Does your cosmetics and skin care products have parabens?   You may see parabens labeled as  methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, and butylparaben. 

First, let’s review what are PARABENS?  Parabens are a preservative used in foods, drugs and cosmetics for well over 50 years.  Parabens are a relative low cost and common preservative.  Given that, parabens are commonly used in many products there seems to a consensus over the years the products are safe for human use and consumption. 

Parabens are absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract and your skin.  Your body will rid the parabens though urine.  Most of the studies done on Parabens from 1960’s to the current time support some allergic reactions mostly on the skin.  Sensitizations occurred especially when parabens were applied to damaged or broken skin. 

In the past 10 years studies have been done that supported some toxicity in breast tissue.  Parabens were found in cancer cells having built up toxicity.  Let me clear this up.  Parabens have not been linked to cancer as a cause to breast cancer.  Parabens, however, were found in breast tissues that were found to be cancerous.  The missing link or piece of the puzzle that has not been resolved is the relationship to cancer as the primary cause. 

So what does all this mean?  Parabens continue to be supported by the United States Food and Drug Administration as safe.  According to the Breast Cancer Fund, information obtained through research showed  “Parabens have been shown to be weak estrogen mimickers, binding to the cellular estrogen receptor (ER). They also increase the expression of genes that are usually regulated by estradiol and cause human breast tumor cells (MCF-7 cells) to grow and proliferate in vitro.”

It is not crystal clear evidence but worth following as this is usually the path taken when a product is deemed to be not in the best interest of the consumer. 

Many companies have voluntarily removed Parabens from their cosmetic and skin care lines for this very reason for the benefit of the consumer.  You as a consumer will need to make your own conclusion whether it is in your best interest to avoid cosmetics and skin care products free from Parabens.

I am sure we have not seen the last of parabens and the role of parabens in our products.

Take Care Everyone!

Ellie & Your Skin Care Team

Momentum Marketing Biz

262.853.6851

(Ellie is a Registered Nurse with a PASSION for helping individuals like you.  I have spent the majority of my life helping people to reach the maximum potential for their life.  I have studied and researched what it takes to feel healthy and achieve the best that life has to offer. Thank you for caring enough about your body to read the information.) 

How do you quantify antiaging?  Research.  It is important the company that you support by purchasing their products performs adequate research.  How can you tell?  You can google on scholar to find published articles.  That is a great way to gain information but most of the time you will not be able to access the articles without a hefty fee.  My suggestion is to go to the company website from the products you use.  There should be background information regarding the product and research if you dig far enough. 

If you do not want to go through all the hassel I understand.  If you want further info just let me know!  To a healthy you and healthy skin!  Ellie

Check this out! Proof research is there!

Think about your skin.  It is in constant repair and growing.  Yes, your skin is in a constant process of sluffing off the old skin and allowing the new skin to glow.  I always think of a snake shedding their skin.  By the way, I absolutely detest snakes.  Our cells are in motion of developing and growing continuously. 

When you think about skin treatments I would like to emphasize taking care of your skin from the inside out.  Yes, from the inside out!  Good, healthy, glowing skin starts from the inside.  It starts with eating healthy, the right foods including veggies and fruits.  Lots of them!  Okay, yes fresh veggies and fruits are expensive but you know so is a bag of chips and it provides no nutritional value to you.  If you want your skin to glow and look great begin with your diet. 

I have a great book that changed how I looked at my diet.  If you want to check it out…..

  I absolutely love this book.  “You are what you eat, The Plan that will change your life”  by Dr. Gillian McKeith.  It has changed my life. 

Even as a nurse I struggle trying to eat right! 

More to come later!  Ellie

Fortunately, after I went to college we knew better!  We would use tanning oil with 4 or 8 spf coverage.  Growing up near the Lake Michigan sand it was a combination for skin cancer!  Luckily we are all smarter than that now!

Although I still have the same love for the beach, sand, and water I have become more educated on how to save my skin.  Now I protect my skin with suntan lotion.  I have taken that one step further in attempts to repair the damage I have done to my skin over the years.  I am smart to protect my eyes with sunglasses, sometimes wearing a visor or a hat in addition to the sunglasses.

All my makeup from my moisturizer to my foundation has sunscreen protection.  I never go out in the sun now where I might be exposed for longer than a few minutes without suntan lotion.

I have searched many products and now decide my skin and body deserve to be protected.  In addition to suntan lotion I use a sunscreen that has anti-aging ingredients in the product.  So when I am in the sun I am protected with suntan lotion and along with antioxidants and antiaging preparations that are healing and repairing the cells that I am so insistent on damaging!!!

