What goes into your skincare?

Natural vs. Commercial Skincare: A Lifetime Impact on Your Skin and Health

Why Are 100% natural plant ingredients For All Skin Types?

I deliberately avoid product labels such as "for dry skin", "day care", "night care", "pregnancy oil", "make-up remover oil", "form men" etc. Because I don't think that it contributes to the well-being of our skin, but rather the purse of the cosmetics industry.

Nature is the best "chemist" in my opinion and provides us with the optimal (skin-) care that works and that has a long-lasting effect, since it would not benefit nature if we kept asking for more.

Your Skin Type

If you are still using synthetic skincare products you most likely don't know your skin type yet, as your skin is governed and by the intelligently placed ingredients which stop your skin from doing its natural functions in its own rhythm. As long as you use these types of products, you will be a long way to healthy and glowing skin (and hair for that matter).

Many of the commercial product formulations are designed to give you the illusion of short-term and immediate "relief".

a so called quick-fix while severely dyhydrating and damaging your skin in the long term.

It’s time to take back control of your health!

Luxury Brand “B”

I'll call this luxury brand by its first letter "B". The skincare brand "B" is known for its high end luxurious skincare products.
The serum "The Serum" 30ml is available for 220€.
One look at the ingredients used and it's clear, "B" uses very cheap and rather harmful ingredients. Designed to offer a "quick fix" instead of focussing on the source of the skin condition.

Ingredients:

water, silicone oil, phenoxyethanol (a controversial preservative as it is suspected of damaging DNA and the nervous system. This substance is often found in cleaning agents as well). It also contains fatty acid components, cheap alcohol, perfume and other preservatives.

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gpc - holistic products

Organic Marula Oil Serum, 30ml 60€

Ingredients: 100% Sclerocarya birrea (Marula oil), cold-pressed, wild-harvested.

The basic formulation of a commercial moisturiser

Common, store bought moisturisers and other skincare products consist of exactly the same ingredients. The only thing that’s changing is the packaging and a slight personalisation of the product for exaple, the scent, the product colour, the main carrier oil, and the viscosisity. But other than that, the product contain more or less the exact same ingredinets, whether its a product for the night, for the day, for man or woman, for sensetive skin, or mature skin, for your face or your feet.

You donÄt believe me?

Have a look at the ingredient labels and read for your self.

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The basic product composition at one glance

1.Water (Aqua): 70-85%

2. Emollients (e.g., Mineral Oil, Glycerin): 5-15%

3. Emulsifiers (e.g., Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-100 Stearate): 2-5%

4. Preservatives (e.g., Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin): 0.5-1%

5. Fragrance (Parfum): 0.1-1%

6. Other Active Ingredients (e.g., Panthenol, Allantoin): 0.5-2%

7. Thickeners or Viscosity Modifiers (e.g., Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Sodium Chloride): 0.1-2%

Clients often show me their very expensive skincare products and almost every time they are shocked when I tell them what I just shared with you. The most common response is “But I paid 500USD for it!”

Which is no wonder since we are brainwashed into believing that more money means better quality. And this is the way it should be. Sadly, many big brands have a very messed up moral compass and aren’t in the game to genuinely heal and rebalance your skin ailments, so you can stop using additionalproducts. They rather keep you in the loop of experiencing dry skin, so you go back to the store to buy more cream for “dry skin” without realising that these products are made from cheap, crude oil and plastic based componants that give you the immediate feeling of relief, while drying your skin out even ore. What do you do? You go back and buy additional products.

And the more you use these products the more damaged your skin becomes. Which means, the moment you stop using these products the symptomps of dry, flaky, itchy, red skin worsen and you fall right back into old pattern. It’s not your fault though, these products are designed this way!

Simulatneously, the marketing teams work very hard on making us belief that without beautiful and perfect skin and figure we won’t land our dream job, we won’t be desirable for man, and that we are not enough.not pretty enough, not youthful looking enough, and the list goes on.

Which means we are even under more pressure to tick society’s boxes.

I don’t know about you but I was sick and tired of this.

I swapped my skincare routine and products more than a decade ago and the only thing i regret is that I didn’t start sooner. Or even better, I wish my mum knew what I know now and could have tought me better.

My experience became my motivation to help others, who experience similar conditions as well.

So, it is always worth looking at the ingredients and paying attention to the ingredients lists and transparent supply chains.

One Natural Product should be able to take Care Of:

  • Normal, dry, sensitive, oily and blemished skin
  • Natural acne treatment, neurodermatitis and eczema (Note: some natural products are more suited than others)
  • Hair oil (facial-, head-, body hair)
  • Cuticle oil
  • Skincare during pregnancy
  • Make up remover
  • Tattoo care oil
  • Unisex