Skin Care Labeling, Cosmetics & the Best Anti Aging Cream

You can easily find the top anti aging cream, if you know which ingredients to look for.  Not surprisingly, you will have to read the encoded list of ingredients, which won’t be always easy, but the information here might help.

Skin care companies who make anti aging skin care products, lotions and other “cosmetics” are required by law to use the International Nomenclature for Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) on their labels.  That means they have to use specific names that can be understood anywhere in the world. 

Standardized nomenclature helps dermatologists when their patients have an unknown reaction to a compound in a product.   But, scientific names can make things a little difficult for the consumer to understand.

A few manufacturers list both scientific and common names on their labels.  Most do not.   Those who don’t, think that consumers are not interested in reading about the list of ingredients.  Maybe some people don’t, but many of us do.  The list of ingredients is the only honest source of information that we have.

As with food products, the ingredients are listed in descending order based on the amount present in the product.  Water is almost always the first ingredient.   It is used for consistency and also because water moisturizes the skin. 

The best anti aging creams should contain the following ingredients:

• Hydrolyzed keratin—an active protein that is proven to encourage the creation of new skin cells and fibers
• Ubiquinone —that is the antioxidant coenzyme Q10.  It can reverse wrinkles and sun damage
• Kelp Extract—a variety of seaweed or kelp commonly called wakame.  It prevents the breakdown of hyaluronic acid, which is responsible for the skin’s smoothness and partially responsible for its firmness.

Many of the anti wrinkle creams available contain 1 or 2 of those ingredients.  Only the best anti aging cream will contain all 3.

Oftentimes, you will see the term “fragrance” on the list of ingredients.   Cosmetic companies think that everyone wants a fragrance.  They think that if it smells good people will like it.

Fragrance ingredients often lead to allergic reactions.  Some of them are known to cause cancer.

The best anti aging cream is free of added fragrances and other hazardous compounds.   It is not necessary to take risks with our health.   We don’t need hazardous chemicals to look better.