Your skin is your body's largest organ and one of the most sensitive. If you could take it off your body and lay it flat, it would measure 21 square feet. Skin is less than a millimeter thick in some places and is made up of three layers which forms a protective barrier between what's inside us and what's outside. The outermost layer is the epidermis which includes collagen, elastin and nerve endings. Each square inch of skin contains 1,300 nerve endings. The inner most layer is subcutaneous fat which is tissue that acts as a cushion and insulator for the body. |  | A growing number of people are taking responsibility for the health of their skin, and are questioning the wisdom of smearing manmade chemicals, dyes and preservatives on their skin. The toxic chemicals that you apply to your skin are absorbed by the pores | and travel into the blood making you more vulnerable to skin irritation and inflammation and other chronic problems such as eczema, rosacea, acne, rashes etc. To determine if a skin care product is safe look for a short ingredient lists that has ingredients you know. Look for certified organic, organic or wild crafted raw materials such as: virgin coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, macadamia nut oil, apricot oil, jojoba oil, hempseed oil, neem oil, vitamin e, sea buckthorn berry extract, unbleached beeswax, shea butter, essential oils of lavender, geranium, sweet marjoram, lemon eucalyptus, ylang-ylang, cypress, patchouli, palmarosa, rosemary, vetiver etc. |