The UGLY TRUTH About Men's Skin Care

Do you really know what you’re putting on your skin...and into your body?

If you’re like most guys, your morning routine goes something like this: shower, shave (or not), brush and floss (hopefully) and deal with your hair in whatever way that happens. In short, most guys keep their morning routine simple and fast. 

Say you add some kind of skincare product to your face (and body), then you’re on the right track. After all, you take care of your teeth and your hair, why would you not take care of your face and skin?  

But if that’s the case, it’s important to understand that whatever goes on you, goes in you.

And by the way, this isn’t about bashing other men’s skin care brands any more than pointing out that saturated fats and corn syrup aren’t healthy either and ought to be avoided. 

Creams and Lotions–Up To 85% Water + Alcohol

First, the problem with creams and lotions is that they’re mostly water and alcohol. That’s expensive water that actually dries out your skin. if water was really the answer to dry skin and wrinkles, your daily shower should resolve both, right? 

Water and alcohol just strip your skin of its natural oils. Not good.

Second, where there’s water, there’s bacteria. That’s why creams and lotions must contain anti-bacterial agents, of which at least 50% are petroleum-based that damage your skin’s microbiome. 

Who wants those on their skin? No one, that’s who.

Third, mixing water with essential oils to make a cream or lotion requires emulsifiers and stabilizers. Again, nothing to do with skin care per se. It’s all to do with keeping a cream, a cream and a lotion, a lotion.

Toxicity and Bioaccumulation in Skin Care Products

Fourth, there’s (surprise!) the toxicity factor. 

Most skincare products contain other chemicals, such as Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which is used for foaming and quick absorption. It’s also found in car anti-freeze and aviation de-icing solutions. 

The American College of Toxicology says that SLS stays in the body up to five days. Other studies show it easily penetrates the skin, and enters and maintains residual levels in the heart, liver, lungs, and even the brain. The studies on SLS are damning.

• SLS produces nitrosamines – carcinogens that encourage your body to absorb nitrates. According to one estimate, by Dr. David H. Fine, you may be applying 50-100 mcg’s of nitrosamine to your skin each time you use a nitrosamine-contaminated product.
• SLS also strips your skin of protective oils and moisture. In a 1959 study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, SLS caused hair and skin damage, including cracking and severe inflammation of derma-epidermal tissue, due to its protein-denaturing properties.
• According to Japanese studies, described in Judi Vance’s book Beauty to Die For (page 23), SLS can cause cellular DNA damage.

In other words, you’re adding toxicity to your body when all you wanted was to look your best. (Right about now, you should be checking the ingredients on that face cream you dropped 40 bucks on last week.)

Thing is, our bodies naturally filter out a certain level of toxicity every day in a variety of ways, from daily elimination to sweating and exhalation. But too much toxicity means it builds up and is stored in your bodily tissues. That’s because although your body knows what to do with natural ingredients, it has no idea what to do with synthetic compounds, so the nasty stuff just stays in your system. 

This excess toxicity is called, “Bioaccumulation,” and is a recognized problem of living in a modern world, where we’re exposed to all kinds of toxins, from cleaners and detergents to fabric dyes and water and air pollution. Most of these toxins are unavoidable, but there’s no sense in adding to your personal toxicity levels with your skincare.

That’s why you want to avoid products that chemically extract essences from plants instead using a cold pressed method. The first leaves a chemical residue, the second does not and results in a cleaner, more nutrient dense ingredient.

Complex Routines...That Cost a Fortune

Another real factor that puts a lot of guys off is the ridiculous complexity that surrounds men’s skin care brands. It certainly was to me. Having to decide what to get when there’s thirty or forty different products on the shelf is not my idea of a good time. 

Not only are most skin care products overly complicated, but they’re way over-priced, too. You’d expect the cheaper stuff to have more chems than the good stuff, but many of the expensive brands are heavy in toxicity as well. 

That’s because in a competitive market, most brands are mostly about the brand, not the ingredients.  

We think they’ve all got it bass-ackwards.

Enter RHINO MUD All-Natural Waterless Balms

It’s for all these reasons that we created RHINO MUD. 

Like most guys, I view skin care as a tool to do the basic but critical job of giving the Heisman to wrinkles, dry and sagging skin and uneven skin tone that all result primarily from sun damage. 

Once you’ve hit your 30s, 40s or 50s, the only way forward is to reverse the sun’s UV radiation impact on your skin at the cellular level, because that’s where all the damage starts. Solar radiation causes cellular mutation, which translates into all the signs of sun damage on your skin.

That’s why we talk about what’s in RHINO MUD waterless balms for your face, lips and body, and why we don’t use any water, alcohol, emulsifiers, petroleum products, parabens, or other chems or fillers. We believe that whatever goes on your skin should be 100% healthy and natural.

We’re not reinventing the wheel here; we’re just recognizing that Nature provides everything our bodies need to survive and thrive on this Earth. That includes taking care of your skin the way you take care of your body, by avoiding processed, unnatural “foods” that are laden with chemicals and fillers.

RHINO MUD uses only all-natural plant-based ingredients that are cold-pressed and scientifically proven to reverse the signs of aging, promote collagen and elastin production, reduce inflammation, restore moisture, and even out skin tone. 

RHINO MUD goes on fast, lasts all day, is affordable and...

Naturally Good For Your Manhide.