Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Natural Facial Skin Care Taken to the Next Dimension

By Celia Spiers

How could actresses and models extend their careers beyond the age of 40 without a natural facial skin care strategy? The search is always on in the entertainment industry for the next health and beauty secret and for this reason they always get to find out about them before anyone else does.

Money is no object in the search for the next best beauty product and because of that the providers of new products head straight for this exclusive circle. No one fools around here. The clients are sophisticated and smart and accept nothing less than excellence. Only a positive measurable result cuts the mustard.

The latest and the very best of anything quickly flashes around the corridors of this most hallowed of places in its search for lasting beauty. This elite possess great knowledge of every facial skin care and beauty product available.

There are many invasive methods available like surgery or injection but the greater majority prefer a more natural approach to their maintenance and aloe vera fits that bill very nicely. It is a most remarkable plant and its beneficial effects for humanity include a remedy for digestive problems, a cure for acne and eczema, a real boost for the immune system and of course the most natural facial skin care.

Correctly used it can also put back time by acting as an anti-aging remedy and for natural wrinkle prevention. Its use as a burn remedy is probably most widely known but for those of you not in the know, simply remove around 2 inches from one tip on an aloe vera plant and split it down the centre. Inside is a green gelatinous substance which can be spread directly onto the burn or blister. Pain relief is instant and the healing molecules within the plant actually speed up the healing process.

The problem with using aloe vera for your natural facial skin care is its tendency to lose its power by oxidization. Its contact with air. Lotions and creams containing aloe vera do not have a great deal of their healing potential left by the time they are actually applied. And then of course they are further deteriorated by exposure. So the problem has always been how to retain this power in the conversion from plant to remedy.

Ancient Egypt had aloe vera growing in their back yard as it is a desert plant. Did Cleopatra have it in her repertoire of beauty aids. Of course she did. The sharp eyes of the gifted herbalists knew every fine detail of their natural habitat. It can be safely eaten in its natural raw state but it has a laxative effect. No doubt this problem was solved but the method is lost in time.

Pharmaceuticals have been busy in the 20th and 21st Centuries and it is surprising that no one has taken the time to capture this plant in a pill. Or have they? There are spies in Hollywood hearing whispers. Why has this been kept secret for such a long time? Apparently it has been regarded by them as a gift from the Gods. Aloe vera has had a strong presence on the shelves in the cosmetics departments for some time. At full strength it could take natural facial skin care into time travel. - 15634

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