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Healthy, Glowing Great Skin In Only 30 Days
How To Get Smooth, Glowing Great Skin In Only 30 Days With Our Homemade Beauty Recipes, Secrets And Tips.

Author: Martha Fitzharris

The beauty and health of the human skin is being undermined by one of the biggest campaigns ever waged in the history of merchandising. Every day on radio, television, magazine and newspapers, we are prompted to put aside elemental skin care ingredients like soap and water in favor of such complexion "aids" as night creams, face foundations, daytime moisturizers, cleansing creams and rouges.
While some people have skin capable of facing the damaging effects of cosmetics, an estimated 30% of all cosmetic users have skin which is acne prone. This can be a negative factor when looking for an acne treatment.
Women and men alike, in their teens, twenties and even early thirties, are possible candidates for cosmetic acne. The condition is recognized by many prominent small whiteheads covering the cheeks and chin and even the forehead. While cosmetic acne seldom produces scars, it can be unsightly, persistent and bothersome. The skin's pores have a hard time dealing with the skin's own oil sebum, so applying more irritating oils is one of the worst things you can do.
Cosmetics can even induce acne in people who never had developed acne before. Since cosmetic acne commonly shows quietly after several months of repeated use of a comedogenic (acne-causing) product, many women do not relate their outbreaks with the given product. The female with cosmetic acne is in a vicious circle; the more she breaks out, the more make-up she uses to cover it up... which only leads to more blemishes.
Advertising confuses the issue. "Oil Free"--the Darling of Madison Avenue.
"Oil free" is quickly becoming a favorite term of the cosmetic industry. Many cosmetic manufacturers are substituting chemicals which, in legal terms, are not considered oil free simply because they come from synthetic sources rather than from natural sources, i.e., animal, vegetable or mineral.
These synthetic products, however, are often more acne producing than a natural oil such as mineral oil. Advertising claims for many cosmetic words such as "oil free," "dermatologist tested" and "hypoallergenic" can be very confusing. Hypo-allergenic can mean the product is perfume-free, yet it could still contain ingredients harmful to acne-prone people. "Dermatologist-tested" may be accurate but not entirely helpful. The product can have been tested for skin allergy or skin irritancy and its effects on skin pores may have been missed.
The Oil Migration Test
Not all "oil-free" moisturizers for cosmetics are oil free; some include oil-like synthetics that can irritate acne-prone skin. How to know? Dab the product on good-quality stationery (imprinted 25% cotton fiber). Twenty-four hours later, hold the paper up to daylight and check for oil rings. The extent of migration will correspond to the percent of oil in the product.
The oil migration test is useful to deduct certain oils in cosmetics, but it is more important to learn to understand the labels and evade troublesome ingredients. Remember, not all oils are bad. Petrolatum and some natural oils like mineral oil and sunflower oil don't penetrate down into the pore.

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