Given that most of the facial serums, anti-aging creams, and eternal youth-promising lotions may contain some redeemable qualities, they also contain a lot of unnecessary ingredients, meaning that they are also using harmful and dangerous ones to fill, preserve or cut costs and usually, charging top dollar to do so! While these creams (even the ones claiming to be "Natural," may give a
seemingly immediate fix to problems like fine lines, dry skin or acne, studies have found that they are damaging in the long run and are actually prematurely aging the skin instead. If you read the ingredients on your face cream, you may come across one or many undesirable components. Please do yourself and your family a favor and cross-reference the ingredients in your products online at trusty websites like the Skin Deep database, (https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/). It’s so easy!
Aside from all this, companies in the U.S. are not required to list the bevy of sketchy ingredients that may lurk within their products, with anything like petroleum to formaldehyde being very common. Also, there are no regulations on the word, "Natural." Therefore, anyone can claim that they are a natural company, without actually being natural. And, what does natural even mean? Packaging and logos may look nature inspired, but that doesn't mean that a company is using safe or natural ingredients. Until these laws are changed, companies will continue to include scary ingredients without our knowing and continue to charge exorbitant prices while doing so.
Just a few ingredients to beware of: any “Fragrance/Parfum” or synthetic versions of vitamins like “retinyl palmitate, (vitamin A)", alcohols like benzyl alcohol, plastics like polymers or silicones, harmful, synthetic preservatives like phenoxyethanol, PEG, phthalates and Parabens, all of which can damage skin and harm your health, rather than help it. For a more comprehensive list of chemicals to avoid, check out our website or read online the many articles about body care products and safety.
At Mia Botanica we are constantly researching the safest, most effective alternatives to remove the guess work for our customers. Our goal is to achieve amazing results with only organic, ingredients that have the least amount of processing possible, without resorting to harmfuls!
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