I was sitting here about to write up the pros and cons of going natural and organic for your health and beauty products in order to live a more toxin-free life when I visited one of my favorite pages, Lavera, and found they had an article on a very similar subject.  I enjoyed the article and since it covered many of the topics I wished to discuss today, I want to share it with you.  Here is a bit of it.  Please follow the link at the bottom to finish the article.

Going Natural and Organic – What You Need to Know

Written by Ulrike Jacob

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:35

We all know the benefits of eating organic foods and using organic cleaning products in the home—fewer toxins, environmental responsibility, saving natural resources and more. The same is true for your skincare and makeup. Organic beauty products effectively work in harmony with your skin’s natural functions to make you look and feel your absolute best. And they work! Consumers in Europe have bought into organics—Lavera holds 1/5th of all natural skincare sales in Europe—and they are certainly increasing in popularity here in the U.S. as consumers are learning that what you put on your body can be just as harmful as what you put in your body.

Why is it so important to choose natural and organic products that are free of toxins? Well, for starters, your body absorbs up to 60 percent of what is applied to the skin into the bloodstream—which includes those not-so-good for you, unpronounceable ingredients that could be doing your body harm. By going organic, you avoid absorbing ingredients linked to allergies, hormonal changes, cancer and other conditions and diseases.

Since natural and organic products contain a higher concentration of natural actives, they are better able to support the skin’s natural processes of cell renewal, hydration, oxygenation and protection. All Lavera products are made from 100 percent natural ingredients and follow the strict BDIH standards in Europe. Wherever possible, these ingredients are sourced from certified organic agriculture. In circumstances where a product is not all-organic, it’s because certain organic ingredients don’t have year-round availability or the ingredient is not ever available from an organic source.

You may be wondering what qualifies a product as organic or natural and what the differences are….read more here.

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