Foreue – Natural Skin Care (Handmade & Vegan)

Did you know that nearly 60% of what we put on our skin gets absorbed into it and travels right into our blood stream, so whatever ingredients you choose while shopping for cosmetics should be considered carefully. One such often overlooked, but potentially hazardous product is the lip balm, that keeps your lips from chapping, tastes nice, and depending upon the brand you use, can contain ingredients that lead to many types of cancers.

Our lips are particularly vulnerable as the skin is so thin, and thus they are the first to show signs of dryness. The main purpose of lip balm is to provide an occlusive layer on the lip surface to seal moisture in the lips and protect them from external exposure. Lip balm is a form of make up topically applied to the lips to relieve dry or chapped lips, stomatitis and cold sores. Most balms are manufactured from petroleum jelly, beeswax, camphor, scented oils, menthol, and other ingredients like alum, vitamins, aspirin, avobenzone, octinoxate or other sunscreens to lessen the sun damage.

Many people are now switching to natural lip balm as it is usually made without the use of animal fats, and you can protect your lips without coloring them with lipsticks. It is now possible to create your own home made, organic natural lip balm that will protect your lips against the drying effect of the cold, wind and central heating. Making use of pure natural ingredients like cocoa butter, candelilla wax, organic jojoba oil, rosemary extract, calendula extract, organic palm wax, vitamin E, almond or coconut oil, organic shea butter, and organic extra virgin olive oil, will ensure there is no harm done either to your skin or lips. Natural lip balm heals, softens and nourishes your lips without the drying effect of petroleum based jelly balm, or those other harmful ingredients.

As the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, it is always healthier and safer to use organic  or vegan skin care products and take simple precautions, which may dramatically minimize your exposure to harmful chemicals.

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