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Posts Tagged ‘Chemicals in Skin Care’

I hear a lot of people say that they don’t want chemicals in their skin care or anti-aging products. Which leads me to wonder what, exactly, they think a chemical is. Funny because most people seem to think that chemicals are only man made substances. Bad for you, your skin and body.

They aren’t. Water is a chemical, and very necessary to skin care and anti-aging. So if you don’t want a chemical in your skin care will you stop washing your face? Plus many skin care products contain water as the first ingredient, meaning that the product is mostly water. Some skin care does not contain water, but the reason for that is because certain other ingredients are not as stable in water and lose their efficacy quickly in a water base. But that is getting off subject here.

Everything on earth is a chemical. Chemicals are made up of molecules. Molecules are made up of atoms. So, a combination of atoms make up a molecule. And a combination of different molecules make up a chemical. Read the rest of this entry »