The skin is the largest organ system and protective barrier in the human body. Similar to a sponge, our skin will absorb water, chemicals and other ingredients once applied. This is the reason people will use nicotine patches to stop smoking or birth control patches to affect their hormones. Skin care products that are applied directly to the skin, such as many lotions and deodorants, will also absorb into the skin and may lead to health problems, such as cancer, if these products are formulated from certain ingredients, namely parabens.
Parabens
Parabens are a group of chemicals widely used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. They are found in about 90% of all personal care products on the market in the United States. In recent years, studies have shown that parabens may be cancer causing agents. According to Philippa Darbre, oncology expert and lecturer in cellular and molecular biology at Britain’s Reading University, “Parabens were present in 20 out of 20 breast cancer tumors.” This study has created controversy in the personal care industry and has led the way to additional research. Time will tell, however, the dramatic increase in cancer rates and people that use personal care products containing parabens is overwhelming. Why risk your health when there are alternatives to these ingredients? NZP is 100% all-natural and doesn’t contain any parabens or harsh chemicals that are so common in most personal care products.
Science Behind Dry Skin
Dry Skin is a common problem that can occur at any age and for many reasons. Dry skin occurs because it is lacking essential oils or water. Age is one of the largest factors of dry skin. In general, skin dries out with age. Climate also plays a big factor on the moisture balance of the skin. Living a healthy lifestyle, with proper diet, exercise and limited intake of alcohol play a large roll in the maintenance of healthy skin. Regularly taking showers, baths and washing hands helps the skin naturally sluff dead skin cells. However, prolonged showers, baths, and frequently washing hands dehydrate the skin, due to evaporation. Many people use lotions to help heal dry skin, however, most lotions don’t really work.
Traditional skin moisturizers are formulated from a variety of low-cost oils, water, emulsifiers, stabilizers, preservatives and other chemicals that wet and loosen the skin's layer of outer protective proteins and cover the skin with fats that impede water loss. This briefly moisturizes your skin but degrades the skin’s protective properties against bacteria and viruses. There is little evidence that such creams have any beneficial effect on skin. An ordinary cream or lotion is generally formulated from mineral oil, water, wax, petrolatum (Vaseline) and urea (synthetic urine). These are all inexpensive filler ingredients, which coat the skin, block normal respiration and may even cause increased dehydration of the skin. If the skin doesn’t contain enough naturally occurring oils, water based lotions will evaporate off the skin and further dehydrate the skin.
The natural solution to reducing and preventing dry skin is NZP’s specially formulated lanolin based products.
Clinically tested, lanolin may reduce roughness of skin by 40% within an hour of application. Lanolin has been clinically proven to penetrate the human skin down to the stratum granulosum where most wax- based products effect only the stratum corneum. This is important because the stratum granulosum is the layer of the epidermis closest to the skin where living cells are found. Thus, if a product does not penetrate to at least that layer of the epidermis then it is not affecting the growth of cells.
Science Behind Nails
Take a close look at your nail. You will notice small, little lines running parallel to one another. These fibers, made mostly of proteins, make up your nails that expand and contract depending on the conditions. Most nail varnishes coat the nail creating a false sense of strength. A varnish seals the nail with synthetic substances, which prevent essential hydrating ingredients from being absorbed into the nail. The nail fibers essentially become suffocated and contract leaving nails discolored and brittle. NZP Nail salve is packed with natural hydrators -- vitamins and oils -- not harsh chemicals. Instead of sitting on top of the nail, NZP ingredients are formulated to absorb into the nail and hydrate these fibers, causing them to expand. This fibrous expansion creates a strong cohesive bond by diminishing the gap that might otherwise exist in between each fiber, resulting in natural, strong, healthy nails.
NZP Product Qualities
NZP’s simple but intensive treatment delivers pure, natural, and active ingredients to the skin for rapid onset of relief. The main active ingredient in several of our products, Lanolin, has been used for thousands of years as a natural cure to many skin irritations. For the treatment and prevention of dry, rough, skin conditions, no other substance is known, that can surpass lanolin in efficacy. Its superb moisturizing properties have been recognized for centuries and were even used by the ancient Greeks. Lanolin is an entirely natural substance - a unique blend of natural oils and waxes that form a protective coating on sheep's wool, keeping it soft and luxurious despite harsh weather conditions. This marvelous material is derived from the shorn wool- a cruelty-free product. Nearly identical to your skin's own natural oils, it is impossible to duplicate synthetically.
The ideal blend of coconut oil, safflower oil and glycerin provide extra moisturizing agents as well as antioxidants for the skin. Each of these ingredients contains a small amount of moisturizing properties but combining these carrier oils allows those properties to be maximized. Almond oil and Avocado oil are rich in vitamins A, D and E, proteins, lecithin and fatty acids. This combination is ideal for moisturizing dry, dehydrated, damaged or chapped skin, feet and lips. Vitamin E protects the skin from free radical damage and is believed to promote healing. Vitamin D is thought to help skin cells to replicate normally; and Vitamin A helps skin cells rejuvenate and increases the amount of skin-supporting cells. Together, these ingredients make NZP a simple, natural and effective way to rejuvenate your feet, lips, skin and nails.