My thanks to Christie Ingram at www.prettybycritty.com for hosting a contest on her site for the Purely Clear Cleansing Concentrate and Purifier/Toner/Nourisher.

I do appreciate all the entries and positive comments about our natural skin care line.  Christie, I hope you and the contest winner enjoy your Purely Clear products.

One of, if not the most unique aspect of the Purely Clear Purifier/Toner/Nourisher is its amazing versatility regarding a number of skin issues.  Over the years many users have stated positive results from its use for the soothing relief it provides when applied to mosquito bites.

Lavender oil is generally recognized as the most versatile of all essential oils.  It is best known for its antiseptic, bactericidal, analgesic, and antidepressant properties.  However, one of the most valuable benefits may be its abilities to calm, soothe and balance.

Lavender has been used for thousands of years by cultures around the world.  It is native to the Mediterranean area but has flourished in other areas since the Europeans were introduced to it by the Romans.

The noted historical uses and benefits of lavender oil are quite extensive and include:

• perfumes
• skin care
• elevating mood
• subsiding colic
• improving respiratory health
• relieving menstrual pain
• promoting healing

The Purely Clear skin care line includes the essential oil of lavender because of its versatile, balancing properties.

The pH of cucumber extract is the same as that of human skin.  It also contains almost 90% water, which is why it is naturally cooling and hydrating.  The antioxidants caffeic acid and vitamin C are also contained in cucumber extract and help calm irritated skin and reduce swelling.

Cucumber also contains a number of minerals that are beneficial such as magnesium, potassium and silica. Silica helps reduce wrinkles and fine lines by aiding in the tightening of collagen.  Cucumber’s nourishing, astringent and hydrating properties aid in the positive skin and health-promoting benefits it provides to the skin and body.

Cucumber extract is one of the many skin and health enhancing nutrients found in Purely Clear Intensive Repair and Wrinkle Serum.

DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol) is a precursor to acetylcholine.  Usually recognized for its association with brain health, acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter also involved in the skin where it is synthesized and has receptors.

When used orally and topically DMAE has shown to provide a variety of benefits.  DMAE can reduce wrinkles, eliminate liver spots, enhance brain functioning and provide powerful anti-inflammatory benefits.

DMAE is one of the ingredients used in the Purely Clear Intensive Repair and Wrinkle Serum.  It can provide some very quick and noticeable skin enhancing effects when applied topically, especially regarding fine lines and wrinkles.  It can also promote healthy skin and positive overall body benefits when used regularly.

Research has long noted that there is a strong association between aging and mitochondrial functioning.  The mitochondria is the cells “power plant” that produces energy for the body to function.  Dysfunction of the mitochondria has been linked to numerous diseases and negative health issues.  Research has also shown that mitochondrial functioning also plays an important role in healthy skin.

Fibroblast cells are essential for healthy, youthful skin.  They produce collagen and elastin which provide elasticity and structural support for the skin.  With aging and the corresponding mitochondrial dysfunction, the fibroblast cells lack the energy to produce the skin-supporting functions.*  This lack of energy by the skin cells leads to skin aging.

Coenzyme Q10 is known to be involved in and support healthy mitochondrial energy production.  Researchers have shown that oral and topical use of CoQ10 will increase deficient CoQ10 levels in the skin’s cells, thus addressing one of the important issues involved with causing skin to age.

Purely Clear believes cellular energy production is a key to not only skin health but every aspect of human health and functioning.  This is why we use CoQ10 in our purifier/toner/nourisher and intensive repair and wrinkle serum.

Life Extension Magazine, January 2007, page 42

Beta glucan is a polysaccharide that is extracted from baker’s yeast.  It has shown to have profound positive effects regarding the activation of the human immune system.  Proper functioning and support of our immune system is critical in maintaining optimum health and preventing infections and other diseases. Countless examples are documented showing the association between weakened immune system functioning and disease.  Just a few of the those are colds, flu, aging in general, HIV/AIDS, candida, diabetes, cancer and many more.  The relationship between a strong immune system and a healthy body is undeniable.  Not only has oral use of beta glucan proven to provide healthy benefits to the body, but its topical use has shown to provide powerful benefits to promote beautiful, healthy skin.

Our body contains macrophages in all its organs, including the skin.  The skin is actually our largest immune system organ.  Up to five percent of macrophages in the body are actually contained in the epidermis, or outer layer of the skin.  Macrophages are cells produced by the bone marrow that digest and engulf antigens.  Antigens are molecules such as fungi, viruses, bacteria, chemicals, pollen, cancer cells, etc., or basically any foreign molecule the immune system recognizes as “not belonging.”

Macrophages move from the bone marrow into the skin’s epidermis where it helps support the skins integrity.  The skin, as other parts of the body, is constantly repairing itself.  Areas of skin that are damaged, are cleaned and restored by macrophages.

Not only does topical beta glucan aid in immune function it also helps to “nourish beauty.”  Studies have shown that topical use of beta glucan improved skin hydration, reduced fine lines and wrinkles, improved firmness, elasticity and skin color, and increased skin renewal.

Purely Clear uses beta glucan in its purifier/toner/nourisher and intensive repair and wrinkle serum because of its proven, powerful immune health and beauty enhancing benefits.

Zinc is a mineral found in and required by almost every cell of the human body.  It provides numerous therapeutic and essential biological functions.  It is an important anti-oxidant, enhances immune system functioning, provides beneficial anti-inflammatory activity and decreases the effects of topical irritants and toxins on the skin.

Zinc is also involved strongly in promoting healthy neurological functioning, promoting wound healing, balancing blood sugar levels, gastrointestinal health, eye health, and many other body functions.

Purely Clear utilizes zinc in all of its natural mineral makeup blends and its purifier/toner/nourisher as well.  Zinc is not only beneficial to the skin but is necessary for human health and cellular function.

Squalene is the principal hydrocarbon found in human skin sebum.  It is also naturally found in olive oil and has a similar chemical structure to vitamin A. It is a powerful emollient that adds suppleness to the skin’s texture.

Squalene is found in various skin care products.  Squalene does not turn rancid and is easily and quickly absorbed when applied topically.  Its deep penetrating properties help stimulate important new cell growth.  It also provides anti-bacterial and anti-fungal protection for the skin.  Squalene has also shown to increase healing, nourish and hydrate the skin and enhance absorption and benefits of other topical agents.

Purely Clear Repair and Wrinkle Serum and Purifier/Toner/Nourisher include squalene because of its multi-faceted skin and health promoting properties.

Dr. Benjamin Frank did extensive research documenting the health enhancing benefits of using ribonucleic acid (RNA). One of the noted benefits from his research was the dramatic positive effect RNA use provided on the appearance of the skin.  Among the numerous improvements that were noted in Dr. Frank’s research were smoother skin, increased hydration, diminished lines, wrinkles, and age spots.

One of the core ingredients in the Purely Clear Intensive Repair and Wrinkle Serum is RNA.  Its positive topical and oral benefits have been documented and confirmed by decades of research.  Remember, what you put on your body not only affects your skin but your body and health as a whole.  Put natural and health promoting substances on your skin if you want to achieve a healthy body and beautiful skin.