[Krystle]

Hi all,

I've been doing a lot of research lately on the safety of a certain makeup brand/company because I desperately want to purchase an eyeshadow palette from them, but am being held back by the fact that it is manufactured in Hong Kong. I've emailed the company a few times and have gotten reassuring replies, but I'm still pretty skeptical. Because of my skepticism, I have been researching the issue on the Internet and have come across some really helpful sites that I thought I'd share with you all.


Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Reviews (This is an AMAZING site).
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php

From Skin Deep: What Not To Buy:
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/whatnottobuy/

Cosmetics Info (Another REALLY good site)
COSMETICSINFO.ORG - Your source for safety information about cosmetics and personal care products

And, for those of you who wear RED lipstick:
http://www.safecosmetics.org/downloa...iss_report.pdf


Hope this is helpful!

[rutiene]

The video is a hoax.

Check out snopes. I can't post links yet.

Quick snippet:

The streaks that supposedly herald the presence of lead in one's lipstick are in reality dark marks produced by the testing agents themselves. Gold, silver, copper, and pewter leave these trails no matter what they're rubbed against, in the same way that pencils make marks on whatever surfaces they are trailed along. That these marks appear more prominent against a lipstick backdrop is attributable to contrast — streaks that look grey against a white background seem brown against a reddish background, and brown is a color more readily picked out by the eye.

The bottom line is that U.S. medical literature has yet to record a single case of anyone's coming down with lead poisoning through lipstick use. (And, in any case, contrary to what is claimed in the alarming e-mail quoted above, contracting cancer is not one of the recorded adverse health effects one is likely to suffer through excessive exposure to lead.)

[Krystle]

I was wondering if the video was real or not, and I did check out snopes.com before posting. The reason I chose to still post it is because on snopes.com it states that, "Gold, silver, copper, and pewter leave these trails no matter what they're rubbed against" but yet not all of the makeup she tested in that video had a reaction. It made me wonder!

[rutiene]

Scientifically, it really wouldn't make sense. A 'detection' method requires some sort of chemical reaction. Gold and lead reacts to form an alloy (or in other words, it is not a typical covalent bond). Thus, the gold is not 'shed' and the color should not appear on her skin, and instead on the ring itself.

Did you notice that that the two which were shown to not 'react' were creams?

[Krystle]

Scientifically, it really wouldn't make sense. A 'detection' method requires some sort of chemical reaction. Gold and lead reacts to form an alloy (or in other words, it is not a typical covalent bond). Thus, the gold is not 'shed' and the color should not appear on her skin, and instead on the ring itself.

Did you notice that that the two which were shown to not 'react' were creams?

Good point! I removed the link for the video.