Most everyone here knows I'm a massage therapist (yes, licensed), and that I feel very strongly against the use of mineral oil on skin...
Read this: http://www.click2houston.com/health/19725357/detail.html
""Mineral oil is found in so many skin care and cosmetic products. This particular oil is not the best choice to be used in skin care products yet it is placed in many popular skin care product," says Elkins. "Read your labels."
Mineral oil clogs pores, she says."
This is something they teach on the FIRST day of massage therapy school. It has stuck with me ever since. Huge beauty corporations like Avon and Mary Kay continue to use mineral oil in MUCH of their skin care lines.
When I was massaging for MK, my consultant asked me to try some foot cream... before it touched my skin, I read the ingredients, and I told her that mineral oil is not something to be put on skin - it clogs pores. The word for "does not clog pores" is "non-comedogenic" in the skin care industry. This particular MK product had "non-comedogenic" on the tube... it's a LIE.
My mom knows how I feel about mineral oil, and she's a 20+ year AVON rep. I've told her about it and even shown her how mineral oil will sit on your skin, while almond oil penetrates and softens.
Companies use mineral oil because the shelf life is measured in years, whereas good oils have shelf life measured in months. Mineral oil is also CHEAP. Notice how much Johnson's baby oil costs? That's the primary ingredient.
Yes, sweet almond, safflower, sunflower, and grapeseed oils cost more... but you don't have to use much to get softer skin - just pat a little dab on your fingertips and pat onto skin, then massage it in...
Anybody care to join in the discussion? Questions or comments?
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