Contrary to popular belief, the best anti-aging skin creams are not those that are featured in famous magazine advertisements or that decorate the shelves behind fancy department store counters.
Don't make the mistake of believing that just because a product is expensive and famous, that it is good.
There is far more to selecting a good anti-aging cream than meets the eye.
First and foremost, in order to find an effective anti-aging skin cream you should look beyond the mainstream.
Big brand products may have celebrities and models backing them up in advertisements but it is really all hype when you get down to business.
These days almost all of the skin care products you know and use contain harmful chemical ingredients that can actually cause premature aging rather than prevent it.
Take common anti-aging creams on the market for example.
If you have a look at their ingredients, you will always find an ingredient called mineral oil, which can also be found in the form of paraffin wax, petrolatum, or liquid paraffin.
Mineral oil is a petroleum by-product that is used in creams and lotions because it cheap.
What you may not know is that it clogs your pores, interferes with your skin's ability to eliminate toxins, causes photosensitivity and in some cases, cancer.
To top it off, mineral oil can cause chapping, dry skin, and premature aging! The best anti-aging skin creams will not only be free of synthetic ingredients like mineral oil; they will be safe enough to eat.
The only way to determine whether a cream is truly natural is to find out whether it is edible.
When you rub cream into your skin it is absorbed and it enters your bloodstream so it is essentially like you are eating it.
If an anti-aging skin cream is safe enough to ingest, only then is it safe enough to put on your skin.
In addition to being all natural, any skin cream you use should contain the latest in ingredients that combat the main causes of aging.
The best anti-aging skin creams contain three foundation ingredients that combat the main causes of aging skin which are the loss of hyaluronic acid, the loss of collagen and elastin, and the damage caused by free radicals.
Three foundation ingredients to look for in anti-aging body lotions, night creams, and day creams are functional keratin, coenzyme Q10, and wakame.
Functional keratin stops collagen and elastin loss while coenzyme Q10 gobbles up free radicals so you can reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
Wakame contains anti-aging ingredients that stop the breakdown of hyaluronic acid so you can maintain your skin's smoothness, tone, and elasticity.
So there you have it.
Everyone knows that an extremely important weapon in fighting aging skin is the use of an effective anti-aging cream.
In order to avoid ending up with a mediocre product you have to look beyond the hype and search for what is more important such as what ingredients are used and whether the product is edible or not.
Don't make the common mistake of using a product laden with chemicals just because it is popular and famous.
The best anti-aging skin creams are out there but you have to look a little bit harder to find them and if you do so, you won't regret it.