Introduction

The human skin is the largest organ of the human body. It not only has quite a complex structure, but also performs several life sustaining functions.

We can live without a Spleen, Gall Bladder, or an Appendix, and we can survive with only one Kidney or one Lung, but we cannot survive without our skin. As a result it is of the utmost importance that we take care of our skin.

Using natural skin care products is a good first step in providing the skin with the right nutrients and building materials to retain its health and functionality.

What Does Our Skin Actually Do for Us?

Our skin has many functions, most of which we are unaware of until something goes wrong. They include:

 

If you want to read about these functions in more detail you can have a look at this article: “Anatomy & Physiology of the Skin”.

In summary, these functions provide us with awareness of our surrounding climatic environment, protect us against some of the bacteria and other potentially harmful bugs in our surroundings, allow us to experience touch and feel, eliminate toxins from our body, store blood, and provide the means for our body to obtain vitamin D while protecting our body from the sun’s UV-rays.

Considering these vital functions our skin has to perform, it is no surprise that we need to look after our skin and make sure it is given every opportunity to function properly and remain healthy.

Why You Should Choose Natural Skin Care Products?

With all the media and news reports warning consumers of the potentially toxic ingredients in many of the commercially available skin care products sold in supermarkets and department stores, this is an easy question to answer.

Firstly, many of the commonly used skin care products contain artificial and/or synthetic ingredients that the body has difficulties in eliminating, and as a result it tends to store these chemicals in its tissues. Research has shown that the accumulation of many of these substances can have serious health effects.

If you are interested in learning more about some of the toxic chemicals used in skin care products, please read the article “Potentially Toxic Ingredients In Skin Care Products”. It will provide you with much information and research references for you to be able to identify what is in your skin care products and what should not be there.

Holistically natural skin care products do not contain artificial or synthetic ingredients. They should also not contain isolated, concentrated, natural substances, such as parabens (pseudo-natural preservative) and the like, that have been shown to be potentially hazardous.

How To Choose Natural Skin Care Products That are Safe and Effective?

This is where it starts to get really difficult. You see, many so called natural or organic skin care products are in reality nothing of the kind. Adding a miniscule amount of aloe vera to water does not constitute a holistically natural skin care product. It may be ‘natural’ or even ‘organic’, but it will not be effective and therefore is a waste of your money.

To have an effective aloe vera product for example, it requires at least 10% of the overall content to be aloe vera. Or, the aloe vera needs to be combined with several other active, natural ingredients that are combined to achieve a specific result.

The term ‘Organic’ is another area where consumers are being misled. Adding a single ‘organic’ ingredient and then calling the products ‘organic’, is quite simply wrong. You see the commercials on television and magazines every day… “xyz product contains organic this and organic that”… but no mention is made of the other ingredients that are contained in these products, many of which have been shown to be hazardous to our health.

There is yet another problem with natural skin care products, that is an area of confusion and potentially misleading. Just ask yourself what exactly is “natural”? What is actually meant by the term “natural”?

The word ‘natural’ congers up images of nature – pristine environments that make us feel good. A safe, natural environment that is conducive to health and a sense of wellbeing. Spring water, waterfalls, pristine lakes, a healthy salads, Rainforests, etc., are all images that we perceive as ‘natural’, or in other words ‘good for us’.

The cosmetic industry has ceased on this and is using the word natural to instil in their advertisements a sense of wellbeing and the idea that this product is good for us. Unfortunately, one or two natural ingredients does not a natural skin care product make… Far from it, natural skin care products should not contain any ingredients that are not naturally sourced. This brings us to another problem with natural skin care products.

A naturally sourced ingredient, such as the various forms of paraben, may still be potentially hazardous. Just think about it – would you put arsenic or lead on your skin? No of course you wouldn’t. But, they are natural, so what’s the problem? Natural substances too can also be deadly poisons.

Applying this to skin care products, you might be looking for a product that is natural and contains AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids), which we know help to remove dead skin cell layers which in turn helps to remove fine lines and wrinkles, revealing new vibrant skin.

Now, you could buy a product that lists as one of its ingredients AHAs, it might even contain AHA in its name, or you could buy a product that contains a concentrate called papain, which is a natural substance from the Papaya fruit. So, yes papain is natural and yes this product could, depending on other ingredients, be called a natural skin care product. However, papain is a concentrate and as such many people have experienced side effects because the papain is present in too high a concentration for some people.

