Beauty products are used often and are placed directly on our skin, the largest organ of our body.  Our skin is not impermeable. For this reason, we must take care to avoid unnatural and even toxic ingredients in our beauty products. For many years, the beauty industry paid little attention to the possibility that using unnatural ingredients in beauty products could be harmful over the long term. Now, we have many choices in natural and even organic beauty products.

Ingredients you may want to avoid:

• parabens
• petrolatum
• propylene glycol
• artificial fragrances
• artificial colorings

It is important to note that more natural products may not feel like the products you are used to- they usually feel even better but you may need to get used to the difference. And once you have smelled more natural products, you will find artificial fragrances unappealing.

Sources of natural and organic beauty products are becoming easier to find.  Online stores, organic grocery stores and even your neighborhood grocery store or drugstore will likely have some selection of natural products if you know what to look for.

Caution: Do not be fooled! Read carefully. For instance, many products labeled "lavender" do not contain any real lavender oil, the main source of lavender fragrance. Instead, they use an artificial lavender fragrance. If it seems too cheap to be truly natural then it probably is1

Treat your body well, look good and feel great by using natural beauty products.