Are your beauty products doing you harm?

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January 30, 2010

How many different beauty products do you use daily? Chances are it’s probably more than you used to. With what seems like a neverending supply of new lotions and potions on the market designed to make you appear younger, bronzer, and healthier, it’s difficult to know where to start.

If it is a healthy looking glow that you seek, you may consider using sun laboratories or Aromatherapy Associates, both of which help to make you look healthy.

They've thought of something for everyone. And don’t we just love it – who wouldn’t want beautiful clear skin, sleek hair and perfect makeup? But do all these products really help us to achieve that or is it just that we want it so much we’re convincing ourselves that we can’t live without them? I recently discovered that the moisturiser I had been using wasn't necessarily improving the condition of my skin, in fact it could have been making it worse. I had become so used to applying it a couple of times a day that when I didn’t use it for one day, my hands quickly became drier than ever. Some skin products work almost too well – your skin becomes dependent on the product as if it was ‘addicted’, and unable to cope without it. It’s the same with hair styling – using some products can lead to you needing more and more. Blow-drying and styling your hair can dry it out, leaving it brittle and frizzy. The answer to this, as usual, is product – there are loads of different styling products to keep frizzy, unruly hair in check. They leave your hair looking shiny and sleek even if you use heat-styling tools, problem solved. But nine times out of ten these products only disguise the problem without actually doing anything to repair the damage. You keep using it because your hair looks good, but the longer you leave it the worse your hair condition will become. So how do you know which of these products are really worth your money? Well, to start with, less is definitely more. Choose products that will really last and work for your skin, like body Shop body butter or Clarins HydraQuench cream. Many of these may cost more than regular moisturisers, but it’s worth it in the long run as they do help fix dry skin, and one tub will usually last much longer too. As for hair, the best way to recovery is to wear your hair naturally for a while, and use products designed to help dry hair to recover. If you love the straight look too much to let it go, invest in some GHD straighteners – again they cost a bit more but they’re designed well and are much kinder to hair than many other brands. GHD also offer a great range of shampoo and styling products that are specifically developed to keep heat-styled hair healthy.

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