Gradually there is a world wide movement towards natural remedies. Skin care included. People are starting to realize that natural products and natural remedies can work, and work well, and be safer.
So there is a massive trend towards more natural therapies and remedies. Many natural therapists are now so busy that they can hardly keep up. Whereas 50 years ago we had the choice of going to see the doctor, and that's all, we now have so many options available to us that are less mainstream and more natural.
That doesn't mean, however, that all these natural remedies work well, or at all. There are many examples of charlatans pimping so called natural cures for all sorts of things that turn out often not to be a cure at all, and sometimes not even quite so natural.
The same applies to skin care. Natural remedies for skin care abound, but some of them aren't quite as natural as you may expect, and some don't work quite as well as you would like.
But even so there are very good reasons why natural skincare products are some of the fastest selling skin care products in the world. Because many of the big brand name skin care products contain ingredients that may be bad for your skin and also bad for your health.
For example many skin care products contain petrochemical products like mineral oil. This isn't good for your skin and can clog pores, leading to, in some cases, acne.
And some ingredients in many skincare products are even known to cause cancer.
So there's good reasons to look for natural remedies for skin care. Products that contain naturally occurring ingredients that are known to be safe to use.
So whilst there are many skin care product labeled natural there are also some that aren't quite so natural. The FDA isn't required to test any skin care products, either to see if the ingredients are natural, or safe. So there are natural skin care products around that use potentially harmful ingredients.
As an example recent tests of "organic" products found harmful ingredients like 1,4-Dioxane in some.
So you have to be careful, not all skin care products labeled as natural are quite as natural or as safe as you would like.
I wrote an article on my website last week setting out a simple process to go through to find out more about how safe "natural' skincare products really are.
So if you would like to find out more about natural skin care products because you're the sort of person interested in natural remedies read my article.
And I also tell you about who I believe makes the safest and best natural skin care products in the world, and why.
Because not all natural skin care products are created equal.