Smoother Skin
It’s a skin supplement as well. It is made of organic nutrients like vitamin C, (an anti-oxidant).
Anti-Perspirant
It eliminates excessive sweating that may cause bad odor...
Sun Block
Protects skin from UVA rays (which cause premature signs of aging) and UVB rays (which cause sunburn). Formulated to provide n better, longer-lasting sun protection...
Skin Whitener, Moisturizer, Anti-Aging, Anti-Wrinkles
Whitening soaps are acceptably more expensive than an ordinary germicidal soap. This is what SECURE is all about! SECURE gives the consumer the “all-in-one soap” that they need. Affordable yet equally as effective. In these hard times, SECURE soap provides the consumer a choice.
Secure Cosmetics
We are proud to introduce our product, SECURE soap to the market. It is an all-in-one soap for the whole family. It is formulated for all types of skin, backed up with years of professional dermatological research and tests.
Arbutin is a naturally occuring derivative of hydroquinone found in the leaves of cranberry, bearberry, and blueberry shrubs, most types of pears, and many other plants. Arbutin may inhibit melanogenesis by affecting tyrosinase activity.
Arbutin has been used in the treatment of disorders of hyperpigmentation such as postinflammatory hyperpigmentation caused by acne, trauma, allergic reactions, infections, injuries, phototoxic reactions, reactions to medications, reactions to cosmetics, and inflammatory diseases.
Arbutin concentration protocols for skin whitening have not yet been established. Low concentrations have no effect, while high concentrations of about 5% or more can be as irritating as hydroquinone and may potentially result in unexpected hyperpigmentation (darkening).
Shiseido patented the use of Arbutin in skin-whitening cosmetics. Some companies bypass the patents by using Arbutin-containing plant extracts such as bearberry. There is inadequate research data showing that Arbutin extracted from plants has any skin whitening effects.
One of the very most important ingredients in your skin care treatments is vitamin C. In fact, it might even be questionable if there was much treatment available if it were not for vitamin C and skin care. So many new products make it difficult to choose between the hi-tech and the most practical, when applied to your skin.
While looking at the labels, which are constantly changing as fast as the ingredients used, it becomes hard to know which one really works, and will do what you want it to do. Here are some tips about vitamin C and skin care that should help.
What Can Vitamin C Really Do For My Skin?
The purpose behind any real skin care is to give you that younger, fresher look every day. Its goal is to rejuvenate the skin in such a way that its earlier glow and health are maintained. It does this in a number of ways:
* It moisturizes
* It encourages growth of collagen
* It softens
* It exfoliates and cleanses
* It helps remove wrinkles
Research has shown that vitamin C is really the only thing that stimulates the growth of collagen. Collagen is the substance that gives structure and strength to your skin. Simply by growing older there is a natural reduction of the production of collagen in the body, and this is revealed by the appearance of wrinkles on the skin. Thus, by stimulating the production of collagen, the process may be reversed, at least temporarily.
Are there any other benefits of Vitamin C For My Skin?
This amazing vitamin has some other benefits that make it the choice item in beauty care.
It is an antioxidant.
This feature of it makes it further the ideal element, and why it is good to have vitamin C and skin care. Although it is not in itself a sunscreen, it does serve as an antioxidant when put on the skin. Free radicals, or oxidants in the skin, cause greater harm when they are exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, and can destroy the skin and produce cancer.
Sunscreen, however, must still be worn since vitamin C will not block out the sun's rays. And, because of this feature, it can also help prevent the growth of melanin in the skin, which are the dark spots that often increase with aging.
It can also help wounds to heal, and will boost your immune system.
Why Does One Form of Vitamin C Not Always Work?
This wonderful little vitamin, which can do so much to help our skin, has a few problems when they try to put in a useable skin care product. It seems that water and vitamin C are totally incompatible. Therefore, when it is put into water it oxidizes very quickly and loses most of its ability to perform in a desirable way on your skin. Worse yet, it takes on the qualities of an oxidant and now takes on totally undesirable qualities! This form of vitamin C and skin care will not work!
The manufacturer’s then have had to come up with ways to modify the vitamin C, and store it, or come up with another ingredient. Their solution – modify the vitamin C. It is the variations of vitamin C that you will now find in the skin care products that have many different names.
Here are a few of them, with a brief description:
* L-Ascorbic Acid (also called ascorbic acid): this is basic, untouched vitamin C. This form is from citric acid and may be undesirable to use on your skin – if it is extra sensitive. It is often used in exfoliates, because of the acid.
