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The Facts on Botanical Skin Care Products

The words essential, natural, herbal, bio, and botanical are on more and more skin care product and cosmetic product descriptions or names. Often times, it is hard to believe these products are natural when you look at the label and see things like Oxybenzone, Octisalate, Lyphazomes, and Octinoxate even when the connotation is that the product is made from herbs and plants.

The word botanical in the health and beauty world refers to a plant extract or a part of a plant that is used in making a hair or skin product. It's more likely botanicals are used to make part of the product; however, it is possible that the entire product is made using botanicals.

Unless the product is considered a drug, there are no labeling requirements for skin or hair products so the contents could be any variation of things. If what you are going for is an all out purely botanical, organic, vegan-friendly product you must learn the terms and read the ingredient label on the product so that you know if what you're getting is all that "botanical."

Rest assured that in most cases nature will beat out any toxic or synthetic product so you will look your best with botanicals. If what you are looking for is just a skin care product that is down and dirty then these popular botanicals are worth checking out. Learn how nature can make your skin fit.

Popular botanicals from fruit, vegetable, and nuts include:

Orange blossoms control oil production

Grapefruits increase circulation in the skin

Shea butter (derived from fat in nuts) thickens and moisturizes the skin

Lemon has antiseptic purposes

Popular herbal botanicals include:

Basil increases flow of blood

Ginger can warm and stimulate

Ginseng heals and promotes collagen production

Green tea extract is a soothing antioxidant

Popular tree, plant, or floral botanicals include:

Aloe Vera Gel softens, soothes, and stimulates collagen production

Chamomile has qualities of anti-inflammatory

Rose hips serve as an emollient/moisturizer

Sea algae smoothes and moisturizes

Nature can make our skin fit and looking great, proving why everything from lipstick to moisturizers should contain a few or many botanical elements.

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