Take care of your skin with natural ingredients


Take care of our skin: our skin, the largest organ in our body, is severely tested by a multitude of external factors.

Air pollution, solar radiation, stress, heat, sun, cold, wind, causing it to suffer at any time of the year.
The skin is our primary defense, a tireless soldier who constantly renews himself while he acts as a barrier for each pathogen by regulating, at the same time, the expulsion of toxins and different wastes.

It therefore becomes necessary to treat it with great care, not only through good nutrition and a normal dose of sleep, but also by protecting and hydrating it while nourishing it with natural remedies which do not alter any of its functions. Essential.

The specific products for the skin, to be used in winter, are almost all based on vegetable oils of officinal herbs, whose main actions are emollient and restitute.

Our interest is therefore, to indicate these few products, simple to find at any herbalist, and to apply to help our skin stay hydrated, nourished but also to relieve certain discomforts such as redness and irritation.

Caring for your skin: natural ingredients


1. Hydrate

Hyaluronic acid is a molecule normally found in our body.
It is this substance which gives compactness and freshness on the face of young people and which comes to decrease as the age advances. One of its main functions, in fact, is the stimulation of the production of collagen which gives turgor and elasticity to the skin. When our skin is dry and chapped, it is advisable to use creams or food integrators based on this molecule.

The jojoba oil in its chemical composition is very similar to the sebum produced by human skin. Sebum is a substance rich in fatty acid and cholesterol which hydrates and defends the skin from external factors such as cold, bacteria, smog.

When this natural barrier is missing, it works by creating chapped skin and irritations which, beyond being unsightly, can put our body's defenses in difficulty
In this case, all you need to do is help yourself with a little jojoba oil, which easily absorbs and penetrates

Deeply, regenerating irritated areas and also acting to prevent wrinkles.


2. Feed
The vegetable oils are perhaps the best nutrients existing skin as rich in substances necessary for the proper functioning of our body such as vitamins (especially A and E), minerals and especially the essential fatty acids.

These substances, once united create a nourishing action, emollient and improves elasticity, also preventing wrinkles and stretch marks.

The argan oil, the shea butter and germ oil grain are fundamental to strengthen the hydrolipidic film, because when it does not reach its goal; protecting the epidermis, causing chapping and irritation.


3. Relieve
The oil calendula (or marigold) is obtained by macerating flowers in vegetable oil:

The substance derived from it has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, healing, refreshing and emollient properties

It is also possible to use the remedy for redness, cracking and inflammation of the skin.
The chamomile, thanks to its protective effect on the mucous membranes and its anti-inflammatory properties is used in many cosmetics to relieve congestion and soothe skin irritations.


With a minimum of attention, we can help our skin without using chemicals and synthetics, simply by trusting in the good sense of nature and the substances it puts at our disposal.
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