Real talk about skincare ingredients from Natalie Dee

For those of you who haven’t been reading your Paula Begoun. Tsk tsk. 

“Read the labels and buy what makes you feel good, but don’t believe every thing you read on a bottle, because a lot of it is unregulated.  Just because there is a little picture of a leaf in the logo, and the plastic is all unbleached brown-looking, doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to sweet-talk you just to get your money.”

Bonus: “Also, just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it is superior and/or safe…  Arsenic and uranium and poison ivy are natural, too.”

Real talk about skincare ingredients from Natalie Dee

Magic Isn't Real (by Natalie Dee)

This is a good reminder for us all:

There isn’t a cream or lotion or facewash in the world that is going to change what you already have.  If there were, everybody would be smooth and perfect and beautiful, and nobody would ever visit the plastic surgeon for anything at all.  There would be homeless plastic surgeons on the street with signs that said OUT OF WORK, PLEASE HELP!!  EVERYONE JUST BOUGHT A TUBE OF CREAM FROM MACY’S, AND NOW NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY WRINKLES OR CELLULITE AND I HAVE NO USEFUL JOB SKILLS.

(I don’t totally agree that there are no acne products that can help, and I think there are some ingredients that can slow down damage or soothe irritation, besides SPF, but for the most part, yeah. Don’t get sucked in. Do your research here or here.)

Magic Isn't Real (by Natalie Dee)