Body Lotion: A quick review

Recently, I was been told to do a favour for a friend, to review one of her skin care products. She said it is a good brand, supposedly a trusted brand too. I told her I will blog about that product, with an honest blunt review. I know virtually every woman on this planet can't live without cosmetics or skin care products, for the name of beauty, I hereby provide you my brief honest point of view for this particular product. Question is, does your investment on that skin care product worth the money? Does skin breakouts or poor skin complexion due to deficiency in applying skin care products? Or could it be due to toxic gut or congested detoxification organs? 

Our precious skin is the body's largest detoxification organ. How many of us believe in beauty from inside out, rather then constantly investing on toxic skin care products? If any of you seriously need to apply whichever skin care product on your body, rule of the thumb, ingredients list MUST be no more then five in total, and does not contain harmful chemicals as below. My advise, save the list of these chemicals into your phone, or print out in a piece of small paper, bring it with you whenever do go, especially during shopping. 

Chemicals to avoid in skin care products/cosmetics:

- SLS (Sodium Laureth Sulfate)

- Toulene

- Paraffin, Mineral Oil/Petrolatum (crude oil known to clog pores!)

- Tetrasodium EDTA/Disodium EDTA

- Propylene Glycol/Butylene Glycol (petroleum plastics, could damage the liver, kidneys and suppress nervous system)

- Any hydrogenated oils (those are trans fat!)

- Any soybean based ingredients (estrogen mimickers)

- Any paraben derivatives (E.g. methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben, etc)

- sodium benzoate

- Oxybenzone/Avobenzone (endocrine disruptor and damage DNA)
- FD&C Color (Synthetic dyes from coal tar, contain heavy metal salts).

- Phthalates (could damage liver, kidneys, decrease sperm count, etc)

Reference: www.safecosmetics.org

A well known brand, but it is safe for human application? 

More then 30 chemicals in a bottle, up to 5 different parabens and other non desirable toxic ingredients. I will let you do the math and make your own choice.