ObeyYourBody and Winterize Your Skin

Happy Winter Solstice! Today, the sun is at its lowest altitude above the horizon, tilted away from the sun. In other words, it’s the shortest day/ longest night of the year. 

Today marks the first day of winter, and here on the northern stretch of the East Coast, that means dry skin season has begun. This winter, we urge you to ObeyYourBody® and winterize your skin in to forecast snow weather and ice moisturized, protected skin.

Several of our products assist in this product and we recommend:

Salt Scrub: Professional-Spa Standard Exfoliating Body Scrub

The minerals in ObeyYourBody® Salt Scrub leave skin feeling refreshed and renewed. As you exfoliate, the salt scrub rids the skin of impurities as it conditions and encourages natural skin cell renewal. Once washed away, it leaves the skin’s surface glowing. 

Hand and Body Lotion

The soothing plant extracts, natural oils and blend of Dead Sea vitamins restore skin’s natural moisture, protect it from harsh environmental factors and slow the aging process. Moreover, the light and non-greasy texture leave the skin feeling refreshed and silky smooth. For dark pigmented skin from olive to black, try Afriderm™ Hand and Body Lotion.

Shea Nut Body Butter

The sumptuous moisturizing product provides optimal care for dry and damaged skin; it is perfect for use on particularly rough patches of skin such as the elbows, heels and knees. It was formulated specifically to lock-in moisture. Available in 4 fragrances and Afriderm™ for dark skin needs.

Facial and Eye Serum

Use an intensive serum to lock-in essential moisture and repair stressed skin by increasing firmness and vitality. Formulated specifically for delicate eye areas and the entire face; also formulated specifically to fight signs of aging and to address the unique demands of dark-pigmented skin.

Day Cream with SPF

For optimal moisture control, use Day Cream in combination with face and eye serums. These creams promote the skin’s ideal moisture balance and are enriched with Omega 3 & 6 for daylong hydration. They were formulated to be light and non-greasy, so they feel great from morning to night. For dark skin, protect with Afriderm™ Day Cream with SPF 20 and to increase firmness and promote youthful looking skin, try DECO Day Cream with SPF 15.

Night Cream

While you sleep, the skin renews and repairs itself. For optimal night nourishment that leads to a healthier looking skin complexion during the day, use Nourishing-Intensive Night Cream. For olive to black complexions, use Afriderm™ Night Cream and to anti-wrinkle while the stars twinkle, use DECO Age-Control Night Cream.

                               

Paraben Free is the Way to Be!

What is a Paraben?

Parabens are the most popular chemical preservatives used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. They are compounds used as bactericidals and fungicidals found in a wide range of cosmetic products including, but not limited to, toothpastes, makeups, shaving gels, moisturizers, and even some food additives. 

Parabens are ‘esters’, which are formed from acid+alcohol, of p-hydroxybenzoic acid.

The most common Parabens are Methylparabens, Propylparbem and Butylparaben.

Interestingly, Methyparabens have also been found naturally as an antimicrobial factor in blueberries.

Why do I keep hearing this word in the news?

More recently, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the wide-spread use of Parabens. Research has proven these chemicals are able to mimic the effects of the female hormone Estrogen, which has been proven to aide in the development of breast cancer. Moreover, Parabens have been found in breast cancer tumors; this is likely from the use of deodorant which allow Parabens to secrete chemicals into the breast tissue. There has not been concrete evidence that Parabens play a role in the development of breast cancer, but links certainly have been suggested.

There has also been evidence that Methylparaben, a specific Paraben, may negatively react to UVB light. This results in skin aging at a faster pace, and DNA damage to skin cells.

One other concern is that Parabens could disrupt the function of the Endocrine System, the body system that regulates hormones which affects metabolism, growth and sexual development. In males, it has been found that exposure to Parabens adversely affected the secretion of testosterone in newborn males which, in return, affects male reproduction.

Interestingly, however, it has been found that Parabens are practically non-toxic because of their quick absorption, metabolic and excretion rates. They are generally non-reactive in people with normal skin, but there have been Paraben allergies found in a small percentage of people. 

Why are Parabens dangerous?

They are chemicals, and they are (generally) artificial. When you use a face cream product with Paraben in it, you’re rubbing dangerous chemicals into your skin. Now THAT is a scary thought.

 

If they’re dangerous, why are they used?

They are effective and more importantly for manufacturers and the wallets of consumers, they are low cost. Grapefruit Seed Extract is a natural alternative but not as efficient. 

In Europe, 0.4% is the allowed concentration limit of Parabens. Interestingly, according to a European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Products document from 2008, methyl and ethyl Parabens were not of great concern, but propyl and butyl Paraben’s effects remained undertermined.

Do ObeyYourBody® products contain Parabens?

NO! All ObeyYourBody® products are 100% Paraben-Free. We promise our customers revolutionary skincare and beauty care products derived from state-of-the-art pharmaceutical technology. As part of a holistic lifestyle, we do not support the use of Parben-preservatives and certainly do not put them in our products.

12 Bestsellers of 2012!

In honor of 12-12-12, we present our top 12 selling products of 2012:

12. Decorin-Age-Control Radiance Lifting Serum + Day Cream SPF 15: This anti-aging combination features Decorinyl® for improved skin firmness with the benefit of Omega 3 & 6 to keep the skin youthful and radiant. Easily applied and rapidly absorbed, this non-greasy formula offers immediate results.

11. Half and Half Bar of Soap: These two products come together to offer multiple benefits that allow the mud to soothe and the salt to rejuvenate.

10. Hand & Body Lotion: Featuring the healing properties of the Dead Sea, this lotion is made from vitamins, not chemicals and offers long-lasting moisturizing benefits in 4 refreshing scents.

9. Facial-Intensive Serum + Moisture-Intensive Day Cream with SPF 15: This non-stick serum formula immediately absorbs into the skin and allows it to better soak-in benefits of cream products. With easy absorbency and extra-long lasting benefit, this cream rejuvenates the skin and offers the added benefit of SPF 15 protection.

8. Mineral Mud Cleansing Gel: The benefit of mud without exfoliating beads. This smooth cleansing mud is beneficial for all skin types.

7. Major-Make-Over Purifying Mud Mask: This offers the therapeutic properties of Dead Sea mud that allows for a convenient, at-home application.

6. Optimal Moisture Eye Contour Cream + Eye Contour-Intensive Serum Concentrate: Used together, this non-oily serum helps absorb cream and the cream nourishes and protects. Together, these products make the perfect base for make-up.

5. Mineral Exfoliating Mud Scrub: With exfoliating properties, this scrub offers therapeutic benefits because it’s made of Dead Sea mud.

4. Optimal Indulgence Shea Nut Body Butter: In 4 delightful scents, this thick, creamy body butter offers maximum moisturizing benefit. In a frosted glass jar, this body butter looks as nice as it feels!

3. New Prestige Nail Kit: This four-step kit offers the benefits of filing and shaping, buffing for shine, and non-spill cuticle oil and our popular hand & body lotion to refresh all the body’s skin.

2. Salt Scrub: Also in 4 scents, this specialty-exfoliating offers a clean you can feel good about. It also gives vitamin and mineral benefits to all parts of the body—especially rough patches of skin on the elbows and knees.

1. Radiance-Repair Peeling Gel: Our bestseller! Peeling Gel acts like a glue to pull dead skin cells from the depths of the skin’s layers and exfoliate them so the skin can easily renew.