Natural skin care implies that you take care of your skin with only natural ingredients like herbs, roots, oils, flowers and other active extracts combined. Traditionally this implied that the person tending to her skin needs with only natural products was preparing them herself. There are still people who do this or at least add natural ingredients they know to bring a lot of benefit for their skin in their daily skin care regimes. Anybody can do this by simply knowing s few natural ingredients that protect or recondition the skin and how to prepare or administer them to ensure maximum benefits. More advanced knowledge about these things can even allow you to prepare combinations and adapt them perfectly to your skin type.
Natural skin care ingredients you can learn to use and benefit from include rose hip seed oil, beeswax, shea butter, aloe vera, tea tree oil and witch hazel. You can also 100% naturally take care of your skin through a holistic approach, by consuming natural products that help your skin, without necessarily applying anything on your face. This is however left to the aesthetic perceptions of each person. Some might think a healthy skin is a beautiful skin while others may still feel the need of make up.
Curiously enough, the FDA does not hold any clear definition of the term natural so it's difficult to tell which products are natural or alt least more natural than others. However, if we were to judge from FDA definitions all ingredients are chemicals because they are derived. However, there are some simple regimes we can use and take pride in using natural skin care products.
If not, a more realistic approach in a time when you only have time to worry about using natural products and not enough to make your own, you can look for certain natural ingredients or derived ingredients in the products you choose to use. Honey skin care is very popular nowadays and is a good example of a close to natural skin care regime. Honey is a natural antioxidant and helps protect the skin from sun damage as well as it rejuvenates it. For extra benefits you can use a jojoba regime which can moisturize the skin and leave it looking smooth, soft and radiant.
There are many options nature has to give and you can ask a dermatologists about products closest to being 100% natural and also recipes for skin care products you can prepare by yourself if you have the time.