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Nature’s plan for your skin

Your skin is better off without all the chemically laden products that are often slathered on it. This is because the skin absorbs everything that is applied on it into the blood stream. If all you feed your skin is chemicals, it is bound to end up with cosmetic exhaustion. PHOTO | FILE

What you need to know:

  • The natural foods that your body thrives on should suffice for your skin. Organically grown vegetables, fruits, unrefined cereals and free range meats are the best for your body.
  • Extra virgin coconut oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, purple tea seed oil, sunflower oil, olive oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, pumpkin seed oil and pure essential oils are all bio-active and will keep your skin’s cells at their healthiest. The rule for your skin is: if you can eat it, you can apply it.

We wear makeup because we want to look good. But could this cosmetics be poisoning your body.

Fact is nature has everything we need for our skin and bodies. There is no need to use unhealthy products which end up clogging and damaging the skin.

Your skin is better off without all the chemically laden products that are often slathered on it. This is because the skin absorbs everything that is applied on it into the blood stream. If all you feed your skin is chemicals, it is bound to end up with cosmetic exhaustion. 

In the same way that you should not depend on chemicals to sustain your body, do not rely on them for your skin. The natural foods that your body thrives on should suffice for your skin. Organically grown vegetables, fruits, unrefined cereals and free range meats are the best for your body.

For your skin, consider the use of natural, unrefined oils that you can also eat. Plant oils are ideal for skin use and will keep your skin healthy and young. Some of the most compatible include:

Extra virgin coconut oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, purple tea seed oil, sunflower oil, olive oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, pumpkin seed oil and pure essential oils are all bio-active and will keep your skin’s cells at their healthiest. The rule for your skin is: if you can eat it, you can apply it.

Sadly, chemicals that are found in common cosmetics, are known to cause cancer.  to manufacture mass market products. Instead of using them, it is actually more cost-effective and healthier to use the natural, unrefined oils which are found in abundance in Africa.

Remember the most healthy and most nourishing food for your skin is organic