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Teenage Skin and Microbeads
Posted by Vivienne Forristal at
Spots, Blackheads and Pimples may be a rite of passage but knowing this doesn’t help when you have them. Its so tempting to squeeze them, or to try to scrub them away with facial scrubs, peeling masks and exfoliants. Lots of these products are marketed at Teenagers and use terminology like "purifying scrub", "young pores" or "Deep Clean Blackheads" and "look awesome" as if they provide the only solution. But aside from the dubious promises of advertising, did you know that many of these products contain Microbeads? Tiny particles of plastic so small that they pass through filtration systems of water...