Skincare Products

Orchard Beauty is all about care of the skin. As a leading online retailer of Medik8 products we are focussed on improving skin – professional skin care.

Skin care products are used to protect or improve the look or odour of the human form. Skin care products include skincare creams, treatments as well as a whole range of other kinds of products. With very widespread use especially among females in the western world. A sub-category of products is called “make-up” which is a definition of coloured products aimed at altering the appearance of the user. Those creating and manufacturing the products differentiate between cosmetics which are purely for decoration and those which have a beneficial effect on the skin.

Manufacturing skin care products is currently controlled by a relatively small amount of large worldwide corporations which started out in business in the early part of the 20th century. However the sales of cosmetics transcends a large variety of disparate businesses. The Federal Drugs Administration in the USA controls and regulates skin care products in the United States defines skin care products as aimed at being put on to the human body for cleaning, making beautiful, promoting a sense of attraction or altering the appearance without changing the body’s structure or function. This wide definintion includes also anything intended for use as part of a skin care product. The administration actually excludes soap from this category.

The first appearance archeologically of skin care products was found in Egypt around 4000 years before Christ. Ancient Romans and Greeks also used skin care products. They both used skin care products containing mercury which is a poison and sometimes lead. The old kingdom of Isreal had its own skin care industry as mentioned in the old testament – where Jezebel put pain on her eyes approximately 900 years BC.

The book of esther from biblical times describes skin care treatments as well.

In the west the advent of skin care products was in the middle ages although was really used in the higher echelons of society.

Skin care use was looked down upon at some stages in the history of the west. For instance in the 1800’s make up was used by hookers and the Queen, Victoria declared make up only for the use of actors because it was seen as having vulgarity and being somewhat improper.

By the middle of the last century skin care products were widely used in nearly all societies internationally.

Skin care products have been used for centuries. Literally thousands of years. The total absence of regulation of the manufacture and use of skin care products has led to bad side effects, deformations, lack of sight and even death through time. Examples of this were the widespread use of white lead to cover the face during the renaissance period and blindness caused by mascara more recently in the latter years of the 20th century.

In the last century the emergence of skin care products in regular use increased massively. In the west skin care products are used by girls at younger and younger ages. Many businesses have targeted this with flavoured lipsticks, glittery packaging and marketing and advertising with younger models. The results socially of younger and younger prettification has had loads of attention in the media in the west in recent years.

Criticism of skin care products has emerged from a wide range of sources including feminists, animal rights campaigners, campaign organisations and intgellectuals. There is an emerging preference for skin care products which are without any harmful ingredients especially those derived from petrol and other un-natural products.
Some reports have raised considerable issues around the safety of some products. Surfactants can cause some problems including dermatitis.

Long term use of make up has been found to thin eye lashes.

Synthetic substances are often used in a a wide range of products. Studies show that from testing some fragrances can cause allergic responses.

All products from Orchard Beauty are rigorously tested and have no harmful effects on the human skin. The Medik8 range is a range of professional skin care solutions tailor made to combat the effects of aging on the skin using the latest technology and advances in skin care science. Skin care products for amazingly flawless younger skin – skin you have always dreamed of.