I'm always on a quest searching for the right beauty products for my face. The one that can helps control acne, smooth the skin, brighten it up, affordable price and with less hard to pronounce and scary ingredients.
Talking about ingredients, i'm used to be too paranoid over weird chemicals they use to make beauty products. I'm not a chemistry student, I'm an engineering but I do read a lot about science and chemistry and I enjoy doing research on these kind of thing. Once there was a hype about organic products that claim to have all the natural ingredients and safe for the skin, no synthetic chemical that can be too harsh and dangerous and absorb into the body :p I'm completely fell for it. haha.The internet even has environmental working group- Cosmetic database.com is like an online dictionary for any chemicals used for beauty products to educate consumer on safe cosmetics. Search for any products or ingredients on the website, and there is a scale from 1 to 8. The higher the number, the dangerous it is.
Talking about ingredients, i'm used to be too paranoid over weird chemicals they use to make beauty products. I'm not a chemistry student, I'm an engineering but I do read a lot about science and chemistry and I enjoy doing research on these kind of thing. Once there was a hype about organic products that claim to have all the natural ingredients and safe for the skin, no synthetic chemical that can be too harsh and dangerous and absorb into the body :p I'm completely fell for it. haha.The internet even has environmental working group- Cosmetic database.com is like an online dictionary for any chemicals used for beauty products to educate consumer on safe cosmetics. Search for any products or ingredients on the website, and there is a scale from 1 to 8. The higher the number, the dangerous it is.
But my research doesn't end yet. I'm still skeptical on organic products. If it is so good and SAFE, why some people can still get side effects from it. Then came along the Beauty Brains. A website special by a group of real cosmetic scientist(who understand what the chemicals in cosmetics really do-aboutbeautybrains) to answer any beauty questions. From here i learned, just because it is an organic products, doesn't mean it is safe because some people is allergic to natural ingredients too and chemicals doesn't mean bad as well. It's like a preservative to help preserve the products longer (Also an expensive product doesn't mean it is better than cheaper ones, we paid for the brand most of the time. Whatever it is, check the ingredients).
Plus, if a product is too natural, how is it going to really helps all wrinkles, pores, etc. Because there is no advance technology in them. It's about the same if you use honey, cucumber or anything from your kitchen as your beauty products. I'm not saying that organic product is useless, I just don't like the claim that is overrated. I myself do use a few organic products and I love all of them. What I mean is, not all chemicals are bad.It depends on your skin. If your skin love it, then maybe it's for you.
So now, I take 50-50, natural with a little bit of technology. haha. Anything with less list of ingredients is considered ok to me. Anyway, I'll review one soon. Again, more or less, either way, results depends on skin. :)
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