, burning and stinging in certain sensitive individuals.
Ingredients
Gently exfoliating and anti-inflammatory Pineapple Enzymes (activate a gentle, yet thorough exfoliation without the risk of irritation), Botanical Skin Lighteners (provide a safe alternative to harmful chemical skin lighteners with maximum efficacy), re-texturizing Alpha-Beta Hydroxy Acids (exfoliate without the irritation often caused by glycolic products), Botanical Oxygen (discourages bacterial growth and improves skin’s metabolism), a stimulating and refreshing blend of exotic essential oils (calm the mind and soothe the skin while naturally preserving the product).
Skin Care Products For Men
March 25, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Back when I was young, a long time ago, mens skin care
products generally consisted of shaving cream. Skin care for men wasn’t heard of, and men couldn’t have cared less.
Now mens skincare products are hot, and selling extremely well, and for good reason. Mens fashion/grooming is part of the new paradigm for men.
All those years ago things were different. Men were men. They ate a lot of steak, went camping and shooting a lot and only visited the doctor if they were about to die. Mens skin care? What was that? I use shaving cream don’t I?
Mens fashion was a new pair of jeans. And maybe a new pair of boots every now and then, when their toes were showing through the old ones. To go with the new pair of jeans.
Men’s grooming, and mens fashion, and for that matter mens health, have come a long way. I, for one, now visit the doctor regularly for checkups, keep fit, and take care of my skin with good quality mens skincare products. My father has had skin cancer and I need to take care of my skin as much as anyone.
That’s not because I want to keep up with the latest mens fashion, I’m way too old for fashion. It’s because I recognise that taking care of our skin, for a man, is a health issue. For my part, after being burned many times before anyone even knew how bad sunburn was for the skin, taking care of my skin now may prevent fatal skin cancer.
It’s never too late.
Mens skin care is also about looks though for many modern men. Mens fashion in the 21st century is also about anti aging and youthful looks, like it is for women.
It’s not good enough now for men to use a good shaving cream, buy themselves a new pair of jeans every other year, and eat steak every second night.
There’s now available a wide range of high quality mens grooming and anti aging and skin care products. Men can take care of their hair with good hair care products, nail care products help take care of their nails, and good skin care products help men take care of their skin. Mens grooming products are slowly catching up to womens grooming products with increasing sales and increased quality.
However note that I said “high quality” skin care products for men.
The “high quality” part is extremely important. There are many skin care and anti aging products on the market that are not “high quality”.
Unfortunately big brand name mens skin care products and mens anti aging products share many characteristics with popular womens anti aging products.
They don’t work very well, or at all, and are overpriced, often by necessity to pay for all that overhyped TV advertising using highly paid big name stars.
But worst of all, many of the ingredients used in skin care products in general can be suspect or downright harmful to our health, and skin. And that includes popular mens skin care products too.
Luckily there are companies that are producing highly effective and very cost competitive natural skin care products, including mens anti aging products.
And they are highly cost competitive too, primarily because these companies don’t spend up big on TV advertising, which is why you’ve probably never heard of them.
They produce natural skin care products using natural non toxic ingredients, and these include natural mens skin care products and mens anti aging products.
So if you’re a man, or for that matter a woman who knows a man who needs to take better care for his skin, rejoice.
There are excellent natural mens skincare products available, no toxic that work extremely well.
And modern men are using them more and more, and seeing the difference.
Organic Skin Care Products
March 5, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Skin is the armor of the body. It is the outside waterproofing, element-fighting surface that protects our internal organs and skeletal structure from the harsh outside elements. Yet skin, overall is ignored most of the time. Healthy skin is important for a glowing completion of course, but if your body is unhealthy – your skin will be also.
The toxic world of industrialization has finally caught up with us. Producing toxic waste disasters, disease and tons of garbage buried so deep it can never breakdown. All these “modern advancements” have left our food supply as little more than a chemical compound in itself. If you can do ONE thing to give your skin and your body a fighting chance, you would be wise to choose as organic a diet as possible. To maintain a healthy skin, organically grown food is must.
In light of recent organic trends in our food, organic skin care products are also gaining popularity. For healthy lifestyle and healthy skin, limiting the amount of toxins and chemicals you put in your body is a must. If the environment or living “green” is important to you, you should also be aware of companies that produce the products you buy and their manufacturing practices.
Organic Skin Care is the most rapidly developing field in the beauty industry. Now what does Organic mean? Organic refers to anything grown or raised naturally. But more specifically, it means plants are grown on certified natural land without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, genetic modification or irradiation. In many cases, these organic farms are highly regulated by the Federal Food Safety Commission. Organic skin care means protecting your skin from harmful chemicals and using organic products whenever possible.
There are many organic products available on the market today. Most can be found at a local organic specialty stores, food suppliers or a national health food chain like Whole Foods. As organic products become more and more popular, many standard food stores, Like Safeway or Albertsons’ are also providing these products on their shelves. There are also plenty of websites offering organic skin or beauty care products online.
An organic product is preferable for natural skin care balance as it will generally contain far fewer chemical properties then it’s drugstore counterparts and thus have less possibility to cause inflammation or irritation. Of course, even an herbal product can have side effects as they are “chemicals” in their own right, so always be aware of the list if ingredients in the products you buy and the reactions your skin personally has to allergens.
Select the Right Anti Aging Skin Care Products
February 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Most of us are very concerned about our aging skin. This shows in our willingness to spend large amounts of money on anti aging skin care products. Not only do we purchase large quantities of anti aging skin caretreatments, we spend billions on cosmetic surgery to look younger as well. None of us want to look older than we are; we would rather look much younger.
The fact that we spend millions on anti aging skin care products and treatments every year actually shows that the majority of the treatments do not work as they say they will. If they did, we would not have to keep trying different kinds of products for our aging skin.
That is not to say there aren’t good anti aging skin care products on the market. There most definitely are – and here are some pointers for choosing the right ones.
What to Consider When Buying Anti Aging Skin Care Products
Avoid skin care products that contain fragrances or other chemical ingredients. These can actually cause more harm than good as they absorb into your body. Foreign chemicals do not belong in the body. It is counter productive to use chemicals on the skin for an anti aging treatment.
Use perfumes and body sprays to add a nice scent to your skin instead. The difference between sprays and lotions is that with a lotion, you are rubbing the chemicals into your skin. Sprays are less concentrated and left on the surface.
Products that contain collagen are a complete waste of time. The claims made by skin care manufacturers who put collagen into their anti aging skin care products are completely false. The only true way to put collagen into the skin is to use something that stimulates natural collagen production.
The Results are in the Ingredients, Not the Advertising
The majority of those in the skincare industry are out to make money and that is their primary goal. They will spend millions of dollars on advertising just to get people to buy their product. Most of the time, the product is not as good as they claim it to be because it is not made with the best ingredients. It seems they would rather spend good money on advertising than on quality lotions that are effective.
Using Celebrities to Endorse Anti Aging Skin Care Products & Treatments
Celebrities are often used to promote products. A good example of this is Proactive Solutions. Vanessa Williams and Jessica Simpson both promote this anti-acne skin care line. The painful truth is that they are highly paid for their endorsements. That is not to say the product does not work, but rather it reveals a different sort of motivation behind their advertising.
Smaller companies that put money into their products are the best bet for your money. When it comes to anti aging skin care products, it is far better to buy from smaller companies that put their money into the ingredients rather than in the pockets of celebrities.







