Properties of Honey: Natural Men's Skin Care Ingredient
 | The sticky stuff provides a perfect men's grooming mask. If you become a men's skin care label reader, you'll notice honey appears often. What is it about this natural ingredient that makes it so desirable in both women's and men's skin care? Men's Skincare Multi-Treatment Qualities of Honey in Men's Skin Care Honey has a number of qualities that make it a smart men's skin care option. Overall, the fact that it is natural and unaltered by chemical processes makes it appealing, especially in these times, when green skin care is popular and increasingly necessary to responsible care of our environment. If we have something like honey at our disposal for skin care, why not use it instead of potentially harsh chemicals? In addition to it's green qualities, honey offers these skin care benefits: Anti-Oxidant: How Honey Soothes Harshness of the Environment Free radicals are biologically destructive substances that break down the cells in our bodies and expose us to illness and premature aging. Honey has anti-oxidant properties that disarm free radicals and prevent the damage they can cause. The anti-oxidants in honey also nourish the skin and promote the growth and protection of new cells. That's why so many men's skin care products and women's skin care products for anti-aging include honey. Humectant: How Honey Preserves our Skin's own Natural Moisture Honey has hygroscopic properties that give it the ability to absorb and retain moisture from the air. When you use honey or products that include honey on your skin or hair, it holds the moisture close to the skin and continues to draw moisture from the air which keeps the skin humidified. Since dryness is one of the primary aging issues for men's skin and hair both, honey is an important ingredient in hair and skin care products, such as Korres Thyme Honey Moisturizing Mask. Anti-Bacterial: How Honey Fends Off Ravages of the "Bad" Microbes Researchers believe an enzyme in honey produces hydrogen peroxide, which is an antiseptic. Bacteria can't live in the presence of this natural germ killer. Honey's anti-bacterial quality not only makes honey a potential alternative for antibiotics when taken internally, it also is a perfect substance to kill bacteria topically on skin. This prevents blemishes and helps heal tiny cuts from shaving. Full-Strength Honey Skin Care Masks, or Mixed with Milk? Historical accounts say ancient beauties used a mixture of milk and honey as a preparation to keep their skin looking dewy and youthful. In addition to adding nutrients of its own, the milk diluted the honey and made it easier to apply and clean off. You can create your own honey facials like the ancients by mixing this "liquid gold" with a variety of ingredients in the home. However, these days honey is conveniently incorporated in skin care products that also include other beneficial ingredients, including extra vitamins and minerals, pleasant fragrances and tingling skin stimulants. A Green Men's Skin Care Alternative Because honey is a naturally occurring substance, it is unlikely to react in a destructive way with other substances in your men's skin care regimen--or anything else in your personal environment for that matter. That makes honey an appealing substance to soothe something other than your skin: your conscience. Men's Skincare |
