Comments on: Is There Really Lead in Your Lipstick?

By: Medical Oddities

Medical Oddities — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:08:27 +0000

Blah blah, I don’t think girls need to wear makeup to be pretty…well most of them lol. All these cosmetics and such cause a lot of controversy and I think it’s not worth the time.

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By: Will

Will — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:59:02 +0000

Hi Paulette! Welcome to the site. Thanks for your comments and I hope you continue to contribute!

Yes, being able to decide what we want to use and to use our own opinion on if a product is safe is important. I also want to know all ingredients and processes for other reasons. For example, if meat is irradiated or treated with carbon monoxide I want to know that even if it is proven safe. I may decide not to buy that meat just because I don’t personally approve of the process and it should be my right to know.

-Will

By: paulette

paulette — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:55:20 +0000

I appreciate this article. WE really should monitor what’s the content of the product we are using. At least we know if the products we patronize are safe or not.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:08:27 +0000

I like that line, Anna and will remember it! “It’s hard to find neighbors you like to have.”

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:23:33 +0000

…oh yeah and before I go, women are killing themselves with the cosmetics and high heels, lol, and I don’t understand why. Anna

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:21:43 +0000

Hey Will great post, and I think I read about this on some other blog. Hate to tell you I hate lipsticks, they don’t do any justice to me if you like to eat, not just for extra lead, but afterlook, lol. Love the photo, would kill for such lips without lipstick, may be red beats can do the magic, lol. Kidding aside, just trying to take your attention from the barking dog, I think we have one too and it is recent. I think it is the new grumpy guy on the block who just moved into the neighbourhood. I really like the lady before, but hey it is hard to find neighbours you want to have. Anna

By: Will

Will — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:45:29 +0000

Yikes JD! Glad I was not kissing any made up ladies in the previous few centuries! Unfortunately I wasn’t kissing too many in this century or the last, either!

Yes Bob, I guess what really irks me about this is all the stuff that is in, not just makeup, but also soap, shampoo, and other stuff we put on our bodies. I think we manufactures should list all ingredients and not be able to hide behind a curtain like the Wizard of Oz. They claim it is a curtain of trade secrets, but can’t they patent their ingredient list so others can’t steal it?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:23:01 +0000

Very informative especially about “fragrance” being listed as an ingredient, lol too funny.

By: techfun

techfun — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:54:17 +0000

Looking at history in the long term, trace amounts of lead in lipstick is a highpoint in safety for womens’ beauty regimens.

(From: History of Cosmetics)
From the 1400s onwards whitening the face was one of the most common cosmetic practices. This was still popular in the 1800s. A mixture composed of carbonate, hydroxide, and lead oxide was commonly used. This could lead to muscle paralysis or death when used repeatedly. It was replaced by zinc oxide in the 1800s.

Another way to have whiter skin was to bleed yourself. This was done by using the widespread medical practice of using leeches.

(From: Modes in Makeup: a brief history of cosmetics)
In the 19th century, despite growing medical knowledge, dangerous cosmetics continued to be used. Whiteners, still quite popular, contained substances such as zinc oxide, mercury, lead, nitrate of silver, and acids; some women even ate chalk or drank iodine to achieve whiteness.

So, while removing ALL toxins from products we use is a great goal, we have come a LONG way in the last century.

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