Everyone should be able to assume that they use safe cosmetics. After all why would the cosmetics you use be dangerous? However, sadly, you can't assume that you use safe cosmetics and you can't assume that the government protects you from dangerous cosmetics. But surely the products that you use should be safe?
Sadly no. Neither the government or the major cosmetics companies take steps to ensure that our cosmetics are safe, and as a result there is a whole range of dangerous cosmetics and skin care products on the market which contain dangerous ingredients including lead, 1,4-dioxane and paraben.
The FDA doesn't test the ingredients found in mainstream cosmetics, and so the big brand companies can, and do, put anything that they want in their products. The government doesn't protect the women of America against corporations that are prepared to use unsafe ingredients to sell their products.
The situation is so bad that there are now entire organizations set up to raise public awareness of this problem. Primary amongst them is one called the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics.
Unfortunately neither the government or the cosmetics industry are listening to the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics, and nothing much is happening to improve the safety of those mascaras, blushes, eye shadows, face creams, lipsticks, bronzers and many more that most of us use, unaware that we may be damaging our health.
There's lots of examples, here's 2.
The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics tested major big brand lipsticks back in 2007. Know what they found? They found lead in over 50% of the lipsticks tested. These weren't just lipsticks you've never heard of, these are the biggest names in cosmetics and lipsticks, and may well include those you use right now.
And in 2002 more tests found Phthalates in the majority of 72 major big brand beauty and personal and body care products and cosmetics, including products from Christian Dior, Revlon and Calvin Klein. Phathalates are a family of industrial chemicals that are linked to defects in male reproductive organs and birth defects.
And this includes such common and everyday products like shampoos and toothpastes.
Of the 72 tested 52 contained Phthalates, and of course the labels didn't disclose this.
Scary isn't it?
So should you just swear off cosmetics? No not at all. There are excellent and safe cosmetics available but they aren't made by the big brand names and aren't found on the shelves of your local store. They are made by companies that are prepared to evidence their commitment to making safe cosmetics. They have signed a pledge on the website of the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics evidencing their commitment to making cosmetics using only ingredients known to be safe.
But I'll bet you've never heard of these small niche companies because they can't compete with the big brands on TV advertising, but nevertheless they make excellent and safe ranges of cosmetics.
Find out more about safe cosmetics at my website.
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