Here’s an exercise for you. Take a piece of skin, say on your arm, and pull. If you do that, and let go, it snaps back into place. That’s skin elasticity.

Do that test with a young girl, and an older woman, and you’ll see a big difference in the results that you observe. The older woman will find that the skin goes back into place much slower, because over time as she has aged her skin has lost it’s elasticity, gradually.

It’s collagen and elastin, 2 essential skin proteins that are found in everyone’s skin, that are responsible for skin elasticity and toughness. These 2 proteins help hold our skin together.

Elastin is a good example. It is a strong rubbery like substance that we find right throughout our bodies in places like our ligaments.

Both collagen and elastin form fibers which help our skin hold together and contribute to that elastic feel.

But the stores of collagen and elastin in our skin decline as we age. Collagen for example breaks down through the process of glycation, and others. You don’t need to know why collagen and elastin break down and decline with age, what you need to know is that it happens, and how to deal with it.

And as you lose collagen and elastin your skin starts to lose that skin elasticity, which you may be finding right now.

Now of course it’s not news that our skin loses elasticity from the loss of elastin and collagen, and the big brand skin care companies know this, and know that consumers know it. So they put collagen and elastin in the bottles of skin care products that you see advertised and on the shelves.

But this doesn’t work to increase the levels of these proteins in the skin. The reason is that molecules of collagen and elastin are too large to penetrate the skin, so they just remain on the surface. This fact has been known for some time.

So why are collagen and elastin in the bottles? To sell more bottles.

So if adding them to the bottle doesn’t actually do anything how do you get more collagen and elastin into your skin as you age?

Yes you can increase skin elasticity, and its done using a revolutionary product manufactured in New Zealand called Cynergy TK. What Cynergy TK does is to actually stimulate the skin to produce more of its own stores of collagen and elastin.

The wool of sheep is used to produce Cynergy TK and studies have shown visible reductions in wrinkles within a few weeks use.

But you can’t buy Cynergy TK, it’s an ingredient that is used by a company that makes the worlds best natural skin care products. You get the Cynergy TK in their products.

So if it works so well you’d assume that the big brands would have Cynergy TK in? Wrong. Because it’s way cheaper to put a little elastin and collagen in the bottles to sell bottles. Cynergy TK is expensive.

So are the natural skin care products that use Cynergy TK really expensive? No. Because the company that makes them puts its budget into product quality not advertising. So you wont know them because you’ll never see them on TV. They let their products do the talking.

So you really can improve skin elasticity by increasing collagen and elastin, and you can even try the products risk free, because this small company, knowing that you’ve probably never heard of them, offer a full money back guarantee just so you can satisfy yourself that they products are as good as they say.

So if you’re aging and are losing skin elasticity there is something you can do about it, risk free.

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Would it surprise you to know that the best facial moisturizer is not actually a moisturizer at all?

But first what is a moisturizer and what should it be doing for your skin?

If you use a moisturizer it should help your skin retain it’s hydration. Moisture, not oil. And if your skin retains it’s moisture it is healthier, less prone to skin damage, more supple and looks and feels better.

As well as protecting itself better skin that is better moisturized just looks and feels good.

And many different moisturizers help protect the skin in different ways, for example by including a sunscreen.

But sadly there are moisturizers that can contain suspect and even dangerous ingredients.

For example you ought to avoid moisturizers that contain mineral oil. And many do. Why? because mineral oil coats your skin in oil and this can cause skin problems itself, like exacerbating acne problems.

And I also believe that moisturizers shouldn’t contain a sunscreen either. Yes it is important to protect your skin from sunburn, vital actually. But there are some ingredients in sunscreens that some believe can cause cancer. And if you’re using a moisturizer every day, as you should, then you’re putting on a sunscreen every day, which is unnecessary.

So when looking for the best facial moisturizer you need to consider the ingredients in it. There are ingredients in many skin care products, including facial moisturizers, that can cause skin reactions and allergies believe it or not.

So choosing the wrong facial moisturizer can in fact do more damage to your skin than good.

So, I’ve talked a little about facial moisturizers in general, lets look to see what’s the best facial moisturizer.

I believe that the best facial moisturizer is a range of natural skin care products from a little niche skin care company that I bet you haven’t even heard of, here’s why.

