According to the FDA, organic means that a product has at least 95 percent organic ingredients. Containing carbon makes something fit the bill of organic. Therefore, a product that contains 95 percent of anything that is carbon-based can be legally labeled organic. As far as skin care goes, just being full of petroleum can make a product technically organic. You need to understand this so you can look out for ingredients like methylparaben, a suspected carcinogen that is petroleum-based and plays a role in many skin care products. Clearly, when you think “organic skin care” you do not think of crude oil and potentially getting breast cancer. You should always make sure an organic skin care product meets your personal requirements as well as the law’s before you buy.
Knowing ahead of time what you are looking for in organic skin care will help you get the products you want. Most people just want natural, good-for-you ingredients in the highest concentrations possible. (You have to understand that there will be some preservatives and processing compounds that need to be in there for health reasons.) Most people also want “green” products when they think organic. They want to know that they have invested in a product that did not harm the environment.
The best way to be sure that you are getting the type of product you want is to simply read the label. Identify ingredients that were derived from something else. Take “Cocamide-DEA derived from coconut oil.” You might assume this compound is organic because it is derived from a natural substance. But it turns out you can only get it through processing with a known carcinogen. Generally, derived ingredients are not actually organic in the way that most of us like to think of organic.
You should also factor in water content when you are determining how organic a product is. Often, a label of 75 percent organic merely indicates about 75 percent water in the product. This is why generally organic skin care products should be entirely organic, or not considered organic at all.
You can derive incredible benefits from truly organic skin care products. Your skin is a natural organ, and as such can derive great benefit from natural elements. However, in order to get true value from organic skin care, you need to understand how to spot the “good stuff” and how to spot a wolf in organic clothing.
This information provided as a courtesy of http://www.BeautyCtr.com, America’s leading source of free, unbiased information and reviews about health and beauty products.
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