STEP 1: CLEANSE WITH CLEANSE MY FACE

We use 14 remedial oils that target impurities and literally dissolve makeup away without stripping your skin of its natural oils. This is key, because when your skin’s natural barrier is compromised it goes into shock and overproduces sebum to replenish itself. Using Cleanse My Face keeps your skin feeling dewy, clean and cared for.

STEP 2: EXFOLIATE WITH  COMPLEXION POLISH

Some of the ingredients in modern-day exfoliants are truly scary, for you and the environment. We’re all about micro milled natural ingredients not micro beads. Rice powder, Argan Shell Powder and Gotu Kola Powder are just some of the ancient remedies in our Complexion Polish that help to even skin tone, increase circulation, cell activity and stimulate collagen production. We recommend using 2-3 times a week and adding a little Cleanse My Face to supercharge the mix.

STEP 3: TONE WITH  HYDRATE MY FACE

Our botanical hydration and toning mist brings together organic essential oils and pure floral waters to leave your skin feeling vibrant and energised. You can even put it in the fridge for extra spritziness on summer days.

STEP 4: MOISTURISE WITH LOVE YOUR FACE SERUM

This stuff puts back into your skin what life takes out. Highly concentrated to deeply nourish, protect and restore skin cells – our Love Your Face Serum absorbs instantly and still allows your skin to breathe. It’s incredible and some even say life changing. You can use it every day to replace your day and night facial moisturiser.

That despite using documented harmful ingredients, many personal care products in Australia are completely legal? The truth is in Australia and many other countries, products containing cancer causing carcinogens and endocrine disruptors (that mess with our hormones) are everywhere. The creators of these products claim they are safe as they only contain minute amounts of known toxic ingredients. But then they would say that wouldn’t they, conveniently ignoring harmful build up over time.

Toxins in skincare products don’t just affect us, they can also have serious environmental effects. Lobby groups, such as the US based health and environment group ‘Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ continue to push for manufacturers to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer and other serious health and environmental concerns.

Here’s the bottom line. The beauty industry is largely unregulated. This means that cosmetic companies can put all kinds of toxic and even known carcinogenic ingredients (under many different names) into the creams, lotions and products we use every day.

These very companies claim that because they only use small amounts of toxins they are safe. But given the average woman uses dozens of different products daily that carry small amounts of toxic ingredients, we can safely assume the amount of toxins we are absorbing into our bloodstream builds progressively over time. The reality is….. the daily dose of toxins we are exposed to is likely far higher than we think.

Another point is that labels don’t always list every ingredient. For example, cosmetic firms in the US are only required to name the ‘intended’ ingredients. This means some contents, such as lead, might not make it on to the label as they are considered unintended by products or impurities. Incredible but true!

The smartest step to take is to minimise your exposure by using products that exclude potentially toxic chemicals.

The David Suzuki Foundation* wisely suggests buying products with easily understood ingredient lists and trying sample sizes before handing over your hard earned cash. That way you can patch test and establish what your skin loves best.

Many anti-ageing creams, lotions, moisturisers, makeup and some sunscreens contain retinol and/or its derivatives. You can identify it by the following names listed: retinol, vitamin A, retinyl acetate, retinyl palminate, all-trans retinoid acid and tretinoin. That’s astonishing when you consider this: US Government scientific trails have found these chemicals “speed up the development of cancerous lesions on sun-exposed skin”.

Put simply, both of these ingredients increase the risk of skin cancer with sun exposure, with the FDA (U.S.A. Food & Drug Administration) recommend additional testing. Furthermore, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) report based on chemicals that should disappear from cosmetics, recommended products containing retinoic acid or retinyl palmitate should be avoidedAnd that is exactly what we all should be doing.

Take the first step. It's possible you’ve been considering using natural products for some time but weren’t quite sure where to start. Or you have concerns a non-chemical product routine might not be as effective.

Well we have good news on both counts!

If you want to swap over slowly using baby steps that is absolutely fine. Alternatively, if you are one of those people who jump right in with both feet we can run with you too. Either way we have everything covered for a natural health and beauty routine. But first we need cover this next point – that natural products are not as effective as their chemical cousins. Well the reverse is actually true. All natural creations are always healthier – that we know for certain – but are they also often better at doing what they promise out to achieve?

If you are still on the fence, keep reading and see how Black Chicken Remedies stand up against the toxic skincare competition. We know you’ll be pleasantly surprised and definitely reassured. Time to dive in!