Beauty

» Victoria Anisman-Reiner - Cyclic - not quite "natural"

I wanted to comment on your mention of Cyclic as a "100% natural skin care" product.

I've checked out the product's website, and among the ingredients listed is "silica" - the stuff used to absorb moisture, that you'll often run into as those little packets in supplement bottles and shoe boxes.

Silica is not natural, and may be poisonous when ingested. I tend to caution people against using anything on their skin that is not safe to eat - because your skin absorbs so much of what you put on it.

It's a disappointing, but all-too-common, marketing ploy - a lot of synthetic products are being marketed as "natural" lately - up to and including the Body Shop.