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Organic skin care sounds healthy, but isn't quite what you may have expected. As a matter of fact, organic simply means that a product is free of artificial ingredients, petroleum-based ingredients or other unsafe ingredients.

Nevertheless, there are several ingredients that we don't deem as natural that are commonly added to natural skin care products. For example, petroleum is considered a natural ingredient added to several natural skin care products, however, I can't think of many people that would knowingly want to put it on their skin. So the best way of protecting your skin from ingredients you don't want, is by learning how to spot them on the product labels.

Stay Away From These Ingredients

Anti aging and organic skin care products should be able to help keep your skin looking young and healthy, however, not knowing which ingredients are good or bad can lead you to using products that can actually speed up the aging process and lead to dull skin and wrinkles.

Stay Away from Products Containing Petrochemicals

This group of ingredients is derived from crude oil, giving it the name of Petrochemicals. These petrochemicals coat your skin and make it impossible for your body to eliminate toxins. They can lead to dull skin, and cause allergies and clogged pores.

Avoid anti aging creams that contain mineral oil, paraffin and petrolatum. Especially if you have oily or combination skin.

Stay away from Quats (Quaternary Ammonium Compounds)

Quats are used in conditioning products, but be careful because they have also been linked to antibiotic resistance. Stay away from products that contain benzalkonium chloride, cetrimonium chloride and cetrimonium bromide, among others.

Don't Use Synthetic Colors

Most synthetic colors are made from coal tar and heavy metal salts. They are known to lead to eye wrinkles and dull skin. This happens because they produce free radicals which are damaging to the skin's structure. In order to avoid exposure, do not use products that contain FD&C or D&C.

Stay Away from Sulfates

Sulfates are usually found in soaps, detergents and cleansers. They are listed under the following names: sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth sulfate. Sulfates are known to dry out the skin and cause rashes.

Don't Use Certain Alcohols

No anti wrinkle cream should contain alcohol as this ingredient dehydrates the skin and can lead to wrinkles. Alcohol can also lead to irritation and rashes, but this isn't true for all types of alcohol. In fact stearyl and cetearyl alchol are both acceptable ingredients in any wrinkle treatment cream.

All you need to do is invest a little time and research to find the ingredients that you should avoid. In fact, it's well worth the effort when you're looking for the best wrinkle creams out there.

REJUVENATING CREAM is both a potent natural skin care product and an excellent wrinkles cream that combines the benefits obtained from snail serum and combines them with the antioxidant powers found in strawberry seed oil. This combination of potent natural ingredients makes REJUVENATING CREAM a gentle skin care cream that can safely be used on sensitive and dry skin.