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Grace D. Dooley
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Natural Beauty

Welcome to another article about Natural Beauty. Your beauty regimen is as personal as your unique beauty. Many of you are investigating the herbal and botanical market for skin care and personal care. The reasons don't matter but they did for me. As I've gotten older my skin and body doesn't respond well to a lot of the products on the market today. I have hypersensitive skin and I believe it is from using different products with harmful and toxic chemicals from time to time. The chemicals and ingredients in the different products I've used built up toxicity in my system. Now I have difficulty with medication and personal care products. For me the less ingredients a product has to do the job the better for me. The natural market is the only place I can find relief and address my conditions. My body and skin responds very well to "pure" natural products with very little side effects. I use white willow bark tea for my headaches and pains in the body. I can not take aspirin or the like because of side effects. But with White willow bark I have no reactions and my body is pain free for a longer length of time then with other pain relievers.

The point here is your beauty is a personal preference. When dealing with natural beauty and products you must find what works for you. You are the important one here. You know what you like and you know what looks good on you. It all starts with finding what works for you. You know what you can and can not use. You know your skin best. The market is really big when it comes to beauty. What I am trying to say here is be careful not to get locked into using a certain brand of products that does not work for you. Do not be afraid to be in control of your beauty. Most skin care and personal care products recommends you use their line of products because they are designed to work together for the most benefit of the product.

Many companies, manufacturers and organizations want you to buy their products. They all claim theirs is the best or number one rated etc. You know the hype. While all of it maybe true the question is "will it work for me?" When considering a product and it's claims this is the question. It should always comes back to the question "will it work for me?". I love certain products but I can not use them. It doesn't mean the product is no good, it just means my skin reacts badly to the chemical composition of the product. If you really stop and think about it, the products on the market today all have some thing good about them but they all have something bad too. You have to be the one to determine what works for you and your chemistry of beauty.

Example: You may be able to use a particular facial wash with no complication, but be allergic to the moisturizer. What do you do? You have to find a different brand or hope the brand you're using has one to accommodate your sensitive skin. I hope you understand what I am getting at here. Many times people feel like they lose the freedom to pick and choose what they use on their faces and skin because of the market. A little research and a little knowledge about the natural world will be a big benefit to you. It is still a money making business and companies are doing everything they can to hook you, the consumer.

There are some common sense principles that should rule in your beauty life and routine. One is no matter how old or young, you can always look beautiful in your own right. Adapting your beauty regimen for each stage and age of your life is important. You must always see yourself as "the beautiful one". And from there you figure out how you want to do this or how to maintain your beauty in the coming years. Two is knowing what will work for you. Three is you should have fun using your products. It should be a joy to wake up in the morning knowing and being confident that your beauty routine and products are serving you well.








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