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debo matar la zombi goldberry83
09/03/09

In reply to FDA Finds More Lead In Lipstick Than Expected, Still Doesn't Set Standards
Well, that's... unnerving... Of course, ten times the lead in candy is still definitely not going to be much lead. But still! I'm kind of glad I rarely wear lipstick; anybody got the rundown on toxins in gloss?
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Crackers In Bed
09/03/09

@debo matar la zombi goldberry83: [www.safecosmetics.org]
click on the "skin deep" link to get a database of brands and toxin contents.
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missbananafish
09/03/09

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The EU has really strict standards when it comes to what goes into makeup, so I don't see why it would be so hard to ramp up our standards...oh that's right, we value money more than what's right. Sigh.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
09/03/09

@missbananafish: The most asinine thing is these companies know their products are probably harmful. They've been told as much already, and changed them accordingly... for one market. But are satisfied to continue marketing them to any women with a government feeble enough not to take a stand? Pathetic.
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WashingMyHair
09/03/09

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This is something that bugs me. They allow up to a certain amount of otherwise dangerous compounds into our everyday products under the guise that in safe amounts, you should be okay. The problem is, we use, consume, and layer many of these products, all day, every day. I would think that the build up of these small amounts add up pretty fast in our bodies and the environment. How can that be okay?

I know that different things are regulated by different agencies and many products fall into a barely regulated category. However, for the most part, the approach our gov't takes on regulation of chemical compounds is that it's okay until it's proven to be toxic. The European Union is the exact opposite. They believe that it's not safe until it's proven to be. I kinda think that's the best and healthiest approach.
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LaComtesse
09/03/09

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"My lords, I may have the weak and feeble body of a woman, but I have the lead face of man. I hath painted mine visage with a tincture of lead for over 2 score and 5 years. Therefore, noble sirs, do not take away the lipstick of the ladies, especially not Lady Fox, who requires this paint for her 'sexy face.' I ask this not for myself but for my people, who are my only care." -Elizabeth I
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WashingMyHair
09/03/09

@LaComtesse: Lady Fox should copy this as her new 'sexy face' look.
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LaComtesse
09/03/09

@WashingMyHair: Give it time. She'll probably be releasing a statement shortly about how in schizophrenic outbursts she BECOMES Queen Elizabeth, even though that's not what schizophrenia is or how it works but, whatever, all the other girls are just saying that cuz they're jealous.
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wordinedgewise
09/03/09

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I was told by my aunt when I started wearing makeup that there are also bleaching agents in lipstick. She found this out from makeup artists she met while working as a model in the 80's. Apparently they're small enough amounts that they aren't considered toxic, but of course over time serve as a gradual lightener of the surface skin of the lips, thereby making women need MORE lipstick.

I don't know if I believe it, but it would be quite brilliant on the part of the cosmetics companies if you think about it.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
09/03/09

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This is kind of mind boggling when you consider that in the olden days, women used lead on their faces to whiten them, and used masks made of birdshit for their complexions, and ashes for eyeliner and so forth. The more things change, and all that.
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Opti-Miss
09/03/09

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I cannot say this enough times:

go to [www.cosmeticsdatabase.com]!!!

I stopped wearing 99.9% of my cosmetics after I found out my favourite perfume had ingredients that caused cellular changes, neurotoxicity, and infertility (among other delightful possible side-effects).

I've heard all the arguments about these ingredients being only found in small amounts, and therefore not really that dangerous. BUT, I won't be buying any more, for several reasons:

1.These chemicals find their way into the water system, causing all sorts of weird gender-changing shit in fish, frogs and the animals that eat them.
2. The plastics that are used to package the products are not safe, and may leach toxic stuff into what's stored in them.
3. I don't want to give my money to huge corporations that I don't believe are accountable for their unethical actions.
4. I'm cheap, and I can make better, safer products at home quite easily.

By the way, I entered in some of the 'natural' products into that database (Avalon Organics, and another brand I can't recall) and they were almost as bad as the big companies. This is not nearly good enough.
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WashingMyHair
09/03/09

@Opti-Miss: I've used this database to help guide my purchases as well. I've been slowly replacing everything - makeup, deodorant, haircare, etc. It requires a lot of effort, but I feel it's well worth it for my family and everyone else on this planet.
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MissFiFi
09/03/09

@WashingMyHair: I have used this site as well
[www.goodguide.com]
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WashingMyHair
09/03/09

@MissFiFi: Ditto! I knew there was another one that I couldn't remember. Thanks for sharing.
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boobookitt
09/03/09

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There's lead in candy?
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Zombies make the heart grow fonder
09/03/09

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I never wear lipstick. I live on gloss and balm as though it is water. Until yesterday, when I waltzed into the MAC store and told the guy with beautiful eye makeup on that I wanted to look like the women on Mad Men with their classic red lips. I went home with a tube of MAC Red and apparently, lead.
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Lymed
09/03/09

@Zombies make the heart grow fonder: Sorry to tell you this, but a past study found lead levels were higher in red lipsticks.
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morninggloria
09/03/09

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How disturbing for a teenage male attendee at a "rainbow party" to wake up one morning and discover that he can now use his penis to take the ACT.
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hortense
09/03/09

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I will spend whatever amount of money on the company who comes out with the first lipstick called "Get The Led Out."
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Diziet_Sma
09/03/09

@hortense: You're such a Living Loving Maid.
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MissFiFi
09/03/09

@hortense: OHMIGOD! I would love to have to say that was the name when someone admired my lipstick!
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andBegorrah
09/03/09

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This is why I just wear Wax Lips all day.
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Annabellie
09/03/09

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"Lipstick, intended for topical use, is only ingested incidentally and in very small quantities and the FDA does not consider the lead levels that it found in the lipsticks to be a safety concern, the FDA Web site said."

Yes, in very small quantities, but for many women it's on A NEAR DAILY BASIS AND FOR MOST OF THEIR ADULT LIFE.

But don't worry! No need to regulate it, FDA!
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
09/03/09

@Annabellie: Word. One could just as easily argue that most people aren't eating massive amounts of candy every day. Also, it ignores how many other potentially toxic products a woman uses in a day, and their cumulative effect.

This is pretty much infuriating. It's not as if these companies can't create make-up minus lead (and other known cancer-causing ingredients). They can and do for European customers, because the EU put their foot down.
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Lymed
09/03/09

@Annabellie: And it's not like kids ever eat lipstick that they find. Never, ever, ever.

Plus, we absorb things through our skin. It is our largest organ.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
04/09/09

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The director called the clothier "sleazy" and "adolescent."

Takes one to know one, I guess.
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goldenmonkey
04/09/09

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Once again I just have to ask who is buying this crap? I've never seen anyone walking around in a lime-green leotard with a tiny little T-shirt over it. And their clothes don't look good on a size anything. Not that I've seen anyone in said clothes besides their weird looking models. And don't get all in my face, they probably look great in the real world but they photograph, light, and paint their freaky models to look like half-witted heroin addicts. I'm assuming. I suppose they really could be intellectually-challenged anorexic drug-addicts, but I doubt it.
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meritxell: an erotic life
04/09/09

@goldenmonkey: I never see anybody walking around in noticeably AA shit and I live in a hipster hotspot.
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