The Anti-Aging Debate: the untapped powers of Organic Skincare | Women

By SudhaKaviraj
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We are no longer satisfied with growing older and wiser. Years pass and wrinkles become visible. In a capitalist, commercial world, we want to live longer, but not in the traditional sense of growing old and living longer.

In some way we all aim to redeem our youthful features whether it's our faces or our bodies. Many people agonise over creeping wrinkles and crows feet. And lines around our eyes are an age giveaway to the opposite sex. So is it looking to the organic skincare for more natural, longer lasting alternatives?

Women are probably the biggest consumers of anti-ageing creams, moisturisers and cleansers and the plethora of skin care products available. Magazines and TV adverts play on the national consciousness and make us feel we need to look young to be beautiful. Glossy womens' weeklies or the classier monthly mags plaster screaming headlines about the latest celebrity to slip under the knife or going for a botox top-up.

Anti-ageing skincare is now big business. Euromonitor, discovered that the UK facial skincare market grew to a massive 71% since 1997. The fastest growing category is anti-ageing products, which together with regular moisturisers account for 61.7% of total market sales.

Older role models are being employed by skin care companies, who have long been criticised for focusing too strongly on the younger woman. Dior recently signed 47 year old actress Sharon Stone for a new advertising campaign for its anti-ageing line Capture and Estee Lauder has re-engaged Karen Graham, erstwhile model and spokeswoman for Resilience Lift.

The new organic skin care user should know about a few anti-ageing secrets. Not all products claiming botanical extracts, or natural plant minerals are organic with more than one in five new products over the past year in the UK claiming to be natural this represents a big increase from 180 in 2004, compared to 928 in 2005.

There are a few organic, natural anti-ageing products on the market. Ren's Glycolactic Skin Renewal Peel Mask is good for brightening dull or mature skin and decongesting blemish-prone skin but it's probably not suitable for very sensitive skin. Plante System Intensive Anti-Wrinkle Cream is from a French organic range new to the UK. IT features an antioxidant-rich plant complex and lily extract which plumps the skin and works against age spots. It's also paraben free and certified by Ecocert, the French organic body. For those worried about ageing, a trip to the a good beauty expert will set you back about 100 but at least you will get a proper consultation and most people would leave with a bag of samples to try at home.

Neal Yard's Organic Beauty Oil is an excellent age-defying oil too. Drizzle over your porridge or your salad and take it internally or apply onto your skin. This beauty oil is packed with nourishing omega fatty acids, essential nutrients and anti-oxidants that encourage the skin to regenerate naturally itself. According to the women's magazine, Easy Living, Neal Yard's skin-nourishing oils is the only thing that worked for one of the team's persistent eczema.

Neal Yard's Organic Beauty Oil has age-defying credentials. This beauty oil is packed with nourishing omega fatty acids, essential nutrients and anti-oxidants that encourage the skin to regenerate naturally itself. Drizzle over your porridge or your salad and take it internally or apply onto your skin. Neal Yard's skin-nourishing oils is also a hot favourite. Argan oil is known for its anti-ageing properties. Argans' anti-ageing skin softening properties are well documented. For centuries, Argan oil has been used by Berber women in Morocco who use it to nourish their skin, hair and nails. Not only does it help to reduce wrinkles by restoring the skin's water lipid layer but it also cools and soothes inflammation. Its anti-oxidant properties contribute to the neutralisation of free radicals, particularly useful in the polluted Western hemisphere. Argan oil also helps to cool skin that has been exposed to wind and the sun and also protects it in cold weather.

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Before splashing out on any anti-ageing products, read Sudha Kaviraj's article on how organic anti-ageing products rate better. Organicskintreats.com gives independent views on organic skin care.

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