Over night face cream is one of the best ways to support the skin’s natural cell renewal process and increase moisture content, as well as firmness. But, the most popular night face creams contain petrolatum and other petroleum jelly cousins, which cause excessive greasiness, clog the pores and interfere with natural cell renewal.

How come so many companies use it? They use it because it is cheap. It is a byproduct that is formed when crude oil is taken from the ground. As such, it can contain any number of impurities and contaminants. Some of them are cancer-causing.

Companies are not required to test their night face cream for contamination. Only one company that I know of actually tests every batch for purity. That’s just one of the reasons that I choose to buy their products.

In order to be effective, night face creams should contain oils that are very similar to the skin’s own sebum. The most similar are plant-based, not mineral based oils. The Shea fruit tree provides one of these oils.