A truly, holistically natural skin care product would not contain papain as an extract. Rather it would contain Papaya fruit itself. You see, the whole fruit still contains papain, however, it also contains other ingredients in the papaya that modify the excessively strong effect of the papain. Choosing such a product will, at least to a large extent, reduce any potential side effects from the papain, because the product is naturally balanced and contains naturally balanced ingredients that will benefit your skin rather than burn it.

The results of removing fine lines and wrinkles may take a little longer, but are overall better and you reduce the chance of ‘burning’ your skin with a concentrated AHA. Remember AHA stands for alpha hydroxy acid and we all know acids burn our skin.

How To Use Natural Skin Care Products?

Following directions

This is actually a lot more important than most people think. Directions for use are a communication by the manufacturer of a product to their consumers about how to use and get the best results from a particular product.

It has been our experience, that most people who purchase our natural skin care products do not read the directions and use our products the same way that they have been using their previous brand. This however, may or may not be the correct way to use our products.

Properly formulated products contain ingredients in sufficiently high quantities to achieve a desired effect if used in accordance with the product’s directions. Using more does not mean better or quicker results, rather using too much can have adverse effects or no more effect than the lesser quantity.

Conversely, if for example, the product’s directions suggest that it be used 2 or 3 times a day using it merely once is not likely to produce the desired effect in most cases.

This is obvious when we think about taking medicine. We read the directions and take the drugs, herbs, or what ever, as prescribed and hopefully we get the desired result.

So why is it that we do this when it comes to taking medicine, but ignore it (for the most part) when it comes to using skin care products or other personal care products?

Reading the instructions carefully and following them ensures that a) you are not wasting your money, and b) you should get the desired results.

 

Good and Bad Reactions from Using Skin or Personal Care Products

There are several possible reactions you may experience. There are good reactions and negative reactions.

Let’s look at good reactions to begin with.

Good Skin Reactions to New Products

Herbs, essential oils and most of the other ingredients that you’ll find in our range of products have a medicinal actions and are included for a specific purpose, that is, the formulations that make up our various products were originally designed to treat particular skin health issues. This intent, though we do not actively promote this, continues to this day.

As you probably know, there are three basic skin types; Normal, Oily and Dry. In addition, your skin may also be sensitive, prone to allergic reactions or under the influence of hormonal changes that are taking place in your body. The herbs and essential oils in our products are specifically chosen to normalise the skin given one of the skin types. The herbs and essential oils will have a therapeutic effect on the skin’s structure and function in order to provide an environment under which your skin will start to function normally again.

Similarly this is relevant for sensitive skin that tends to react inappropriately to different stimuli. It is possible, for example, that an individual with sensitive skin who is using our products for the first time, will experience a reaction which they may see as being a negative reaction.

This however, may well be totally the opposite to what is actually taking place. You see, in order for your skin’s health to improve, it has to change. This change may appear at first as a worsening of a particular skin issue and this will understandably be interpreted as a negative.

Under normal circumstances however, this type of reaction, if the products are continued with, will only last for a few days and following this time the skin will improve and end up much healthier. This process is sometimes referred to as ‘A healing crisis’, and is actually a good thing to happen.

It signifies that the ingredients are doing what they are supposed to, that is they are repairing and normalising the skin’s functions.

This is a normal and in fact good reaction.

Bad Skin Reactions to New Products

Obviousely there are times when a new product may actually cause a bad skin reaction. Unfortunately a bad reaction often appears very similarly to a good reaction. So how can you tell the difference and what should you do?

The first thing to do when ever you purchase a new skin or personal care product is to test it to see if you have any adverse reactions to this product. Below is a detailed outline and links that will provide you with all the information you need to test a new product in order to determine whether or not your skin is going to react adversely to it or not.

Test the Products to Avoid Allergic Reactions

Another important aspect to using any skin care, personal care or cosmetic products, whether they are natural or otherwise, is to test the products first in order to see if you are allergic to any of the ingredients.

To do this, follow the steps described in our article “The Skin Patch Test”, which will provide you with a simple, yet effective step-by-step test that you can easily do at home over a 24 hour period, to reasonably ensure that you will not experience major adverse reactions to the ingredients in products you want to use on your face, or anywhere else on your body. This test is simple and very effective.

