Healthy skin and the environment-Guest Writer Susie Brillault-Bergen

Post by Susie Brillault-Bergen, licensed esthetician and a Dr. Hauschka educator

Healthy Skin Equals a Healthy Environment

By Susie Brillault-Bergen

We are part of nature’s web of life and our health and beauty is deeply interconnected with the health and beauty of our environment. While modern technology has brought many achievements, it has also flooded the world with a wide array of man-made chemicals and other pollutants that not only challenge our environment but our health as well. The food we choose to eat, as well as the products we use, will affect our health and quality of life. When choosing skin care products, we have to consider that everything we apply to our skin will most likely enter our body.

Unfortunately, most mainstream cosmetic products are compromised with mineral oils, synthetic preservatives and other highly processed and contaminated ingredients that are not skin-friendly nurturing, rejuvenating or healing. Over time, as the skin tries to cope with these foreign substances, it becomes overburdened and weak. As a result the skin becomes more susceptible to damage by free radicals, dryness and sensitivities - as well as a host of other problems - all of which may affect our health and accelerate the aging process.

We have only one body - it makes sense to care for it wisely. With today's numerous environmental challenges affecting the health and beauty of our environment as well as our personal health and beauty, it is very important to select the products we use carefully. By shopping for high quality skin care products made with organic ingredients, this will ensure that you receive wholesome care that is good for your body, your skin and the environment.

For skin care ingredients to be labeled organic, they have to follow the same rules that foods do. These rules require manufacturers to avoid using prohibited pesticides and fertilizers, and employ positive soil building, conservation, manure management, and crop rotation practices.

Organic products aim to exclude or minimize any ingredients that could be considered potentially harmful to people, animals, waterways, or the environment.

Also, organic products are often sold in recyclable containers – another reason to select your products carefully.  If more people buy organic skin care products, then more companies will begin to supply them…and the better off our skin and the environment will be. Here’s to your healthy skin!

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Comments

[Pollie Gautsch]

Hi Susie,

Love your article! We are of like mind. Check out my blog at http://www.solanabeachgreenhomes.blogspot.com/--Pollie Gautsch