Grape seeds or the extract from crushed grape seeds is rich in oligometric proanthrocyanidins (OPC’s) which have been found to speed up healing of wounds on the skin. Not only that, they also promote better healing meaning less scarring and keloids as a result of injuries. The OPC protects your skin from free radicals that promote aging helping you maintain your skin’s healthy glow. The compound can be found in exfoliating creams and foaming cleansers at many beauty supply stores. The active ingredient OPC protects your skin form pollution and the free radicals it carries onto the skin by washing them away leaving skin refreshed and cleans at the same time.

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Another of nature’s all natural skin care products, the fruit contains as much as 8% citric acid along as being a good source of natural glycolic acids. The active ingredients in the juice is a perfect exfoliant and is a natural skin smoother that takes away the dead cells to promote the growth of new cells. It also works well on your lips where if applied at night, you’ll have luscious lips that have been exfoliated if you do not mind the sour taste on your lips that is. It can be found ion the whole spectrum of skin and body care products and is also widely used as a scent in perfumes and in air fresheners. Makes a great refreshing wash after handling smelly stuff, it not only washes away the odor but it also removes dead skin cells from your hands leaving them clean and bright.

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Tea tree oil has long been regarded and revered for it’s healing abilities and with good reason. Analyzing an extract from the plant yields surprising anti-oxidants and anti-bacterial components making it ideal for use in skin care creams and other products. Anti-oxidants work by protecting the body’s cells from the many free radicals that is present almost everywhere, which is responsible for the early and premature death of cells. These cells cause aging leaving skin ugly and dry looking, then comes the tea tree extract rich cream or other product that kills bacteria, cleanses the skin and leaves a protective barrier against the elements, pollution and many other hazards present in the environment. Please tell me more! »

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Tomatoes have a magical component called lycopene that is very effective antioxidant that could protect our skin from UV damage from sunburn. Tests establish an unbelievable 30% increase in skin protection by eating tomatoes where 85% in western diet uses tomato paste where lycopene is best obtained. This helps to block UV penetration and prevent damage to the vulnerable skin tissues deeper down.
Eating tomatoes or tomato paste doesn’t mean that we should stop using sun block but it’s good to know that simply by increasing tomatoes in your diet you can help protect your skin from the daily sun damage which happens without us even realising.

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It’s that time of year again, when the sun peaks through and your skin soaks it all up like a sponge. Sure you’ll get a nice tan, but the sun’s harmful rays will affect your skin, and when it does, that tan won’t even be worth it. Here’s how to protect your sensitive skin from that powerful sun.
Most people think that an SPF 30 or more will completely shield them from the sun’s damaging rays. Wrong. SPF only refers to UVB rays, which is the shorter end of the sun’s spectrum of light that causes sunburns. The longer rays, which are called UVA, are only filtered out by some sunscreens, not all. Since UVA rays are not harmful instantly, they do damage in the long run, and companies are now working to bring out sunscreens that contain protection against UVA rays as well.

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Extracts from the plant have been used since ancient times to treat many skin maladies and have now even been used to alleviate the swelling that results from chemotherapy. The chamomile plant is a hardy desert plant that can grow for up to 200 years, is hardy and quite common. The seeds, when crushed yield oil that must be filtered, pasteurized and processed to remove the color and odor for it to be used in beauty care products. The oil contains bisabolol and azulene, both of which have inflammation taming qualities which may explain their use as treatment for poison Ivy exposure. Being very potent, the active ingredients in the oil can be more effective than hydrocortisone in reducing inflammation.

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There are long accepted anti-oxidants on the market such as Vitamin C which counteracts free radicals, Selenium and Zinc are also promising to be good anti-oxidizing agents a d of Course Vitamin E which has long been used as the main ingredient of skin maintenance regimens. Other, newer plant extracts that have been found to be beneficial to skin care which also has benefits to the body as a whole are; Silymarin, Soy Isoflavones and Tea Polyphenols. Silymarin, which is extracted from the Milk Thistle plant whose main active ingredient is silybin prevents lipid peroxidase action and inhibits tumor promotion in tests. Soy has two active isoflavone components genistein and gaidzen, the first which affects collagen synthesis which is used in oral and topical medication with the later one having effects on peroxyl radicals limiting skin aging if not totally delaying it. Tea has long been recognized as the body�s all-around remedy claiming to have beneficial effects over a wide spectrum of illnesses. It has been found that it also affects skin cancer carcinomas inhibiting growth hence tea truly has magical properties helping the prevention of skin diseases and other disorders.

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