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The beauty industry is a multi-million dollar market enticing us to purchase the latest beauty products marketed through their fancy advertising campaigns. In reality, it’s another ploy to get you to spend your hard-earned money which will line their pockets through their brain washing tactics suggesting that angels will sing and your wrinkles, blemishes, spots or whatever will disappear! Yeah, right!!! Unless the product you are buying is organic or plant based, it is most likely full of chemicals; ingredients you can’t pronounce or don’t know what they are, and many may actually be harmful… I bet most of you have never even looked the ingredients up to find out what they are.

Did you know that whatever you put on your skin will be absorbed and enter into your bloodstream….within 27 seconds!

Imagine that, every day chemicals leaching into your bloodstream for the sake of beauty, doing who knows what to your system… no wonder cancer is a prevalent topic these days. It seems to me that the sooner and closer we get back to nature and natural products, the better off we will be…. but that’s just my opinion, you can make your own. In my own quest to live a more natural life, I turned to the grocery store to obtain my face cream, which in fact, is not cream at all. I use it morning and night and under my makeup when I feel the need to wear it. What’s my secret ingredient?

Grape seed oil

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Plain, simple, pure…. and cheap! … and it has multi-purpose uses and benefits. Yes, you can use grape seed oil for cooking, if you do actually use oils in your cooking… I personally try to avoid oils in my cooking as often as I can, but I digress. I didn’t come here to talk about cooking, I came here to talk about beauty products. Did you know that grape seed oil makes a perfect moisturizer for your skin and hair among other benefits? Made from the pressed seeds of grapes, grapeseed oil is a by-product from the process of wine making. Consider purchasing cold-pressed or expeller-pressed oil though which do not use chemical solvents or high heat during the processing. Grapeseed oil does not leave your skin feeling oily. It does not clog pores and is therefore considered non-comedogenic and is ideal for all skin types. High in Vitamin E and Omega-6 fatty acid, and known for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anti-oxidant properties, makes it ideal even for sensitive and acne-prone skin types.

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Some of the uses for grapeseed oil are:

remove makeup
tighten pores
aid with acne
moisturize dry skin
lighten skin
reduce the appearance of scars
aid in dandruff
help with hair loss
act as a carrier oil for essential oils
soothe rashes
prevent premature aging
seal moisture into hair

I have been using grape seed oil for several years now and don't think I will ever go back to the beauty industry's lines, I do not feel the need to. For me, grapeseed oil is a multi-purpose product that meets all my needs and doesn't break the bank, you should try some for yourself. ********************************************* https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/544191004379578381/544342157570342932/received_2278561468843750.gif https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZfJYAGXYP6AHxjdFk5TrFDVKzcMgVTPNdnTBb5o9N2i5/thealliance.jpg *********************************************