What is the best skin care products for a 47 year old woman?

Here is an article that my wife and I came across awhile back. It opened our eyes as to what many skin care and other companies are doing and how we just blindly follow along. For your consideration:

How to Find the Best Skin Care Products

What company has the best skincare products? Well, that depends on who you ask. Here's some important points to consider before you make a choice. Some of these points may be of a surprise to you. That is because most consumers do not do the proper research before buying and using a product. Here is some frank results of some research that I have done. You decide what is best.

WATCH OUT for Harmful Ingredients

In my opinion, the best skincare products should not contain ingredients that either cause or are strongly suspected of causing cancer. But, many of the popular brands do. For example, Neutrogena makes an oil-free foundation that comes in a variety of shades. Ingredients in the product have been linked to cancer, reproductive problems, allergies and a number of other health problems.

Environmental groups have petitioned the cosmetic industry for years to stop using these harmful ingredients. But, since they can’t get legislation past cosmetic industry lobbyists, they decided to give consumers a way to found the safest and best skincare products on their own.

Read the Label

The EWG created a searchable database called Skin Deep. At the site, they rate the safety of cosmetics based on the ingredients that they contain. You might think that Avon has the best skincare products, but if you go to the Skin Deep site, you will learn that Avon’s skin clearing lotion contains ingredients that have been linked to cancer, as well as skin, eye and lung irritation.

As far as safety is concerned, the best skincare products are made by companies that have signed the CSC’s “compact for global production of safe health and beauty products”. The CSC also has a searchable data base where you can see if your favorite companies have signed the compact.

Big Names – Big Prices

I decided to look for some of the most expensive designer names, because, of course they claim to have the best skincare products How about Christian Dior? No, apparently the company does not believe that a product that you use on your skin everyday should be safe.

I had always thought that designers like Helena Rubenstein, Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent had the best skincare products, since the prices were so high. My sister used to use only Elizabeth Arden cosmetics and fragrances. But, none of these designer names are on the safe list.

You might think that the names that we “trust” the most would definitely sign the compact and be “pro” safety. But, I looked for Ponds, Vaseline, Clinique, Revlon and Proctor & Gamble. Obviously, they don’t make the safest and best skincare products, because, thus far, they have refused to sign the compact.

What does the compact ask companies to do? Simply to meet the formulation standards and deadlines set by the European Union Directive in 2004, to replace hazardous compounds with safer alternatives within the next three years. It doesn’t seem like much to ask of a cosmetic company. You know why they won’t do it?

It’s the Money

Safer ingredients cost more. They would have to raise the prices on some of their already outrageously high priced products or cut their advertising budget. Most of these companies would not survive without advertising. Their products are not good enough to have a “word of mouth” reputation.

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It is such a relief to find an honest company that puts their customers first and not the $$$$ Larry