Thursday, August 12, 2010

Skincare1--- Gen Y Skincare & beauty Products!

Since long time ago, historical people from Cleopatra to Queen Elizabeth I, used skincare & beauty product to maintain their beauty. Cleopatra was famous for her milk and snake's blood bath routine to soften her skin, while Queen Elizabeth always use squashed bugs for her ruby red pout.


Thank's to invention of beauty technology! Nobody have to use those extreme beauty secret anymore.

But, Have you ever give a thought as the more improvement in technology, such as laser or non recyclable substances ie; petrolatum, mercury,etc. the more dangerous impacts that we get??


It is not only threaten our skin, but it also affects our environment while keeping our body beautiful from the outside.
Well, here is some reality beyond skincare & beauty products that has been researched by some experts.

1) Landfills : The dump beauty products package fill the 1/3rd of landfill waste and threaten the environment as it is non-biodegradable that takes million years to dissolve.

2) Animal testing : Several substances are tested to animals in order to determine allergic reactions and irritants which cause almost 40,000 animals die each year.

3) Common Chemicals : Skin care and beauty products such as sunblock, moisturizer and anti aging cream contains several substances. The most common substances are parabens, phenols, dioxanes,phthalates,etc. But, unconsciously with the regularly use, those substances potentially affect our endocrine system.

4) Environmental Damage : Common Chemicals in skincare products not only impact our body, but to our environment as well. Especially to aquatic environment. For example; The presence of Phtalates disrupts the reproductive health of fish population.

As the Generation Y,we have to aware to these impacts and use the new beauty product that is safer to our environment. You can use the range of natural beauty products. Even though It costs more but it's worth.

here are some affordable natural beauty & skin care products that you can get in Australia :

* Body Shop; This brand is superb ! They use the mix natural oil and fruits. But, the most important, they against ANIMAL CRUELTY



* Jurlique ; One of Australian Skincare brand. They only use the flower essence to made the products. It smells so good and hypo allergenic.


* LUSH ; Omigod..this brand is my guilty pleasure! You can just spend more than a hundred bucks to get the products!
The first time you enter this shop, you will experience "heavenly moment" ever. All of the soap or shampoo were handmade and using natural ingredients .

So, Let's go Au Naturale !be pretty & Save Our World!

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