Comments on: The World’s Top 5 Skin Moisturizing Oils http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:27:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/comment-page-1/#comment-41813 thebeautybrains Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:08 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/#comment-41813 What is the information you think is more accurate? And what is your proof? This article is based on the best science available, not unreliable anecdotal evidence. What is the information you think is more accurate? And what is your proof? This article is based on the best science available, not unreliable anecdotal evidence.

]]> By: Empress Eternal http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/comment-page-1/#comment-41805 Empress Eternal Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:58:15 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/#comment-41805 THESE OILS LISTED IN THIS ARTICLE SHOULD BE DELETED ASAP, except for the coconut oil. THEY ARE IN NO WAY THE TOP 5 MOISTURIZING OILS, THEY ARE THE TOP 5 WORST OILS YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT ON YOUR BODY AS THEY ARE UNHEALTHY, CLOG PORES, AND BLOCKS THE DIRT AND TOXINS IN THE BODY. SILICONE IS NOT EVEN AN OIL. THEY ALL SUCK. THIS ARTICLE WHOULD BE RE-WRITTEN WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION PLEASE! thank you. THESE OILS LISTED IN THIS ARTICLE SHOULD BE DELETED ASAP, except for the coconut oil.

THEY ARE IN NO WAY THE TOP 5 MOISTURIZING OILS, THEY ARE THE TOP 5 WORST OILS YOU SHOULD NEVER PUT ON YOUR BODY AS THEY ARE UNHEALTHY, CLOG PORES, AND BLOCKS THE DIRT AND TOXINS IN THE BODY. SILICONE IS NOT EVEN AN OIL. THEY ALL SUCK.

THIS ARTICLE WHOULD BE RE-WRITTEN WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION PLEASE! thank you.

]]> By: Can Skin Be Oily And Dry At The Same Time | Beauty Secrets Blog http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/comment-page-1/#comment-33274 Can Skin Be Oily And Dry At The Same Time | Beauty Secrets Blog Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:17:45 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/#comment-33274 [...] or moisture. A healthy amount of oil in the skin helps prevent water from evaporating (by reducing Trans Epidermal Water Loss or TEWL.) So, since oil helps keep water in locked in the skin, oily skinned individuals tend not to have [...] [...] or moisture. A healthy amount of oil in the skin helps prevent water from evaporating (by reducing Trans Epidermal Water Loss or TEWL.) So, since oil helps keep water in locked in the skin, oily skinned individuals tend not to have [...]

]]> By: Can Skin Be Oily And Dry At The Same Time | 1800blogger http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/comment-page-1/#comment-33271 Can Skin Be Oily And Dry At The Same Time | 1800blogger Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:10:32 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/#comment-33271 [...] or moisture. A healthy amount of oil in the skin helps prevent water from evaporating (by reducing Trans Epidermal Water Loss or TEWL.) So, since oil helps keep water in locked in the skin, oily skinned individuals tend not to have [...] [...] or moisture. A healthy amount of oil in the skin helps prevent water from evaporating (by reducing Trans Epidermal Water Loss or TEWL.) So, since oil helps keep water in locked in the skin, oily skinned individuals tend not to have [...]

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/comment-page-1/#comment-33268 thebeautybrains Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:22:14 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/29/the-worlds-top-5-skin-moisturizing-oils/#comment-33268 Your skin is not part of the digestive system so it doesn't get nutritional benefits from any ingredient. Vitamins on your skin do not work the same as they do inside your body. You are mistaken that synthetics do nothing for the skin. There is plenty of peer reviewed research to demonstrate otherwise. In fact, petrolatum is approved for use as a pharmaceutical grade skin moisturizer and is prescribed by dermatologists. That's why it's listed there. Where is your proof that there is benefit in topically applying vitamins to "feed" the skin? Your skin is not part of the digestive system so it doesn’t get nutritional benefits from any ingredient. Vitamins on your skin do not work the same as they do inside your body.

You are mistaken that synthetics do nothing for the skin. There is plenty of peer reviewed research to demonstrate otherwise. In fact, petrolatum is approved for use as a pharmaceutical grade skin moisturizer and is prescribed by dermatologists. That’s why it’s listed there.

Where is your proof that there is benefit in topically applying vitamins to “feed” the skin?

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