Originally Posted by noholoca /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Ok I may have been exaggerating when I said "totally toxic" --what I was trying to get at is yes it is harsh to the skin, it wreaks, definitely no fun to inhale or get in your eyes.
As far as toxicity levels I'm not 100%, but I am quite sure there are toxic vapors in it. I see you're in Toronto, vogueboy. I went to makeup school there (10 years ago) and I always remembered one of my teachers saying that.
I find that Ben Nye's Final Seal's vapours are more unpleasant than Green Marble's. As a comparison, here are the ingredients for both:
Ben Nye Final Seal - Alcohol Denat, Water, Acrylates/ Octylacrlamide, Copolymer, Triethanolamine,Propylene Glycol, Fragrance,Phenoxyethanol, Blue 1.
Green Marble SeLr - Isopropanol, 2-Propane, Acrylic Resins, Silica, Fragrance
Again, fragrance is a personal opinion matter. And most of these types of make-ups are manufactured in the US under FDA and USDA guidelnes and protocols, so they are safe. So harsh on the skin? (with prolonged useage), I say yes. Toxic? No, based on user guidelines.
But now we're getting into semantics and definitions of what "harsh"and "toxic" is and what context it's used in, which is a more important factor in a make-up prosthetic lab/shop type environment where canister type gas masks are required (for classroom and on-set settings we use N-95 type dust masks when we do build and repair jobs).
I am guessing you went to Complections?