It is an indisputable fact that millions of people all around the world are obsessed with being beautiful and who spend many more billions of dollars in trying to chase away wrinkles and have firm skin as well as look for the perfect solution to their beauty needs that who may not quite comprehend or even want to know some home truths about many of the beauty products available on the market today. The amount of advertising that hits us each day is enough to brainwash even the most skeptical into believing what the cosmetic industry wants us to believe.So Many Products, So Many ClaimsThus, with so many different beauty products on offer and with each having its own promises and also guarantees, most consumers would be hard pressed in knowing whether the claims made about these beauty products are in fact true or mere hype. It would certainly take more than reading the labels on each product to find out the truth behind the beauty products, and given the fact that there are billions of dollars at stake for the cosmetics industry, there is sure to be much colorful words used to describe the promises that each such product makes. Basically, it all boils down to clever advertising with the aim being to beguile the customer into buying the beauty products and there may not be much consideration given to the real effectiveness of these products.Worse still, in countries such as Canada, there are no laws to govern labeling of products and thus manufacturers have a free hand to make any claims they want to make. Even in the US, where it is necessary for the ingredients used to be mentioned on the labels, things are not much better because it is only chemists who would understand what those ingredients really are.Today, almost all new beauty products claim to have the magic elixir that will rid consumers of whatever ails them and all that is needed is to replenish and also revitalize the skin in order to make it smooth and soft as well as supple. However, what is not mentioned is that those beauty products may be loaded with chemicals that can actually harm your health, while possible removing some signs of your aging process.Thus, you would be well advised to take these claims with a pinch of salt and save yourself the bother of using beauty products without careful thought and thus not risk developing potentially serious health problems later on.