COLOR CONNECTION SKIN CARE BUYERS GUIDE
When considering the proper skin care products for your skin, it is important that you consider these vital areas of concern. If your skin care products do not meet the following criteria, they could actually be damaging your skin and your health. Before purchasing any skin care products, you should make certain that they have been tested and certified to be toxic free. That is the most important area of concern. These other seven areas are critical as well.
1. Are there toxic chemicals in your skin care?
Many man made or synthetic chemicals used in personal care products are actually dangerous and damaging to the internal organs. Ingredients such as SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) and SLES (Sodium Laureth Sulfate), Parabens, Propylene Glycol and others are being linked daily to cancer, heart disease, asthma, sterility, gender confusion, Alzheimer’s disease and countless other maladies that are steadily on the rise.
Most products these days are transdermal in nature which means they migrate deep into the tissues and organs of the body. Although a few may be helpful, most of the ones that find their way into your system are actually very harmful and in some instances deadly.
2. Is your cleanser too harsh?
Your skin has been designed to take care of your body. This is a full time job. Part of the process that keeps the body safe is the production of oils. There are many different types, weights and thicknesses of oil that the body produces.
These oils that have been created to protect the skin work their way to the top of the skin where they are able to perform their vital functions. One of those functions is to keep environmental pollutants and other harmful toxins out of the body. The oil responsible for this task is very thick in nature and lays right on top of the skin creating that protective mantle.
If your cleanser is too harsh, it will strip this “natural” oil from your skin, leaving the skin exposed to the harmful affects of our environment. It is very important therefore that your skin be cleansed without being stripped. You want to be clean but not exposed. You want to make certain that your cleanser is tough enough to do the job but not so tough that it creates damage.
3. Do your skin care products balance your skin to the proper pH?
Through the cleansing process it is possible to disrupt the natural pH balance of the skin. When your pH is out of balance, it affects your entire system and things do not work as they should. In order to assist your skin in its vital function, it is necessary that you balance the pH in your skin. This is a critically essential function if you want your skin to work properly.
4. Is there energy in your skin care products?
With the use of synthetic chemicals, solvents and degreasers, many times degreasing after cleansing or exfoliating and introducing a host of unnatural ingredients on your skin leaves the skin weak, pale and feeling exhausted. To vitalize your skin, make certain that your product is made of active ingredients. It is also helpful if the energy of the chakras is present in your skin care along with essential oils and healthy color.
5. Will your Exfoliator remove only the dead skin cells or will it create a network of micro abrasions that actually weaken your skin?
A lot of exfoliators use diatomaceous earth, (which are crushed shells) crushed almond shells or other such natural, sharp, jagged scrubbing agents. Although these ingredients usually remove the dead skin cells, they most often create thousands of tiny little cuts and abrasions on the skin.
These cuts and abrasions weaken the skin creating damage that could lead to infections, over stimulation of the skins natural oil glands and a multitude of other complications. Make certain your exfoliator only contain scrubbing agents that are nearly perfectly rounded. With anything else you could be getting more than you are really bargaining for.
6. Do your anti-aging products only work topically? Or are they designed to safely travel to the base layer of the skin where they plump, build and restore worn tired muscles which are the cause of the visible signs of wrinkles?
To correct the appearance of wrinkles it is necessary that your product builds the base layer by supporting, strengthening and adding to the collagen and elastin that your body has produced.
7. Do your products have natural moisturizers as well as vitamins and nutrients readily available to feed the skin?
Vitamin C is an extremely important vitamin to help the skin maintain its natural processes and control free radicals. Without the right kind of moisturizers you may only be offering a temporary fix to dry, cracked, overworked skin.
HOW DO OUR PRODUCTS STACK UP TO THESE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS?
1. TOXINS: There are no known toxins present in any of our skin care products. In fact, we have gone a few steps further and made certain that no part of the process – from planting to growing to harvesting to processing allows the ingredient to come in contact with any known toxins. Further, we have hired an independent organization to challenge the integrity of our product and then certify that it is totally, 100% toxic free. Every container proudly carries the toxic free seal signifying that there are no known toxins blended in with the healthy ingredients.
2. CLEANSERS: We are proud to announce that our cleanser has been carefully formulated to remove only those topical oils, dirt and the pollutants of the day without disturbing the protective oil mantel that lays right on the top of your skin. Further, our cleanser is made up of about 80% moisturizer. It gives you that squeaky clean feeling without damaging the skin and then adds the moisture that you need. You feel clean, refreshed and energized. The Rosemary Mint Cleanses and the Purifying Cleansing Pads carry maximum saturation of nourishing, enriching ingredients designed to magnetize dirt off of the skin while moisturizing and supporting the necessary protective mantel.
3. PH BALANCE: We have two excellent products that have both been designed to hydrate the skin while setting the pH to the normal range so that it will work well like it is supposed to. The Lavender Toner and the Rose Hydrating Mist in addition to providing dozens of other vital functions of well being to your skin were designed to set the pH so that all of the other products will work effectively and as they should.
4. ENERGY: Our products were designed with energy in mind. Made of active ingredients, you can feel that energetic boost begin immediately as you gently massage our products onto your skin. Because the ingredients are active it is like giving your skin a mini massage every time you apply them. One of the secrets to this success is the fact that each product has been carefully formulated with just the right combination of essential oil, chakra colors and other active ingredients. This combination ensures accuracy, thoroughness and energy every time.
5. EXFOLIATOR: Our Sea Foam Exfoliator, made of natural chlorophyll has been carefully tempered with just the right amount of scrubbers to perform the job. The scrubbers are small jojoba beads. They are nearly perfectly round without jagged edges and corners and are made from the waxy secretion of a bean plant. They roll and lift the dead cells off of your skin without tearing, tugging, ripping or pulling the healthy cells. Their rolling action catches the corners that have lifted up from the cell dying and gently roll it away without damaging the new tender cell that has just come to take its place.
6. ANTI AGING: The Blue Sapphire Gel and the Intense Serum have been formulated in such a way that the active ingredients migrate deeply to the base layer of the skin where they plump, build and nourish the natural elastin and collagen that your body has produced. They “fill in the trough” which is responsible for the appearance of wrinkles on top of the skin. In addition, the Blue Sapphire Gel contains Camu camu which is a fruit from the Amazon that carries with it 30 times more Vitamin C than you would get from an orange. This little jewel can also absorb more than 1000 times its weight in liquid. This is so important because it ensures that your skin receives the proper amount of moisture that it needs to become fully and completely hydrated.
7. NATURAL MOISTURIZERS: Moisture magnets is the term we affectionately use to describe the ingredients in the Citrus Moisturizer and the Satin Replenishing Crème that is responsible for making these two products so exceptional. The wheat ceramides support, plump and build the skin on the base level where you may have started to notice the effects of collagen and elastin degradation.
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