Hey, this is David Benjamin
Today we're going to be talking about the skin biome. And the reason we're talking about this and the reason this video is going to be so short
today is because it's a very simple equation and it doesn't require a lot of work once
you understand what's in your ingredient labels. So your skin is the largest organ in slash on your body
Your skin quite literally is from head to toe and whatever you put on your skin gets
into your bloodstream. So your pores, especially when open like in the sunshine or in a hot shower or sauna or
just on a warm day, your pores are more open and whatever's on your skin gets into your
body, gets into your bloodstream. So it's really important to understand that your skin has a biome or a bacterial balance
just like your mouth does, your lungs do, and your gut does
So it's important to understand that you can disrupt that biome simply by using chemical-based
products and products that are not made from plants or from even animal fats
There's skin care products that are made from animal fats as well. So if you're using chemical-based skin care or beauty products, it's really bad because
it gets right into your bloodstream and it affects not only the pH and bacterial balance
of your skin, but then it gets into your bloodstream and then your immune system has to deal with
this internally because of an external decision that you made out of not understanding what
was in that product. So it's important to understand that it's very simple to choose high-quality products
and we have to address all of the layers here. So first things first, we have shampoo, anything we wash our hair or head or scalp with, make
sure that's a high-quality product. Anything you shave with or use on your face, cleansers, exfoliators, serums, so on and
so forth. Anything you use on your face, anything you use to moisturize your body, whether it's
oils or butters or anything like that to hydrate or moisturize your skin, and anything you
use under your arms in your armpits. And you keep in mind that your armpits and your groin are the two areas of the body that
absorb more of what you put onto those areas of the skin
So the pores are simply larger in the armpits and in your groin region, so whatever you
apply topically in those regions will be absorbed very quickly into the bloodstream
So you want to be very smart and very cautious about what you utilize
So with that being said, it's really important to simply understand what you're putting on
your skin. I will link up some recommendations below this video for natural, organic, plant-based
pure skincare and beauty care brands. So I'll just link up a few recommendations to make it easier for you so you don't have
to do as much reading labels and researching. But what I would recommend if you don't use the brands I link up below and you want to
try other brands, simply look at the back of each label and quite literally Google or
research each ingredient. You'll find that it's very easy to tell a difference over time between products that
are plant-based or organic or like I said, even animal-based. There's animal-based fats and things like that in oils and things and in beauty products
You'll find that it's very easy to see the distinction of a high-quality product that
is going to be healthy for your skin biome and your health in general as opposed to a
product that is based in chemicals. So things you want to look out for are parabens, that's P-A-R-B-E-N, parabens, or sodium lauryl
sulfates or sodium sulfates of any kind or any sulfates. There's specific, you know, phrases that you'll see or specific sets of chemicals that you'll
see over and over again on the back of beauty care products that you simply want to avoid
So what I'm going to do just to make it simple for you and easy is to link up several brands
below that I recommend that are high-quality, organic, you know, good ingredient-based beauty
skincare, shampoo, skincare, deodorant, all that kind of stuff below this video
So if you use these brands, I'm vetting them for you just to make it easier
But if you do use any other brands, I just recommend googling those ingredients
If you see, for example, you know, lavender or, you know, magnesium or things like that
if you see things that are, you know, minerals or nutrients or plants, you're, for the most
part, fine unless it's something like soy or something like that which could be GMO
But you know, obviously here you want to look for organic labels just like you do with what
you put in your body. You want to have organic labels for things you put on your body, on your skin, and on
your, you know, on your skin, on your scalp, and your hair, etc. And just look for high-quality ingredients
It's not that hard to determine a high-quality ingredient. Just look at the label and google the ingredients
If you don't understand what an ingredient is, look it up and see what it is
There are also different resources that you can utilize to see how clean or how safe or
how safely tested specific ingredients in beauty care products are. So I will link up those websites below as resources because what you can do is quite
literally put those ingredients into those websites and then see if there's any studies
on those ingredients and how safe and effective they are as far as a safety perspective is concerned
But once again, the brands I link to below I have vetted quite thoroughly and they're
either absolutely exceptional and I trust them entirely or maybe there's one or two
things here and there that are kind of neutral. But for the most part, everything I link up below is going to be exceptionally pure
and exceptionally high quality. And those are going to be, you know, once again, beauty care, hair care, skin care brands
that are incredibly good to put on your skin, which is once again the largest organ in your body
So make sure to just be conscious and aware of what you use on your skin, whether it's
on your scalp, face, you know, body, under your armpits, and just on your body in general
And remember that your armpits and your groin are the two areas that absorb rapidly
So be very cautious and aware of what you put in those regions or on those regions of
the body. So that's literally it for this video. There's not a lot that goes into it
Just pay attention to your ingredients and utilize the websites below as resources if
you have questionable ingredients in the back of your beauty and or skincare products
And the brands below, like I said, I've vetted thoroughly and you can use the links below
If I have any discount codes, I will link those up below as well to save you some money
And I'll see you in the next video. Cheers