First two words: Natural, Organic.

Admit it, people as consumers are easily swayed by advertising and marketing ploys.

Bar soaps would just put a picture of a lush ripe Papaya in its packaging and put the word "natural" and we already think that it's made of natural ingredients.

Can you grab a jar of moisturizer, deodorant, or a bottle of body lotion please? Can you please read the ingredients? You might have a hard time - it's font size 4, I guess.

Here are a few things you might come across with: cyclopentasiloxane, acrylate crosspolymer, methylparaben, triclosan, and all the words you cant play on scrabble.

If you see these things, then you have in your hands, a chemical product.

Chemical vs. Natural and Organic

Chemical products are products which use of artificially prepared or synthesized ingredients.

Natural products are products which uses of naturally existing ingredients - meaning those which can be extracted from nature. Therefore, the likelihood of irritations, reactions, is significantly minimized, save from isolated cases. Natural ingredients, like mangoes, lemongrass, are scarce and sometimes seasonal. Therefore, natural skin care products run the risk of being expensive, because supplies are not always hefty.

It does not mean that if a product brags about natural active ingredients, it is already natural. Sometimes it is just a marketing ploy, so be smart enough to detect that. For instance...a bar of soap may have papaya, but if it has triclosan, EDTA, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, paraffinium... then it is no longer natural. By U.S. standards, for a product to be considered natural, at least 95% of its ingredients should be also natural.

But here is the catch, the product should not only be natural, it should also be organic.

Organic products uses of ingredients that are grown without the use of insecticides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and the like. Because come to think of it, how safe is a fruit that is laden with insecticide?

So just how bad are the chemical ingredients?

Well, the amounts that are put in the products are on safe levels. They are regulated by FDAs globally where they are sold. But here is the problem: even if the usage of chemical ingredients are on safe levels with these products, if you use them on a regular basis, 60% of which will be absorbed by the body and will eventually accumulate in the body - that's the time they can develop into diseases like cancer.

Hmmmmm...but organic and natural products are usually expensive. Check this website out: http://www.saffronrouge.com/face/moisturizers

That's how social inequity comes in. Poor people's health are jeopardized because they can only afford cheap chemical products.

That's how Human Nature is different. It produces healthy and safe alternatives to chemical products while still making it accessible to everyone, especially the financially disadvantaged members of the society. Am I kidding? No. =D

Compare the prices here:
US: http://shop.humanheartnature.com/
Philippines: http://humanheartnature.com/buy/

Post note: It's 12:28 am. Am I paid to write this blog? Not exactly. :))

Because, just cause.