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Natural dry skin care information - tips, methods, causes, ingredients, and more. By Derick Yung.

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June 27th, 2008

The Power of Concentrated Natural Cleaning Products

Remember that your skin absorbs whatever you put on it. To care and protect your skin from potentially dangerous chemicals, doesn’t it make sense to clean with natural products that are safe and powerful like concentrated natural cleaning products?

Why are concentrated natural cleaning products powerful? By concentrated cleaning product, I mean a cleaning product where you add the water yourself. This is HUGE. This is BIG. Concentrated products reduce shipping costs because there is less to transport. You don’t have to transport all that volume of water over long distances. And these products save on packaging because one bottle of a concentrated cleaner can replace thousands of bottles of Windex, for example.

Imagine how much would be saved if everyone in North America switched to concentrated natural cleaning products!
Think about it: just by choosing a concentrated natural cleaning products, you can save on carbon emissions, shipping, and packaging. You can prevent thousands of spray bottles from going to the landfill. And you can save money as well because you’re not paying for all those thousands of spray bottles!

Green is everywhere these days. Let’s go green, clean our homes with nontoxic products, care for our skin, and help our planet!

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January 13th, 2008

Getting To The Root of Eczema

Natural health site author Dr. Ben Kim discusses the two types of eczema and how he helped a recent guest who suffered from eczema by eliminating certain foods.


Getting To The Root of Eczema - Dr. Ben Kim

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September 13th, 2007

The Importance of Natural Products For Skin Care

I’ve heard people sometimes saying to “just try it, it won’t hurt”. They could be referring to anything, like drugs, supplements, or typical skin care creams. The problem is that it CAN hurt. There can always be side effects when you ingest things or put things on your skin. Your skin absorbs what you put on it. So, if that skin care product has dangerous ingredients, or ingredients that haven’t been tested, would you put those on your skin? Would you want to take that risk? If your body takes in someone it doesn’t need or cannot use, then it could be harmful. It could sit around and silently do damage to your body.

That’s why it’s important to use skin care products that are made from natural organic ingredients. There are so many chemicals floating around in the world. You don’t need to add more to your body. You don’t need to do more harm than good.

The product line from this company features skin care products made from natural ingredients that have been proven to work. They have even spent money on clinical studies and are known for their excellent quality. Learn more about this skin care line:
http://www.shaklee.net/derickyung/product/AdvancedSkinCare

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July 28th, 2007

Skin care from the pantry

You can get natural dry skin care the easy way by using fruits you have at home, like apples, blueberries, bananas, avocados, lemon, olive oil, and strawberries, to name a few. For a list of some items you can use from your pantry and highlights of their benefits, see: Skin care from the pantry

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July 1st, 2007

Household Cleaning Products Can Irritate And Dry Your Skin

Have you actually wondered about what’s in some of those household cleaning products you may be using? You could be risking the health of yourself and your family by having certain toxic chemical-laden cleaning products in your home instead of natural cleaning products and supplies. These types of product can have many health hazards including the potential to irritate and dry your skin. To find out what’s actually in a specific product, check out this household products database.

Here’s an example of what you can find in the database. This came from a pot and pan detergent.

Health Hazards (Acute and Chronic):

Ingestion: Ingestion may cause transient gastrointestinal irritation.
Eye Contact: May cause mild, transient irritation.
Skin: Transient irritation with prolonged exposure to concentrated material.

Signs and Symptoms of Exposure:
Ingestion: May result in nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.
Eye Contact: May cause stinging, tearing, vomiting, and/or diarrhea.
Skin: Prolonged contact with concentrated material may be drying or transiently irritating to the skin.

Would you want to risk throwing up, running to the washroom, or irritating and drying your skin? Here’s another thought for you: this product is meant to be used on pots and pans, which are used to cook your foods! What if you used this pot and pan detergent on your pot and left some residue behind?

Natural dry skin care is not just limited to what you put on your skin because there are a host of other factors that can affect your skin.

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June 29th, 2007

Natural Skin Care Can Help You Look Better in That Bathing Suit

Natural skin care techniques can not only improve your dry skin but make you look and feel better. This article covers four techniques. Here’s a quick summary.

1. Diet - Get rid of processed foods. Go for organic or local, fresh foods like raw fruits and vegetables.

2. Hydration - Get enough water.

3. Exercise - Get your system working and keep your circulation going.

4. Massage - Can help with circulation.

The Open Press - Natural Skin Care Can Help You Look Better in That Bathing Suit

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June 28th, 2007

Refresh Dry Skin with Summer Citrus Juices

This article talks about using lime, orange, lemon, and grapefruit for your dry skin not by eating, but by using them as summer spritzers. Be aware that these citrus fruits are acidic and could dry your skin. And don’t apply them on cuts - that could be painful. If you feel a stinging sensation, I think it’s time to stop applying to that area :)
Open Press - Refresh Dry Skin with Summer Citrus Juices

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June 19th, 2007

Natural Skin Care Products

I’ve ordered a couple of natural skin care products - a face moisturizer and shea butter ultra moisturizer. The shea butter ultra moisturizer is pretty soothing (it’s probably the aloe leaf juice) and relieves some of my skin redness caused by itching. The company behind these products has spent over $250 million in research and development. They have everything to meet your skin’s specific needs - from cleansers and treatments to and moisturizers! These natural skin care products combine the best of nature and science.

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June 12th, 2007

Natural Cleaning Products

Did you know that chemicals in ordinary cleaning products you use in your home could contribute to auto-immune diseases and irritated dry skin? It’s astounding looking at some of the chemicals contained in these cleaning products. You can find chemicals like lye, ammonia, chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and petroleum distillates right under your kitchen sink.

Want to avoid toxins and help save the environment? Then check out natural cleaning products. They’re nontoxic, biodegradable, and can even save you money because they’re concentrated! And they work just as well as ordinary cleaning products.

Go green and be an environmentally friendly cleaning machine!

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May 31st, 2007

What’s Actually In Those Household Skin Care Products?

It can be scary how many chemicals are being used in some homes. Want to find out what some of these chemicals are? This Household Products Database contains ingredient information for a variety of household products including skin care products. You can browse products alphabetically or by category. Alternatively, you can search for an ingredient and find products containing that ingredient.

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