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Dead Sea Minerals for Skin: Benefits, Science and Product Guides

Evidence checked guides to Dead Sea minerals, skin care ingredients and common skin conditions, written by a cosmetics formulator with more than 30 years in manufacturing.

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SerumsDead Sea face serums for wrinklesWhat a mineral serum can do, and the ingredients that actually work on lines.

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How we write our guides

Formula first

Products are judged by their ingredient list and by what that formula can realistically do, not by the claims on the box.

Evidence linked

Health claims link to the study or the medical authority behind them, and we say plainly when the evidence is small or early.

Independent

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Who writes these guides

Eyal Kahiri

Eyal is a cosmetic formulator and product developer with more than 30 years in the cosmetics industry. He grew up in his family’s manufacturing business, one of Israel’s early cosmetics producers, and today develops formulations and manages production with manufacturers in Israel and abroad.

Planning your own skin care or cosmetics line? Eyal helps brands with formulation, private label and manufacturing, with production runs typically starting from around 2,500 units per product.

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