I have thought many times I could give up going to the beach and being outside in the sun but living in the Midwest I long for the sun on my face and body after the long cold winters.  Add a trip to Florida, Arizona, or the Caribbean in the cold winter months I am determined to get a summer tan in that short week of vacation!

Fortunately for me I am able to get my “fix” of the sun without doing the damage I did to my skin as a teenager! 

I will share my secret with you.  You will not be disappointed.  I would never use anything else.  AND a little goes along way. 

You Gotta Try It!!!

Take Care Until We Meet Again!

Ellie Monski

Momentum Marketing Biz

Taking care of you and your skin!

momentummarketingbiz@gmail.com

The way we age is part hereditary but mostly related to the environment, how we take care of our skin, and products we use. Products do differ in the benefits. It can be very confusion and often exhausting reading labels and trying to determine the most benefit to your skin. The ingredients lists of our products are lengthy and often have long words only known to chemist.

But it is more than the products. What you do to take care of your skin makes a difference.

1. Use a Gentle Wash. Washing and removing all make up, oil and dirt from your face in the morning and at night is important. Don’t go to bed with make up on. Washing your face in the morning and washing your face at night is very important. Washing your face is the first step to beautiful skin and good skin care. Washing your face in the morning will open your pours and refresh your face to start your day whether you wash in the shower or at the sink. Make sure your facial wash is PH correct. A wash should not be drying or stripping.

2. Use a Toner. Use a toner to remove what washing your face did not remove. A toner is a necessary part to any skin care treatment or skin care regimen. The toner should be a PH correct to maximize your cleaning effort and restore balance.

3. Use a Facial Serum. A facial serum that is full of minerals and vitamins will replenish the moisture barrier. The serum enhances the benefits of the moisturizer. Anti-Aging skin care treatment begins with a good serum or base that will replenish your skin. Anti-Aging requires minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants to given.

4. Use an Eye Cream. An eye cream is very important. The skin under your eyes is different than the skin on your cheeks, chin, or forehead. The skin under your eyes is very delicate. Your eye cream should help reduce the puffiness and tighten the skin underneath your eyes. If you can only afford one good product for your skin care, buy a good anti-aging eye cream.

5. Use a Moisturizer. The moisturizer will help you to achieve and maintain beautiful skin. The moisturizer must have minerals and vitamins in the ingredients. Copper is known to be one of the best minerals for an anti-aging skin care regimen. Stay away from products that have mineral oil and petroleum products as an ingredient. Mineral oil can clog your pours. Mineral oil prevents the minerals and vitamins from penetrating the first layer of skin to go down deep into the pours where they do their work. Moisturizers provide your skin with the necessary drink it needs to remain hydrated. You want to use a moisturizer that will hydrate your skin without leaving an oily feeling. Use products that have protection against the UV Rays even in the winter months. Your face is exposed to the sun even in the winter months.

6. Use a Night Cream. A night cream will help to replenish your skin with nutrients needed for the rebuilding of your cells. Make sure the night cream is placed on a clean face. A night cream will provide moisturize and rejuvenate your skin while you sleep.

7. Use all the above products on your neck as well. Many women stop the facial skin care at the jaw line omitting one of the most important parts of our body for skin care. That is the neck. Do your body a favor and provide all the same skin care to your neck. You will notice a difference. Did you know the appearance of wrinkles on your neck can give away your age? Take the extra 30 seconds and give your neck the treatment it deserves.

Okay, now that you know the 7 (seven) secrets to beautiful skin you may ask is it really important to use all those products? Yes, it is. Each of the 7 (seven) secrets provide individual benefit to your skin. It would be great it just one product could provide all the benefits but frankly it would not work. Would you expect your wash to offer a moisturizing benefit that would not require any other skin care product? Think about it, how could you possibly get the best minerals, botanicals, and vitamins such as copper, wheat germ, aloe, cucumber extract, green tea, just to name a few, into one bottle. Good products will provide you with a quick but beneficial skin care system. A beneficial skin care system should help to make you look as young as you feel. It should take tired eyes and make them look younger when the dark circles and puffiness and fine lines are visibly reduced. A botanically based formula support the special skin care needs of both men and women. An anti-aging skin care system should produce results to beautify skin. A skin care system that produces results should firm the appearance of the skin while creating a brighter and smoother skin.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What business do these chemicals have doing on my skin?!”

Reading labels and knowing exactly what you are putting on your skin and in your body is very important.  Giving yourself only the most natural, pure produts will not only keep your skin looking beautiful for longer but will give you a healthy skin.  This will decrease your risk of makeup related breakouts, infections, and other problems that arise when using cheap, ingredient-filled skin products.