When building a healthy lifestyle, most people focus on getting regular exercise and maintaining a healthy diet. These are two highly important things — but what about the products that we are putting on our skin? The average person applies at least ten different types of products EVERY SINGLE DAY!
Our skin can absorb everything that’s applied to it, including toxic chemicals and fragrant ingredients. There are endless reasons why natural skincare products are superior to chemical ones, which is why Kauai's Marketplace products only include natural and plant-based ingredients only.
Here are just 5 reasons that switching to natural skin care products would optimize your health:
1. Natural Skincare is better for the environment! Natural skincare products are free from harmful chemicals and are derived from plant-based ingredients. The plant-based skincare ingredients are part of nature packaged and prepared for your skin. Derived from sustainable ingredients, these products have little to no negative impact on the environment.
2. Natural Skincare is so much better for your health! Our skin is the largest organ of our body and can actually absorb the products that are applied to it. This means the chemical and synthetic products used in conventional skincare products and cosmetics can penetrate the skin and get absorbed into our body. If harmful ingredients reach the bloodstream, they can have severe side effects. There are various toxic ingredients found in conventional personal care products that can negatively impact your health.
- Lead is a neurotoxin
- Mercury can damage the kidneys and nervous system
- Triclosan may affect the thyroid
- Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen
Natural skincare products contain natural preservatives such as essential oils that are not only safe for the skin but also improves the texture of our skin.
3. Natural skincare ingredients are way more gentle for the skin when compared to chemical ingredients. Whether we’re talking peroxides, alcohols, sulfates, acids, antibiotics like triclosan, or a number of other ingredients. It is very well known that many of those ingredients are usually far too concentrated to be used regularly which leads to peeling and other skin reactions. To be fair, natural skin care products can also cause reactions, though that’s rare overall. For people with allergies, sensitive skin, or skin diseases like eczema, it’s best to try natural skin care products in moderation to see how the skin reacts.