* Ascorbyl palmitate: derivative of vitamin C. It is the most common form used in skin care, being less acidic.
* Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate: also a derivative; it is rapidly gaining in popularity as an ingredient. It s also less acidic and more stable than vitamin C; but may not often have a high enough concentration in many products to cause collagen production.
* Tetrasubstituted lipophilic ascorbates: these are probably the forms of vitamin C that you will start to see in the very near future. Cheaper than some of the other, they also may have the same effects on collagen production as vitamin C.
While new products will continue to appear all the time, be careful to watch for new applications and forms of vitamin C and skin care.
Why is virgin coconut oil good for you? The seemingly complex question can be answered in one word: lauric acid!
Lauric acid is the major medium chain fatty acid found in coconut oil. Once digested, this fatty acid is transformed into monolaurin, which has tremendous benefits for the body.
Why is Monolaurin Beneficial?
Lauric acid is present in the saturated fat of human breast milk. It protects an infant from infections and diseases by providing immune building properties. This monoglyceride has antiviral, antibacterial, antiprotozoal, and antimicrobial properties that can help cure various diseases. It works by destroying lipid-coated viruses such as HIV, herpes, cytomegalovirus, influenza, various pathogenic bacteria, including listeria monocytogenes helicobacter pylori, and protozoa such as giardia lamblia.
Virgin coconut oil can cure and prevent diseases because it is nature’s most abundant source of lauric acid. Its beneficial effects were proved by a study conducted by a Filipino doctor Conrado Dayrit in the year 1999 to 2000. The study was conducted at San Lazaro hospital in Manila and it examined the effect of coconut oil and monolaurin on the viral load of HIV patients. The study revealed that lauric acid lowered the viral load of HIV patients. Research done by Dr. Mary Enig Ph.D. also proves the antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal properties of the medium chain fatty acids/triglycerides (MCTs) found in coconut oil
Lauric Acid vs Antibiotics
Since its discovery, antibiotics have been the answer of modern medicine to infections and diseases. Antibiotics help to some extent but prolong use can create more health problems as antibiotic resistance becomes widespread. Overuse of antibiotics leads to the development of “superbugs" that are resistant to currently available antibiotics. The World Health Organization says that there may come a time when many infectious diseases will be almost impossible to treat. They call this the "postantibitoic era.”
Virgin coconut oil is a natural antibiotic because of its essential components like monolaurin. Consuming VCO supplies your body with a natural germ fighter that strengthens the body’s immune system and resists harmful viruses and microorganisms.
Information on the mosquito's olfactory system has made it possible to define with sufficient accuracy the invisible olfactory systems on which to act. But, above all, it has made it possible, on the basis of a specific biochemical "construction", to "create" in the laboratory a series of prototypes of chemical substances that are potentially active as repellents. Thanks to molecular-modelling techniques, almost eight hundred potential active principles have been "constructed" in the laboratory that have all of the characteristics necessary in order to work as effective repellents on the basis of the connection they create with the sensilla receptors. Computers make it possible precisely to define the chemical compound, like a key that opens an invisible biochemical lock. The compound can be defined very specifically for its particular objective. These laboratory studies led to the development of KBR 3023, the latest innovation in mosquito repellents. Research on the prototype, which proved to be extremely active as of the first tests, went on for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. This long period was necessary in order to assess both the real effectiveness of the compound and its complete innocuousness.
At the end of these analyses, KBR proved to respond to science's need for a modern repellent. In addition to being effective for prolonged periods of time, it has also been shown to be extremely safe (only 1.7% of the total amount of the compound passes through the epidermis, after which it is quickly eliminated by the kidneys). Once applied, KBR acts like a screen between the insect and the skin: it works as a barrier against the mosquitoes and leaves the skin free to breathe. In addition, it remains stable even after exposure to light, does not undergo variations following oxidation processes or after contact with water or sweat.
Confirmed by the WHO
This data has been fully confirmed by the WHO which, in a document from December 2000 (“Report of the Fourth Whopes Working Group Meeting”), it reports that "KBR was tested under temperate and tropical conditions against important disease vectors, demonstrating excellent repellent properties, and in particular against mosquitoes, so much so as to be recommended as the repellent of choice in the prevention of malaria". In addition, the document states that "KBR is recommended as a safe and effective insect repellent for human use".
The tests
Tests have demonstrated that KBR 3023:
·has interesting cosmetic properties: it is not greasy and does not attack plastic materials (such as nail polish)
·guarantees prolonged protection: applied in a dose of 0.3 mg per square centimetre of skin in the various concentrations available (from 10 to 20%), it ensures more than 95% protection for up to four-eight hours after application.
