Posted by: dancer9
"Natural Products" - 11/27/08 06:31 PM
There is no legal definition of "natural," for beauty/cosmetic products. Legally, if a product contains only one ingredient that is natural, even if it is a micro drop of water or aloe, it can be called "natural."
"Organic" is even trickier. If a product says it has, for example, "organic coconut oil, if it does not have an asterik next to the ingredient, a USDA organic seal or the logo of a State certifying agency, the ingredient is hard to trace. It is hard to verify the ingredient.
There are a whole list of ways that the loop holes for "natural," or "organic," can be used when the product could have chemicals or preservatives.
Just a note for those of you who try to use Natural cosmetics or creams on your face or body. It may pay to do the research if it is important to you.
sometimes the most innocent product, like Nivea from Europe is the purer product than the one that is higher priced, (or lower,) and it may do less harm to use the name brands.
One also does not know what these untried "organic," ingredients can do to your skin. Just because it is Organic does not mean it works.
I grew up with Aloe plants. I tried the straight aloe from the plant on burns, my skin and such with no relief and, in fact, worse results than with name brand products.
Aloe has it's place, but it you grow the plant, break off it's leaves and look at straight aloe, even apply it, you will get sticky feeling, tightly drying and "not of much use," results.
Dancer
"Organic" is even trickier. If a product says it has, for example, "organic coconut oil, if it does not have an asterik next to the ingredient, a USDA organic seal or the logo of a State certifying agency, the ingredient is hard to trace. It is hard to verify the ingredient.
There are a whole list of ways that the loop holes for "natural," or "organic," can be used when the product could have chemicals or preservatives.
Just a note for those of you who try to use Natural cosmetics or creams on your face or body. It may pay to do the research if it is important to you.
sometimes the most innocent product, like Nivea from Europe is the purer product than the one that is higher priced, (or lower,) and it may do less harm to use the name brands.
One also does not know what these untried "organic," ingredients can do to your skin. Just because it is Organic does not mean it works.
I grew up with Aloe plants. I tried the straight aloe from the plant on burns, my skin and such with no relief and, in fact, worse results than with name brand products.
Aloe has it's place, but it you grow the plant, break off it's leaves and look at straight aloe, even apply it, you will get sticky feeling, tightly drying and "not of much use," results.
Dancer
