Time for A Skin Care Change?
Have you been thinking about changing your skin care routine? Are you starting to realize that maybe, just maybe the creams and lotions and soaps you have been using might not be the most desirable for your skin? Doctors and dermatologists are doing their very best to help us but since they themselves are inundated with the latest and the best, I am sure it is an overwhelming situation.
Companies change their recipes. You may have experienced a change in a product that you used to love, but now it just does not feel the same. Take 'Burt’s Bees' as an example. Burt started selling amazing natural pure and delicious honey. He then got involved in developing natural skin care products and almost overnight he became famous.
A long saga ensued and eventually 'Burt’s Bees' were bought out by Clorox. Most consumers were unaware of the changes in ownership. After all, it happens all the time and is not always a lingering news story on Facebook. Change happens. Any transition allows companies leeway in time to make label changes. It was well over a year before I witnessed the first label change on a Burt’s Bee lotion, at the pharmacy counter. The label was quite different from the original. Need I say more.
If you are ready for change, it need not cost you a lot of money either. A consumer may spend $120.00 on a face cream but that does not mean that a very similar one could exit under another name for $40.00. Different packaging. Clever marketing. While I might avoid a cream at the Dollar Store, I would also not buy one at a high-end spa for $300.00.
Do you ever remember a parent or a grandparent making their own skin care.? If your heritage is European the answer is probably yes. Good natural skin care has been around for centuries. But here in the western culture we Baby Boomers, Gen X, Xennials, Millennials, are over 70 years into new technological advances in cosmetics. This does not necessarily make it a good thing.
Take the Plunge.
Listen to history. How did man/woman nourish the skin? How did one maintain a healthy complexion? Honey is good. Olive oil, coconut and shea are good. Charcoal, clay and salts are good. Avocado, frankincense, lavender are good. The pure, unadulterated, of course.
Where to Begin?
A good soap and a good moisturizer. Natural and handmade.
Call us or visit our shop or at a show–on-the-road. We will be pleased to advise you.
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