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What Are the Best Natural Ingredients for Your Skin? - Clean Fresh Beauty

9/13/2016

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New to the organic and natural skin care beauty? Wondering what ingredients should be in your natural skin care products? In this post, I go over ingredients that are best suited to deal with each skin type issues.   Some plant extracts that are great for oily skin might be too harsh on sensitive and/or dry skin. What natural ingredients are best suited to fight acne, brightening the skin, and soothing irritated skin.
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For sensitive skin, calendula and aloe vera reduce inflammation, soothe the skin, and support burn healing process. 
For dry skin, look for hemp oil, shea butter, and lavender essential oils in your natural and organic skin care products. These ingredients deeply moisturize skin and quench dry skin.
For acne-prone skin and oily skin,  thyme  and tea tree oil have antiseptic and antibacterial properties to help clear pimples and help manage sebum production. 


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For Sensitive Skin
Calendula (Calendula Officinalis), also known as pot marigold or garden marigold is a beautiful golden flower that has been used for centuries to heal skin irritations. The extracts of this flower reduce inflammation, soothe the skin, and heal burns. Calendula is gentle enough to be used  as an ingredients for babies and children skin care.
Look for calendula in your products to soothe and heal irritated, dry, or sensitive skin. ​
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Aloe Vera ( aloe Barbadensis) - The useful part of this plants is the gel inside its leaves. Aloe Vera is fantastic for sensitive skin; it soothes and heals dry and sensitive skin. It is an excellent anti-inflammatory and pain reducer. It is even used in the healing process of 3rd degree burns.


According to the medical center of the University of Maryland, aloe vera stimulates skin growth and skin repair. One study even found that aloe vera had anti-inflammatory impacts superior to 1% hydrocortisone cream. Aloe vera is an excellent skin soother for sensitive skin.
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For Dry Skin
Hemp seed oil (Cannabis Sativa) - Hemp seed oil is used as a moisturizer for dry skin for good reasons. It effectively help decreases skin dryness and soothes skin irritation, according to Global Healing Center. This oil contains a great balance of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids. 
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Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) – Lavender essential oil is commonly used in natural skin care products for its relaxing scent. But, this essential oil also has great antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. Lavender is considered a great plant to speed up the healing of cuts and burns. The essential oil is great to help skin dryness. ​
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For Oily and Acne-prone Skin
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Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) - This very popular herb, used in the kitchen,  has been used for centuries as an antiseptic to fight a wide range of bacteria and fungi. 
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Tea Tree oil (extracted from the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia). Tea tree oil has great disinfecting properties; it is very effective at eliminating pimples.
This oil has soothing properties and do not strip away the natural oils of the skin unlike other acne treatment. Add few drops of tea tree oil to you face mask to help with pimples.
​References:
​http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/aloe

​http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-hemp-seed/
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