Finally, before you purchase a product, look at the ingredients list and see if the ingredients are easily recognisable. As a rule of Thumb, if the ingredients are easily recognisable it is more likely that the ingredients are of a natural source and have not been excessively modified. If on the other hand you need a chemistry degree to understand what the ingredient is, it is likely not to be a holistically-natural ingredient. It may still be a natural ingredient, but it is likely that it has been isolated and is used in a concentrated, possibly even synthetic form.

For the most part, most ‘natural skin care products’ widely available in the market place are far from natural or that matter organic. Most have minimal quantities of some natural ingredient in an otherwise non-natural product and are referring to the one natural ingredient in the product, rather than the nature of the product itself.

Hopefully this article will clarify some of the confusion that exists about what is a natural skin care product and what is not, help you to choose natural skin care products that will actually live up to your expectations, and clarify why using natural skin care products is a healthier choice.

Most of the current breast enhancement products promise anywhere to â??definite improvement in firmnessâ?? to â??within 1-3 months timeâ?? a gain of at least one cup. All use some type of phyto-estrogenic derivative in varying ratios and other fillers. Although, the range of raw materials used (commonly red clover, fenugreek, fennel, and others) have shown historically, tribally, and scientifically to stimulate breast growth, it may not be valid for most of their costumers.

We feel that the key to natural breast enlargement success is correctly simulating the womanâ??s system with the correct natural breast enhancing herbs, a supporting food habit and also some physical massage to reap the full benefit of natural breast enhancement products.Accordingly we suggest the following methods together to achieve your desired size and it is found that those who followed our combination have got significant improvement.

Breast Enhancement Suppliment pills

We have already discussed a lot about these pills. You can compare the brands and take your decision.One scientific study is available for a reputed brand which is also available here.

Breast Enhancement Pumps

You know already that The pump increases collagen production and encourages production of new breast tissue cells providing a fuller firmer breast.Do it atleast two times a day for 15 minutes each.More information is here

Regular massages with some massage creams

Light to moderate breast massage can help stimulate breast growth, especially when paired with a quality topical cream or serum specially formulated for breast growth stimulation.Use a cream or lubricant – preferably a quality one (We recommend Benefil which contains Palmitoyal Penta Peptide & Isopropyle Myristate) to help prevent friction and increase the enjoyment and relaxation of the massage for a more pleasurable and therapeutic experience. We have prescribed few exercises also in our breast-massage page

Estrogen rich food habit

You should eat healthy amounts of food. Eating at least three healthy and well-balanced meals per day is the first step to healthy cellular growth. One cannot produce new breast tissues without first being able to produce healthy cells. Proper nutrition is necessary for the body to work to its fullest potential.Eat garlic, parsley, grains (soybeans, wheat, rice), vegetables (beans, carrots, & potatoes).Soak fenugreek seed in a cup of water for 5 hours and drink the water every day morning.

Other useful practices

1.) Try to avoid caffeine – this includes chocolate, coffee,

caffeinated sodas, tea, etc.

2.) Reducing stress by exercising moderately, getting plenty of sleep and eating the right foods that keep blood sugar stable is a must for keeping hormonal balance, which provides an excellent conduit to breast growth while on an oral breast enhancement supplement.

3.) For some reason, it has been found that oral breast enhancement supplements work best when consumed with higher protein meals.

4.) Take the supplement exactly as prescribed by the maker, at approximately the same time every day (just like you would a birth control pill, for maximum effectiveness).

5.) Try to let your breasts be as free from constraints as possible at all times, even if this means wearing a looser bra, or no bra at all once in a while. This really is a good rule of thumb for breast health in general as many doctors will tell you, as well as a beneficial practice for natural breast enlargement.

7.) If a particular breast enhancement supplement you are using is not agreeing with your body in any way for a period of time after the initial “adjustment” period that sometimes occurs, discontinue use and seek a refund from the manufacturer.

8.) Remember that everyone’s body chemistry is different, and some formulations may not work for one person or disagree with them, while it works wonders for another.Choose the formula that agrees with your body and gives results.

THE KEY TO GETTING THE BEST RESULTS IS REALLY HORMONAL BALANCE, WHICH THE ABOVE STEPS WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE.

