Natural Skin Care

Many people say they have sensitive skin because when using many skin care or household cleaning products they experience burning, stinging, tightness or redness. Or, they may say they have sensitive skin even when they simply experience a slight tingling of the skin after use of these products instead of the more noticeable effects.

However, dermatologists look for different symptoms when they test for sensitive skin.

These indicators include:

• skin reactions such as lesions or erosion of the epidermis

• skin lumps and bumps

• skin that is dehydrated with damaged nerve endings

• skin that blushes or flushes easily and noticeably.

Skin care ingredients such as including parabens, phthalates, artificial colours and added fragrance have been blamed for causing sensitive skin. However it more likely to be drying and stripping ingredients that cause sensitive skin. These ingredients include propylene glycol, urea, salicylic acid, sodium sulfacetamide and benzoyl peroxide.

sensitive skin products that help sensitive skin and don’t inflame or aggravate it help in a few different ways. These products:

• re-establish, reinforce and safeguard the skin’s natural defence function

• calm swelling and sooth irritated skin

• effectively moisturise and hydrate skin.

If you feel that you have sensitive skin it is wise to trial different products on a small area of your skin first. People with sensitive skin know that they must be very careful to do this and to also examine ingredients in products before using.

Using highest grade plant extracts in natural skin care products helps sensitive skin to feel and look healthy and normal. It is very important that the highest quality of extracts is used, as well as large amounts of these active ingredients. Simplicitè Skin Care has made effective skin care for sensitive skin for nearly 25 years. We know and demonstrate with every one of our 45 products that just ‘organic’ and ‘natural’ skin care is not enough to overcome and help sensitive skin.

If you are looking for natural organic skin care products to improve the tone and texture of darker skin some important advice we can give you is to first think about your skin type.

Because did you know that that special skin care routines aren’t required to care for darker skin? It’s skin type, not colour that determines how you look after your skin. Regardless of cultural heritage and background it’s actually the amount of oil in skin – or lack of oil – that influences the type of skin care products you should be using.

Skin problems such as sun damage, sensitive skin, breakouts and acne, dehydration, rosacea and wrinkles are issues that all different skin colours face. Knowing your skin type is the most effective way to address these problems, not thinking that skin colour is the issue.

Sun damage and darker skin

Melanin and how much of it is in the skin determines skin colour. Darker skin types have more melanin, fairer skinned people have very little. The more melanin in the skin, the better it is able to protect you from the sun. People with darker skin should still take care to use adequate sun protection as skin cancer is still a threat. However darker skin certainly handles sun exposure better and so does doesn’t show the visible signs of ageing as easily as fair skin does.

A skin care routine for darker skin

The best natural skin care products for darker skin are those that are high in nutrients, naturally extracted vitamins and the plant citrals that help to reverse sun damage, even early skin cancers. Simplicité Skin Care uses freshly extracted highest grade plants, herbs and flowers to make their effective products.

For skin that has any oiliness, even if this is just in the ‘t-zone’ or is just a little in summer, choose Simplicité products for Combination/Dry, Oily Skin. These gently cleanse and exfoliate, deeply rehydrate and also protect surface skin – without congesting the pores or stripping the skin. Importantly, combination and oily skin can also be dehydrated, so this routine, especially including the Sage Face Oil, is the perfect way to address this problem without causing breakouts or congestion.

If you have darker skin and do not have any oiliness in the t-zone or elsewhere on the face, even in summer, start with the Simplicité Basic Six products for Normal/Dry skin. These gentle yet effective products hydrate and infuse nutrients into skin and give it a lovely glow.