Are natural or organic products better than ones with chemicals?
With the growing “green” trend, there is an increasing concern about whether natural skin care products are better for your skin and whether products with chemicals are safe to use. In my opinion, natural and/or organic skin care products are more effective as marketing strategies than what is actually inside the bottle. (Organic products are actually organic because their ingredients are FDA certified and many of them claim to not test on animals.) I always hear people say they don’t want to put any more “chemicals” on their skin. But, everything is a chemical and made up of chemicals, even natural products. What most people probably mean is that they don’t want to use any harsh ingredients, like acids, retinoids, etc. This is understandable, but for me and many others who will never have clear skin without the help of “chemicals”, that is pretty much an impossible task. The thing that bothers me the most about some “natural” skin care companies is that they make their products sound
