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How “apple stem cells” can hurt your skin.

First, it is your responsibility (or mine) to read the ingredient lists.

Second, I have nothing against apples.  I think some of them are delicious and they are great on cakes and a good supply of vitamins.  But they should not be in your skin care product.

Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer (1.7 fl oz.) $70

Apple juice,  grape juice, lemon juice, aloe vera juice, Caprylic/capric Triglyceride, Jojoba Seed Oil)*, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearic Acid,  Sunflower Seed Oil, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Xanthan Gum, Shea Butter, apple buds, grape buds, lemon Bar, Vitamin E, evening Primrose,  Linseed Oil, Borage Seed Oil,  Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Vitamin B5, Allantoin, mandarin, May Chang (citral) and cinnamon essential oils.

Not everything here is a waste, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate is a stable Vitamin C derivative and  there are some surces of essential fatty acids here.

But you don’t need sugar on your skin. We should be using carnosine to decrease protein glycosylation, to preserve structure and function of proteins like elastin and collagen. Adding sugar is what we are trying to avoid.  And apple and grape buds may contain some nutrients but will not help you when it comes to preserving the health of your own stem cells.

Mandarin and cinnamon essential oil may help the product smell nice, but will not help your skin at all. So go and bake something nice in your kitchen and get your home to smell like mandarin and cinnamon, but when it comes to skin health, do the right thing.

And stay tuned, because Skin Actives is coming with a great active that will actually help your skin stem cells to do better!