This small company makes a range of skin care and anti aging products that are designed to promote overall skin health, rather than just moisturizing, because moisturizing is only a small part of skin care and skin health. But they don’t actually make a moisturizer, what they do is add ingredients to their products that mean that their products in general moisturize better than any others.

They add ingredients to their products for the moisturizing properties of the ingredients. They don’t add a sunscreen for reasons I’ve already mentioned, and they don’t use mineral oil in any of their products.

Jojoba Oil is an example of an ingredients that moisturizes extremely well and is non allergenic and works for all skin types. It is absorbed into the skin and helps protect the skin cells from moisture loss, and makes the skin more supple.

And ingredients like this are healthy for all skin types so this small company doesn’t make products that differentiate between skin type, they don’t need to.

And vitamin B5. This also has moisturizing properties but it also helps repair skin damage and adds some natural sun protection.

And Sorbitol which is found in grapes and berries and seaweeds and others and can help the skin retain it’s moisture. It is from the seeds of the Capuacu tree.

So hopefully you get the idea. The best moisturizer is in fact a range of skin care and skin health products that moisturize better than any others, but which also come as a complete skin care routine that leaves your skin healthier and looking and feeling better, and better moisturized.

And at a reasonable price. So if you’re looking for the best facial moisturizer it may surprise you to know that the best facial moisturizer is not in fact a moisturizer at all, but is in fact the best skin care products that moisturize extremely well, for all skin types, as a part of a complete skin health program.

Find out more about these natural skin care products on my website.

Find out more about Natural Skin Care Products or the best facial moisturizer? Visit Peter’s Website Natural Health-Natural Skin Care.

You probably use a moisturizer on your skin every day. There’s nothing wrong with taking care of your skin and there’s so many different skin care products, like moisturizers, available. But you may not be aware that many skin care products contain chemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate and this includes modern moisturizers. This may risk your health you may be better advised to use a natural moisturizer.

Sodium lauryl sulphate works very well as a degreaser. Mechanics use it to degrease engines and because of its properties it is used in many well known brands of soaps and shampoos, and consumers are becoming more and more aware that finding sodium lauryl sulphate in your shampoos and soaps is not good.

But it’s not nearly so well known that so many big name moisturizers also contain sodium lauryl sulphate, (as well as many of the chemical ingredients) and using these products regularly may cause skin cancer.

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology reported a study done on mice. The researchers were intending to study the effects of caffeine on the mice but as a part of the study the researchers applied a number of commonly available moisturizers to the skin of the mice. And the mice were also given UV radiation to simulate the effects of sunlight as well as having moisturizer replied 5 times a day for 17 weeks.

The moisturizers used in the study all contained sodium lauryl sulphate as well as other chemical and petrochemical ingredients such as mineral oil.

The scientists were surprised to find that the mice who received the moisturizer had an increased risk of skin cancer of 69 percent.

The scientists were interested in this result and decided to rerun the study using a different moisturizer with no sodium lauryl sulphate or mineral oil. And when they did this they discovered that there was no increase in the risk of skin cancer to the mice.

Maybe now you’re starting to see a link between sodium lauryl sulphate and moisturizers and skin cancer and perhaps you’re beginning to consider that you may be better advised to think about purchasing a natural moisturizer next time you’re looking for good anti aging skin care products.

Or maybe you’ve just thrown away the moisturizer you have in the cupboard now.

Unfortunately there is a wide range of chemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate in so many skin care products including moisturizers. And there are also many petrochemical ingredients such as mineral oil. There are natural ingredients such as the oils from fruits and nuts which are known to be safe and which are also known to be effective at moisturizing the skin but these are rarely used because ingredients such as mineral oil and sodium lauryl sulphate are dramatically cheaper.

And there are some outstanding natural moisturizers on the market. They use ingredients which are known to be safe and will not put you at risk of skin cancer. One company in particular makes an outstanding range of natural skin care products and chances are you’ve never even heard of it. None of their products contain sodium lauryl sulphate or any other known harmful ingredients.

So maybe now you’re beginning to consider throwing away those anti aging skin care products which you may have in the cupboard right now. There are excellent natural skin care products and natural moisturizers available to you which work better than the chemical alternatives and which have no health risks attached.

Find out more about natural skin care products such as natural moisturizers on my website.

Visit Peter’s website Restore My Skin to find out more about natural Anti Aging Skin Products or more about the best Natural Moisturizers.