本周在去日本旅行时，我花了很多时间挑选护肤品并阅读成分列表。好吧，这对我来说是一种工作习惯，但我总是对我读到的东西感到惊讶。
也许最令人惊讶的是昂贵的东西。购买昂贵护肤品的最佳地点是免税部门。
在浏览悉尼免税店的产品货架时，我发现了一瓶漂亮的面霜，售价 535 澳元。现在你会认为用这笔钱你会得到液态黄金，或者也许是金钱能买到的最昂贵和最好的原料。简短的回答是否定的。事实上，我很害怕。前五种成分如下：
1.阿夸
2. 酒精
3. 异壬酸异十三酯
4.双甘油
5.甘油
这让我感到震惊，因为我知道这些成分的购买成本低廉，导致产品价格高得离谱。我也感到震惊，因为这些成分的合成性质限制了它们对皮肤的益处，并且会刺激任何皮肤敏感的人。
也许更令人担忧的是列出的其他一些成分，包括：
• 甲氧基肉桂酸乙基己酯——紫外线吸收剂（常用于化学防晒霜），已被证明会破坏荷尔蒙。
• Parfum（香水）——这个漂亮的小词可以描述各种合成化学物质，最常见的是刺激皮肤和引起过敏。
• 颜色包括CI 15985 – 一种由石油基或磨碎的胭脂虫生产的合成染料。
这些成分对支持皮肤健康没有任何帮助，更不用说你的身体或环境的健康了。它们是合成成分，弊大于利。
当您购买新的护肤品时，请花点时间阅读包装上列出的成分。如果您看到上面列出的任何一个，请运行。如果您不确定该成分是否天然，您可以使用一系列在线数据库进行搜索，包括：
• Think Dirty 应用程序： https://www.thinkdirtyapp.com
• 环境工作组 (EWG)： https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
您首先关心的应该是成分以及它们对您的皮肤、身体和环境的影响。但我认为你所支持的公司也值得考虑。该公司的价值观与您的价值观一致吗？他们的钱是说到做到的吗？
我认为这就是我们的客户选择 Clémence Organics 的原因。
I'm often being asked about Retinol and whether or not I would recommend it. Firstly, let me explain what it is and what it does. Retinol improves skin texture and fights signs of aging by speeding up cell turnover and boosting collagen production.
Main Benefits of Retinol
Reduces fine lines and wrinkles: It stimulates collagen and elastin production to plump the skin and smooth out lines.
Accelerates skin cell turnover: It helps the skin shed dead cells faster, revealing a fresher, brighter, and smoother surface.
Evens skin tone: It reduces melanin production to help fade dark spots, hyperpigmentation and sun damage.
As much as I would love everyone to just empty the contents of their beauty cabinet and start fresh, it’s not practical or affordable for many. So given that one of the most common questions I get asked is ‘where should I start when transitioning to organic skincare’, I wanted to lay out my recommendations.
When going organic, I think it’s good to know not only what to start buying but why. That way you can make informed decisions and know that you’re heading in the right direction.
Lying in bed at 3am, desperate for sleep for come over me, is not how I expected to be spending my Thursday nights. But this is how it seems to be at 45. I’m hot, I’ve taken Panadol about 3 hours earlier to no avail, and I’m hearing every animal noise outside my window (which on other nights I would have slept through). I hate this.
