Vibrant, beautiful skin has always been considered an
important part of health. But in today’s modern environment, soft, smooth,
flawless skin can be difficult to achieve and even more challenging to
maintain. Many personal care products in the world today contain harmful
petrochemicals and mineral oils that dehydrate the skin and clog the pores. In
contrast, essential oils such as lavender are easily absorbed into the skin,
oxygenating, and re-hydrating. Your skin’s health is largely determined by diet,
lifestyle habits, sun exposure, and toxins which can sabotage healthy skin and
leave lasting effects on skin strength, resiliency, and appearance. Essential
oils offer pure, potent plant remedies for the skin and have been used since
ancient times for a number of skin care needs. It's no secret that lavender oil
nourishes stressed or sunburned skin, that sandalwood can hydrate and repair
dry or damaged skin, or that melaleuca can prevent the recurrence of breakouts
and blemishes. This long history of use has prompted beauty, cosmetic, and skin
care brands to use essential oils to improve the potency of their products.
Anti-aging
ingredients
There are many anti-aging ingredients found in many
products. One of them is Hyaluronic Acid
(HA).
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- It is used in cosmetics because it binds with
water to plump the skin – excellent moisturizer
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- It helps the skin with the wound-healing process
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- It protects against free-radical damage to cells
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- It provides an open, as well as hydrated,
structure for the passage of nutrients
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- It promotes skin hydration (by increasing the
presence of retinoic acid)
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- It nourishes and hydrates the collagen, therefore
lead to reduced scarring
At a young age, the
human body is very rich with Hyaluronic Acid, the very reason young people have
firm and well hydrated skin. With age, the ability of the skin to produce
HA decreases and makes the skin susceptible to wrinkles, dehydration and
infection. Due to this fact, a lot of companies use it in their facial skin
care products. Unfortunately, it also has a half-life (the time it takes for
the molecule to get broken down and excreted from the body) of less than 3 days
and possibly even as little as one day in the skin. For this reason, it is
imperative that the body continually replenish itself with HA.
The natural process
of aging
… can have a negative effect on the texture, tone, and
appearance of your skin. As you age, our
bodies lose ability to generate collagen making your skin thin and lose
elasticity. Harmful chemicals,
pollutants and radiation are even more damaging, which destroys DNA and is the
main cause of the aging of the skin. With
decreasing levels of HA in the skin, the skin becomes drier and loses its
ability to maintain its hydration. HA acts as a space filler by binding to
water and thus keeping the skin wrinkle-free.
At the 2012 Young Living Essential Oils Convention, there
were 3 new anti-aging
skin care products:
They are free of harmful synthetic ingredients. One of the main ingredients that is in these
products is a flower called the Moon Orchid.
Orchid petals contain many moisturizing ingredients and are highly
valued for their reparative and protective properties. This plant extract is used in the cosmetic
industry for depigmentation and skin-lightening. Did you know that vanilla is one of the most
well-known members of the orchid family?
Sources and Resources:
For more information: www.oilsforhealthyliving.net
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