Why Natural?

Have you ever taken the time to sit down and read the back of that lotion bottle from the store? As I mentioned in a previous post, I struggled to find my daughter some releif from her eczema. After a bath, I applied a popular lotion formulated for children and was horrified when she started screaming that it burned her legs. I looked on the back, read the long list of ingredients and came to the words "sodium hydroxide" = lye - the same ingredient that is use to saponify soaps as well as in many hair relaxer applications. Now, to be fair, the lye appeared far down on the list of ingredients, indicating that perhaps only a small amount was used in the lotion, but why is lye in lotion anyway?

My products at www.neosoulessentials.com use no preservaties and very little in terms of synthetic (man-made) chemicals. All my ingredients are pretty much edible, such as shea butter, virgin coconut oil, canola oil and the like. I strive to use ingredients that I would feel safe using on my 18 month old, who, against his will, is a frequent tester of my products.

When it comes to skin care, why use chemicals that you can't prounonce on your skin? Try some good-smelling virgin coconut oil on those dry patches. How about some shea butter? Or my personal favorite, cocoa butter.

Next - How Natural Oils help your skin.