I was shocked. About six months ago I met a lady who sold so called natural face moisturizer products. The company she was a consultant for was based in Switzerland. Their product catalog looked liked their skin care was plant based and natural, and what the lady told me sounded all good.

My mistake was I didn't look at the ingredient list close enough when I glanced through the catalog. She told me I could order online, so not wanting to place an order right then, I told her I'd check out the website and take a closer look at their natural moisturizer products and place an order there.

She sent me an empty bottle home so I'd know what to order. After taking a closer look online, I found the product was listed, but I couldn't find any ingredient list, and picking up the bottle I had, there was no ingredients listed on there either. The label said for your personal skin care and nutritional information contact your consultant.

This should have given me clue, that I was not looking at an all natural moisturizer, but at the time I didn't give it a second thought. I knew a friend of the lady's, and trusted my friend, plus I had seen the catalog and remembered a lot of the ingredients were plant based. Ingredients like aloe, avocado oil, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, and other plant based ingredients.

To make a long story short, I went online and ordered the "natural" face moisturizer, only to find out when it came along with a free complimentary catalog with the ingredients listed, that I had a product with a lot of natural ingredients, but not totally natural.

I discovered this natural moisturizer contained methylparaben. Parabens are suspected of causing cancer. Parabens mimic the hormone estrogen. Estrogen is known to play a role in the development of breast cancers.

Parabens are used as a preservative in lots of products like shampoos, shaving gels, toothpaste, as a food additive, and even some so called natural moisturizer products. The amounts are small in each of these products, but if you add them all up, it adds up to a great amount of paraben being ingested in the body.

I called the consultant and told her I didn't want the product and wanted my $75 back, because the natural face moisturizer she sold me was not healthy, because of the paraben it contained.

She didn't have any idea what I was talking about. She had never heard of parabens. Now granted she was fairly new to the company, and only sold this natural face moisturizer in her spare time, so she didn't know the products real well. She just knew her distributor had told her these products were all natural.

The point of this article is don't be fooled by companies that don't list their ingredients online or on the back of the products. Ask the consultant or contact the company and ask for a complete list of what is the product. Stay clear from any natural face moisturizer or any other skin care product that lists any form of parabens. These are synthetic preservatives for a longer shelf life for the product.

A safer preservative for skin care products is natural vitamin E (Apha-tocopherol). It may cost the manufacturer a bit more to use, but t is safe. It is a powerful antioxidant that reverses the effect of aging and also works as a preservative for the product. So check the ingredients of the "all" natural face moisturizer you use, do be sure it is all-natural.



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If you are wondering how to stop sweaty palms then you need to read this article because my palms have been sweating for more than 20 years and I've finally found a way to cure them once and for all.

Most of us think there are only expensive cures for this condition but that just isn't true. Yes, treatments that are being most advertised indeed do cost a lot but there's something you need to know about them. The fact is, the only reason they're advertised is because they are really expensive and surgeons earn a lot on you.

Treatments like ETS (Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy) are usually performed by private surgeons and cost up to a few thousand dollars. The same holds true for Botox treatments. There are quite some downsides with these treatments: they either have horrible side effects or you'll need to pay every 6 months to get the treatment done (with Botox).

Don't worry though, there are two treatments that you can easily try out and that will stop your palms from sweating in just a few days. If your palms sweat just mildly I suggest you try out AlCl 20% solutions. You can look more into it and I'm sure you'll find specific instructions on how to use them.

However if your sweating is severe and your palms sweat almost all the time I suggest you look into iontophoresis treatments. The only downside to iontophoresis is that it's relatively expensive but if you don't want to spend a lot of money you can make your own device at home for just a fraction of that price.

So STOP wasting your time and energy for remedies that never work. I've created a method that guarantees you'll get rid of sweaty palms. Let me show you how to make your own iontophoresis device and cure sweaty palms in just 5 days.

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Skin tags seem to pop up in the strangest places, when you least expect them. They can be irritating as well as unattractive and having to pay frequent visits to the doctor to have them removed is both expensive as well as tiresome. Fortunately for you there are ways of removing skin tags at home which are painless and practical.

First you have to determine that you are indeed dealing with a skin tag. More serious growths can occur, but a skin tag is small and it grows slowly, they are never larger than about a half inch, and appear to be attached to the skin by a narrow stalk known as a peduncle. They generally flap around easily and are soft, they are also usually the same color as the surrounding skin, but may be slightly darker.

As soon as you know what it is you are dealing you are able to commence with the removal project. One way of doing this is to tie a piece of dental floss or thread around the base of the skin tag. This has to be tight, so you might need a little help if the skin tag is in an awkward place. Clean and sterilize a pair of nail clippers or scissors and cut the skin tag off. Keep the area clean with disinfectant or hydrogen peroxide until the area has healed.

This method is relatively painless and the skin tag should not grow back, however if the though of snipping away at a piece of your own flesh does not appeal to you, there are other less "surgical" methods. For instance make up a thick mixture of Castor oil and baking soda. Apply this paste at frequent intervals during the day and it will generally get rid of your skin tags within two weeks.

Wart removal preparations may also be used, as well as preparations which are specifically manufactured for the purpose of skin tag removal. Other cheap home remedies include nail polish and apple cider vinegar (separately). However take caution if you are going to use apple cider vinegar near the eyes, it really smarts if it gets in your eyes.


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