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Humanity, Natural Laws and the Force

About 12 years ago on a week day morning I was in my garage sitting and reading a book. The main gate in the garden was open. It is customary to keep our main gate closed to avoid poachers entering the garden. My wife Vineetha came to the garage with a cup of tea in her hand, saw the opened gate. She looked at me said something and went towards the gate. While having my tea I was watching her walking towards the gate. About 5 to 6 meters before the gate she turned round and walked back towards me. She could walk only about 2 meters a coconut tree which was about ten meters from the gate fell on to the open half of the gate and it got crumpled. Her first reaction was to turn back and see what happened. We both ran towards each other and half way I embraced her and tried to calm her down. She was bewildered. I did not know what to say. I brought her to the garage and made her to sit on the chair where I was sitting. First thing she did was, with folded palms she thanked God for saving her.

After few minutes I asked her why she turned back and came towards me without closing the gate. She said she did not know. I also did not have any answers up to time of writing this article. After many years she still reminds me about the incident and thanks the loving God. She is an ardent catholic. Every now and then I think about this incident. I feel there is a very close relationship between us and the surrounding environment, trees, ground, sky, water, air etc. I really believe the words of the Red Indian Chief Seattle that nature is part of our family.

Nature and humanity

I would like to endeavor beyond Seattle’s thoughts and say we are nature. We are part of the whole universe. We live together. We live in nature. We breathe air. It is very essential to our lives. Without certain proportion of air the man will die. We eat what is grown on earth. Even if we eat any meat the animals are nourished by the nature. We drink water. We utilize water for numerous purposes. Without water we cannot exists. Neither plants nor animals can exist. We cannot live without our star, sun for that matter without the moon either. The earth will never exist if she deviates from the present orbit. All the planets have certain orbits which each one must maintain otherwise they will collide with each other. The earth is in a critical distance from the sun to maintain this beautiful environment with plants flowers, air, water, clouds, animals, humans etc. There is no other planet which can sustain life in our solar system. For that matter there are no celestial bodies close to our solar system which has life forms. The closest star is 4.5 light years from the earth.

Is it not wonderful to think how the Force, as the people would like to say now, take so much of precautions to sustain humanity on earth. Why? Why? Why? That is a million dollar question I would like to have a truthful answer. Who warned my wife to turn back? Why? How was she warned? What part of her body felt the warning? Is it not wonderful think that nature is part and parcel of us?

 

 

Human imagination and laws of Nature

Man by nature is proud of his existence on earth. For  eons he had tried to find reasons for his existence. How he came to be? Why? What is the ultimate end of the humanity? Is someone controlling the whole of Universe or is it maintaining and sustaining by itself. Is it logical to think that it is maintaining by itself. Well if someone says yes. Who started all these? Now the modern science has found that thoughts can create with help of surrounding nature. Thoughts of one person will activate nature. A person’s visualization will activate the laws of nature and find answers to fulfill his thoughts. This is what the film “Secret” say. This is how Christ has defined what “Faith” of a person should be. In short if a person visualize positively, what he thinks can become a reality. This is a wonderful gift from the Creator or the Force. This is what a modern writer has to say about what I said above.

If we plant a seed in the ground we know that the sun will shine and the rain will water, and we leave it to the Law to bring the results…Well, the desire you image is the seed, your occasional closing of the eyes in imagery is the sun, and your constant thought, not anxious expectation is

the rain and cultivation which are necessary to bring absolutely sure results…”

– Frances Larimer Warner, Our Invisible Supply: Part One

1907

There is a powerful and mysterious force in human nature that is capable of bringing about dramatic improvement in our lives. It is a kind of mental engineering that works best when supported by a strong religious faith. This is what a famous philosopher has to say about this power.

“Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them.” – Plato –

 

Imaging and Power of Nature

This dramatic power has caught the attention of doctors, psychologists and thinkers everywhere, and a new word has been coined to describe it. The word is imaging, derived from the word   imagination. The wonderful phenomenon is that the only thing you have to do is to think and image your desire. The rest will be taken care of by the laws of nature. It is part of humanity. As I mentioned above this is possible because man and nature is one. Natural laws will serve its master obediently as the Bible say in the 1st book Genesis 1st Chapter. After creating man God gave power to subdue earth and its content. From that fateful day man has moved thousands of years may be nearly 10,000 years. He has evolved mentally more than physically for the last 100 centuries. Most of the time he has tend to destroy beautiful gift given by the loving creator. But a few has understood the secrets between nature and man. Some have developed advance mental powers to control nature and get work out of it without destroying or breaking the natural laws. But some have endeavored to imagine and create so many things only after destroying the beautiful creation gifted to humanity by the creator. A famous writer on positive imaging says,

“An image vividly conceived and stubbornly held has a reality of its own.” – Norman Vincent Peale, Author of many publications on positive thinking and positive imaging.

Architectures draw beautiful buildings and Masons, Carpenters, electricians; plumbers etc complete his structure and make his beautiful building a reality.

 

Imaging activates invisible natural laws

But the imagery I am referring to here is having a different concept to make it a reality.  Here a person will visualize imagery in his or her mind and think of it every now and then. Meditate over it. Talk of it positively. In the mean time the Force will activate the laws of nature to make it a reality. No one will see this unspoken Force active behind the scene. The outcome will be the imagery becoming a reality. This is something sublime and wonderful in the human life. It is combined effort of human imagination created in him by the Force and power of nature which was given for him to subdue.Man lives in nature and nature lives in him. This is really wonderful. Hence each and every human being must endeavor to safe guard nature.

You realize that since Order is Heaven’s first law, and imaging places things in their natural order, then it must be a heavenly thing to visualize or making images. Everyone visualizes, whether he knows it or not. Therefore imaging is the great secret of success. The conscious use of this great power attracts to you multiplied resources, intensifies your wisdom, and enables you to make use of advantages which you formerly failed to recognize.

I related a true personal life incident to show you that there is an invisible power which communicates with us eternally. Every human being experiences this power sometimes daily. If a person is calm and has a peaceful mind he or she will always experience this power in them. Even if a person does not pay attention to his power, this universal power will independently acts and guide us. This is what happened to my wife. She was saved by this power. So we live with nature and nature lives in us. In other words the Force lives with us and we live with the Force. Nature permeates the Force.

Force acting lovingly

On December 22nd 1983, I completed 10 years in marriage. I was working in a manufacturing company as a wharf clerk. I will never forget this day in my life. On the way to the main bus stand after work I just had a brief visit to the Blessed Sacrament church in heart of a busy street. My brief prayer was very emotional and to the point. Here is a person kneeling in front of Blessed Sacrament with a sad mind and but who was eager to have some money to get a gift to his wife on the anniversary day. I remembered the word of Jesus.

“What things so ever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.” – Jesus

Here I am with only US$ 0.20 (Rs.10.00) in my hand. How can I go home to celebrate my 10th anniversary? How can I buy something to my wife and to my two little daughters? What I had is enough to go home by bus and come back next day to work by bus. I prayed with a firm belief. My simple prayer was, “Lord how can I make my wife and children happy on this important day without any means to do it? Want you help me please?” With that I came out of the church and walked towards the bus stand which was about 500 meters away. On my way I saw a lottery man making lot of noise and trying to sell a Development Lottery for US$ 0.10 (Rs.10.00) each. But I had only US$ 0.20 (Rs.20.00) which is sufficient to go home and come back to work tomorrow. With a great faith I wanted to buy a lottery and try my luck. I bought one lottery and scratched to harness my luck. There it was US$ 0.20 (Rs.20.00) as the prize. The seller while giving money asked me whether I would like to buy another ticket. I said I will and bought 2 lotteries. This time I received US$ 0.20 (Rs.20.00) for one lottery and nothing for the other. Before seller could say anything I picked 2 more lotteries. This time I was surprised to see US$ 10 (Rs.1000.00) in one lottery and nothing in the other. I collected money from the seller, went back to the church offered my gratefulness to Lord Jesus.  Then I bought lot of things to my wife, to my children and happily came home. My wife looked at me with a blank mind when I entered from front door with so many bags in both hands. Two kids came and hugged me and carried the bags. So I had to sit down and relate the full story to her. She folded her palms and gave thanks to God and hugged me.

This story will convince you how the Force works when you have a great faith. I have had so many experiences in my life. This is the part 1 of this article. I hope to have many more additions to this great subject Humanity, Natural Laws and the Force. You can visit my website to read more on a different subject which you might like more