We often associate dry, chapped skin with cold weather, and
though the weather plays a part in drying out skin, weather alone is not the
culprit.
Activities such as: taking long, hot baths; swimming in pools and or salty water also are contributing factors for dry skin.
Hand washing soaps, hand dish wash detergents, and chemical-laden household cleaners contribute to our dry skin problems as well.
Obviously multiple combinations of the above mentioned
scenarios will compound the severity of our dry skin issues.
Is dry skin such a
big deal?
Having dry, chapped skin is more than an irritant, it can
potentially be a health risk. Why? Your skin is your first line of defense against infection
and disease. If your skin is cracked,
germs are more easily susceptible of entering the body.
Though moving to a warmer climate is out of the picture for
most of us, we can control some of
the other dry skin culprits, such as the soaps and household cleaners we use.
Many hand soaps on the market leave a residue on your hands that
you may not be aware of! These residues
are a drying agent of our skin. Companies
often mask the chemicals in their soaps by adding moisturizers, even all
natural ones! Moisturizers sit on top of the soap residue, therefore keeping
that residue directly in contact with the skin!
What solutions
makes the most sense?
First of all: using a
gentle, 100% all-natural hand soap would be the first line of defense against
dry skin. Don't be fooled by hand soaps
that claim to be "all natural."
Manufacturers are allowed to claim "all natural" even if only
one ingredient is all natural.
Beware! I know groups like EWG
are fighting for better product labeling as what manufacturers are allowed to
do is very misleading to the customer!
Secondly: Use 100% all-natural, plant-based household cleaners.
Not only for the protection of your skin, but also for the overall
health of you and your family should you be using 100% all-natural, green cleaners. Rubber gloves give a false sense of
protection, don't be misled about using them!
A Personal
Testimony:
An email HG Labs, LLC. received from Brenda in MI
"When my family switched to Baby Harmony Pure &Free Hand Soap my daughter, who is prone to seasonal eczema, does not suffer
from it in ways she used to. Her hands
are not all chapped, cracked and bleeding as they were before we switched to Baby
Harmony's hand soap. This is the ONLY
hand soap we now use in our entire house!
IT WORKS!"
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