Fashion + Beauty
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Are these Dangerous Ingredients in Your Makeup? Yep.
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Check out even more scary -- and safe -- ingredients here.
I'm not very good
with reading labels. I've never been one of those gals who can
rattle off the calorie count of my favorite snack or even remember
what the active ingredients are in
my moisturizer. But after reading
this article, I'm definitely going to take a second look at
the labels of all my products.
There are some pretty sketchy ingredients in beauty products,
things that are known to cause cancer, disrupt your hormones, all
kinds of crazy stuff. See which ingredients you shouldn't touch
with a ten-foot pole, and which are actually, you know, good for
you. Click on the images above to see which ingredients are good
and bad.
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Posted by Joes M Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:47pm PDT
Sooooo......Where's the list of the bad ingredients? What a crappy poorly written article....!!
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Posted by Happy being me! Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:20pm PDT
OK - Where is the info..????????? Is anyone paying attention to what they are putting on here. If I did my job this way. . . I wouldn't have one.
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Posted by Happy being me! Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:21pm PDT
All I am getting is ads for "Organic" Marijuana based products. Shesh!
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Posted by suki Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:31pm PDT
I did a keyword search for "toxic cosmetics ingredients" and got more hits than I thought I would. Check it out.
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Posted by Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:09am PDT
You click on the picture, and throughout the slideshow there is information under the pictures about the ingredients. Damn... Try looking around before you flip out- most of the time it's your own incompetence that hinders you.
Good article, though. Good stuff to know.
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Posted by DotR Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:50am PDT
It is much more then just make-up. Go check-out the book "Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power" by Mike Shapiro. There is a lot of political history/decision making, but he lists all types of products other parts of the world wont accept including make-up.
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Posted by Wifey Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:22pm PDT
Learn how to scroll down and read people! The info is right underneath the pictures.
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Posted by CarolB Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:38pm PDT
I have written several posts here on Shine about chemicals in skin care and in everyday household cleaning products. Below are a few of my articles and they actually list what chemicals to watch out for and lists a link where you can keyin your own brand of makeup and see if there are toxic chemicals in it. I think my articles are much more informative, lol Hope you will check them out.
How Green Are Your Skin Care Products?
What's In Your Skin Care Cream?
Organic or Natural Skin Care Products - what's the difference?
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