Has this ever happened to you? You spend months carefully applying a famous and expensive skin care product and don't see any difference? And then you find out the "natural body care" claim on the label applies to maybe one ingredient, and most of the rest of them are things that not only aren't natural, they might actually be harmful to your skin -- like parabens and mineral oil, to take two common examples.
And finally, you learn through your own research that some of the ingredients, like collagen to take one "hot" example you see all over the place lately -- can't possibly help because your skin can't absorb it.
Well, if that's happened to you, you have lots of company.
You might be wondering by now, is there a natural organic body care product that actually works? Yes, there is.
I use one every day.
Believe it or not, it's seaweed.
Wakame is a kind of seaweed; it's a form of kelp native to the seas of Japan.
The Japanese have eaten wakame for many centuries, both fresh and dried, for its healthful qualities.
It's widely believed that wakame is one of the reasons Japanese women keep their fresh young complexions for many years.
Now you have to keep in mind that any skin care ingredient, no matter how natural, pure and organic, must be made into extracts to make an effective anti aging skin care product.
(Most of us aren't going to eat a lot of sea kelp! And even if we did, it wouldn't be as effective as a pure, refined extract applied in a quality skin care cream.
) The extract I use is called Phytessence Wakame.
It contains minerals that are needed to maintain the skin's moisture balance and soothe inflammation, and one of its active ingredients protects our skin against the damage from UV rays and environmental pollution.
But most important, this what researchers found when it was clinically tested with real people as volunteers: Phytessence Wakame inhibited the activity of hyaluronidase.
This is an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid in the skin.
When this enzyme is halted by Phytessence Wakame, hyaluronic acid can build up in your skin.
Why is that important? Hyaluronic acid is the "glue" that holds elastin and collagen together in our skin.
Collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid are all essential to maintain the elasticity, smoothness and tone of our skin.
When we're young, our skin has lots of hyaluronic acid, which tends to be lost with age.
Our skin begins to sag and wrinkle.
Phytessence Wakame reverses this process, helps our skin naturally build up hyaluron acid, and get its youthful softness and elasticity back.
It truly reverses skin aging.
And finally, you learn through your own research that some of the ingredients, like collagen to take one "hot" example you see all over the place lately -- can't possibly help because your skin can't absorb it.
Well, if that's happened to you, you have lots of company.
You might be wondering by now, is there a natural organic body care product that actually works? Yes, there is.
I use one every day.
Believe it or not, it's seaweed.
Wakame is a kind of seaweed; it's a form of kelp native to the seas of Japan.
The Japanese have eaten wakame for many centuries, both fresh and dried, for its healthful qualities.
It's widely believed that wakame is one of the reasons Japanese women keep their fresh young complexions for many years.
Now you have to keep in mind that any skin care ingredient, no matter how natural, pure and organic, must be made into extracts to make an effective anti aging skin care product.
(Most of us aren't going to eat a lot of sea kelp! And even if we did, it wouldn't be as effective as a pure, refined extract applied in a quality skin care cream.
) The extract I use is called Phytessence Wakame.
It contains minerals that are needed to maintain the skin's moisture balance and soothe inflammation, and one of its active ingredients protects our skin against the damage from UV rays and environmental pollution.
But most important, this what researchers found when it was clinically tested with real people as volunteers: Phytessence Wakame inhibited the activity of hyaluronidase.
This is an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid in the skin.
When this enzyme is halted by Phytessence Wakame, hyaluronic acid can build up in your skin.
Why is that important? Hyaluronic acid is the "glue" that holds elastin and collagen together in our skin.
Collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid are all essential to maintain the elasticity, smoothness and tone of our skin.
When we're young, our skin has lots of hyaluronic acid, which tends to be lost with age.
Our skin begins to sag and wrinkle.
Phytessence Wakame reverses this process, helps our skin naturally build up hyaluron acid, and get its youthful softness and elasticity back.
It truly reverses skin aging.