Thursday, October 30, 2008

Natural Facial Skin Care Gets a New Standard

By Celia Spiers

How could actresses and models extend their careers beyond the age of 40 without a natural facial skin care strategy? The search is always on in the entertainment industry for the next health and beauty secret and for this reason they always get to find out about them before anyone else does.

Money is no object in the search for the next best beauty product and because of that the providers of new products head straight for this exclusive circle. No one fools around here. The clients are sophisticated and smart and accept nothing less than excellence. Only a positive measurable result cuts the mustard.

Nothing gets missed in this search for the next breakthrough in natural facial skin care and rumors get around quicker than lightning. Knowledge will be theirs and nothing will stop them in this search.

The surgeons knife or the hypodermic needle are the more invasive methods on offer but for many a natural approach to skin care is preferred and aloe vera still maintains a strong hold in the beauty salon. Its repertoire of healthy benefits also extends to remedies for digestive problem, boosting the immune system as well as natural wrinkle prevention.

Correctly used it can also put back time by acting as an anti-aging remedy and for natural wrinkle prevention. Its use as a burn remedy is probably most widely known but for those of you not in the know, simply remove around 2 inches from one tip on an aloe vera plant and split it down the centre. Inside is a green gelatinous substance which can be spread directly onto the burn or blister. Pain relief is instant and the healing molecules within the plant actually speed up the healing process.

Oxygen is a problem for aloe vera. Used locally for facial skin care it loses its power by contact with air. (Called oxidization). Creams or lotions with aloe vera added have usually lost a good percentage of their healing power because of this. Applying the cream increases this exposure of course. Its effectiveness has always been limited by the problem of corverting the plant to a remedy.

There is evidence from Ancient Egypt that aloe vera was commonly used and a great deal of conjecture has been placed on Cleopatra?s use of it as a beauty aid. (She would have been interested in a natural wrinkle prevention!) It was probably ingested but sufficient facts are not available to explain how the laxative effect of the plant could have been removed. Certainly Cleo would not have tolerated a constant state of the runs! However the Egyptian knowledge of herbal medicine was so extensive that there can be no doubt that a means would have existed.

Now 3000 years later a new method has been discovered so that all the nutrient factor remains. The secret is spreading out gradually. The healing power of aloe vera is now very much within the control of the medical profession in a pill with a pharmaceutical standard attached to it. Ingested (swallowed) it provides an infusion of nutrients to the digestive system and this great natural power can then get to work from the inside. Not just skin deep. Nail and hair condition will visibly improve and the skin soon takes on a natural vibrant glow as a new pliancy develops. It would be difficult to find a cosmetic counter without the name aloe vera on some of the products so you know that its power is widely regarded. You can now take your natural facial skin care to the next level with the truly wondrous qualities of aloe vera. - 15683

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