There are almost 3000 mosquito species but, at our latitude, those particularly found are culex and aedes. The Asian tiger mosquito - whose scientific name is aedes albopictus - belongs to the latter and is much more aggressive than the culex mosquito. Compared to the culex, the aedes are much "nastier", since they sting during the day as well and their bites can result in more intense redness and itching. And, above all, they also attack in the less "traditional" seasons, such as Spring and late Autumn. For all mosquitoes, the need to sting other animals is related to reproduction. In fact, only the females sting. They need the blood they suck in order to lay their eggs. And they do not strike accidentally, as is often thought. The warmth and odour of human beings, environmental humidity and even the carbon dioxide released by sleepers are "lures" that draw mosquitoes. The mosquitoes' mandibles and jaws open, creating access to the mouth into which the blood is sucked. What is more, as they sting, they inject their saliva into the host. This saliva contains substances that inhibit coagulation of the blood and is inflammatory.
There are innumerable kinds of flies. The fly is a dipteran, that is, an insect with two wings. One fly in particular, the stomoxis calcitrans, has a mouth able to sting and to suck blood. Usually, it attacks only horses and livestock in general but can also be a nuisance for humans. In any case, all flies can be a potential threat to human health. These insects feed in a particular way: each time they eat, they regurgitate part of their previous meal. Doing so, they transmit microbes to the objects and foods they land on.
There are two types of ticks: "hard", equipped with a special protective shield on the backs of the males, and "soft". The females are the more dangerous since, not having a protective "shell", they can fill up with much more blood, which they suck from their victims. From May to November, ticks are found in meadows and in the countryside in general. And, although more rarely, on the coats of domestic animals. For long periods of time, even for months, they remain on leaves, from which they drop onto their prey. The latter can include not only animals but also human beings, where the ticks attempt to establish themselves on the warmer and more humid parts of the body, such as the scalp and the armpits. Their ability to hide, combined with the fact that when they bite their victims, they excrete special substances that anaesthetise the area, means that their bites are often not even noticed. Only a small red mark, which appears some days after the first contact (and, in the meantime, the parasite can continue to suck blood undisturbed), indicates that there has been a bite. The major problem associated with tick bites is the possibility of the transmission of diseases through the parasite's saliva or faeces. These potentially very serious diseases include Lyme disease, caused by the borrelia burgdorfi virus. The infection is first manifest with fever, headache and muscle pain. If not recognised and treated, it can cause arthritis and cardiac and nervous-system ailments months or even years later.
We are proud to introduce our product, secure soap to the market. It is an all-in-one soap for the whole family. It is formulated for all types of skin, backed up with years of professional dermatological research and tests.
With the multitude of soap brands that are available in the market today, SECURE breezes in with “eleven no-nonsense properties” that address each family member’s concern when it comes to choosing the perfect soap for the family.
Consider these:
• skin whitener
• moisturizer
• minimizes pores
• tightens skin
• anti-aging
• anti-wrinkles
• anti-acne
• anti-fungal
• anti-bacterial
• anti-perspirant
• has sunblock
SECURE soap is not just an ordinary soap, it’s a skin supplement as well. It is made of organic nutrients like vitamin C, (an anti-oxidant), Arbutin and Lactic acid that whitens and provides moisture for the skin and Tea-tree oil extract for its anti-acne,anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
Whitening soaps are acceptably more expensive than an ordinary germicidal soap. This is what SECURE is all about! SECURE gives the consumer the “all-in-one soap” that they need. Affordable yet equally as effective. In these hard times, SECURE soap provides the consumer a choice.
Launched in March, 2009 by Secure Cosmetics, Secure Insect Repellent is the only insect repellent in the Philippine market that also serves as moisturizer and sunblock for the skin.
It is also the only Insect Repellent with Icaridin, an active non-toxic and safe ingredient that repels insects specially mosquitoes. This active ingredient is highly recommended by the World Health Organization. Icaridin is uniquely combined with virgin coconut oil (VCO) and titanium dioxide. VCO is a proved ingredient that provides the moisturizing effect on the skin while titanium dioxide provides the UVA and UVB protection for the skin against the sun.
This product is both packaged in a 50 ml tube and 5 ml sachet.
Green and Ripe Papaya elements have more whitening enzyme suitable to the skin. The lactic acid ingredient likewise moisturizes the skin for a smooth and appealing effect.
With the above ingredients and features, it is the only 2 in 1 combined whitening soap in the Philippine market.
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