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According to The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, there are over 900
chemicals in cosmetics contents that have toxic substances and are dangerous to your health and
well-being.
Decorative Contact lenses
You may want your eyes twinkle like your idol superstar but do you know that wearing
decorative contact lenses can snatch your eyesight?
Decorative contact lenses carry the same risks as corrective contact lenses, including
 conjunctivitis (pink eye);

 corneal (the eye's outermost layer) ulcers;
 corneal abrasion;
 and vision impairment or blindness.
Further, sharing of contact lenses prescribed for one person can also lead to infections, abrasions,
allergic reaction or blindness.
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) of America has received reports of corneal ulcers associated
with the wearing of decorative contact lenses, especially when worn overnight.
Corneal ulcers, an infection of the eye, can progress rapidly if left untreated. Uncontrolled
infection can lead to corneal scarring and vision impairment. In the most severe cases, this
condition can result in blindness and eye loss.
Anti-Wrinkle Cream
"Age doesn't bring you wisdom, it brings you wrinkles." How true the words spoken by
American actress, Estelle Getty. For years women all over the world are using the anti-wrinkles
creams to look young and stay beautiful - to perennial despair.
Formally, collagen used in anti-wrinkle is crucial to keeping your skin as smooth as silk.
Unfortunately as the years go by, collagen also ages and shrinks, contributing to wrinkles.
Lanolin, promoted as being able to 'penetrate the skin better than other oils', was found to contain
pesticides, dioxins and known carcinogens.
Collagen, lanolin, liposomes, and elastin in the cream cannot get rid of wrinkles. They only help
to moisturize and merely "make-up" up the skin to create unconvincingly youthful appearance.
They cannot slow down or reverse the skins ageing process.
Just as eating bone would not repair a broken arm, applying an anti-ageing cream on your face
won't repair or remake saggy skin. And vegetarians take note: Most collagen and elastin is waste
from the meat industry!
Foundation
Many liquid foundation make-ups contain mineral oil, a suspected human carcinogen (cancer-
causing agent). Mineral oil (classed as a petrochemical pollutant) can have negative effects on
hormones and the skin's ability to breathe, attract moisture and detoxify.
It can also slow down cell renewal and causes premature ageing. In fact sunscreens produced
from mineral oil may promote skin cancer as well as colon and breast cancer. However, no
cosmetic manufacturers put health warnings on their products, and in the US, the FDA does not
require this information to be on packaging.
Lipstick
The most toxic of all cosmetics.
Some lipsticks contain substances that can cause cancer, deformities and stillbirths. Many
women also experience dryness, chapping, cracked and peeling lips from using lipsticks. Other
problems that have been reported are inflamed eyes skin rashes, burns, numbness, swollen gums
and respiratory problems.
The cause of the problems may be the perfume oils used, any of the colours, indelible dyes,
vehicles for the dyes, or some of the other ingredients in the lipstick. It also contains lanolin,
which can cause allergic reactions.
Nail Polish
A toxic product which should have a warning label. Contains phenol, toluene and xylene. Its
basic ingredient is a formaldehyde resin which can cause discoloration and bleeding under the
nails.
Phenol is suspected of causing cancer in humans, it can cause swelling, peeling, burning or
breaking out in hives and pimples, if it comes into contact with skin.
Toluene is easily absorbed through the skin but eliminated slowly from the body. It can cause
fatigue and weakness. Chronic exposure to toluene may bring in irritation of the mucous
membrane, headache vertigo (giddiness) nausea and loss of appetite.
Nail polish removers are just as harmful. Its primary ingredient is acetone, a solvent which can
cause your nails to become brittle and split, and can cause skin rashes to develop on your fingers.
The fumes from nail polish remover, when inhaled, can irritate your lungs and make you feel
light-headed.
Review of literature
Lydia Ismail is a writer, who writes about issues that affect our health, lifestyle and well-being.
Her first eBook titled "The Fashion Crap" certainly ruffles up some feathers in blogs and forums.
It discusses fashion that can hurt, maim and kill. Lydia can be reached at
[http://www.fashioncrap.com] and her blog at http://www.verygoodtips.com
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For more information on cosmetics or hair dye, contact the National Women's
Information Center at 800-994-9662 or the following organizations:
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), OPHS, HHS

Phone: (888) 463-6332 (Consumer Information)
Internet Address: http://www.fda.gov
Suggestions
Cosmetic and Makeup Dangers

To avoid dangers associated with using makeup and other cosmetics, follow these tips:
 Never drive and put on makeup. Not only does this make driving a danger, hitting a bump
in the road and scratching your eyeball can cause serious eye injury.
 Never share makeup. Always use a new sponge when trying products at a store. Insist
that salespersons clean container openings with alcohol before applying to your skin.
 Keep makeup containers closed tightly when not in use.
 Keep makeup out of the sun and heat. Light and heat can kill the preservatives that help
to fight bacteria. Don't keep cosmetics in a hot car for a long time.
 Don't use cosmetics if you have an eye infection, such as pinkeye. Throw away any
makeup you were using when you first found the problem.
 Never add liquid to a product unless the label tells you to do so.
 Throw away any make-up if the color changes, or it starts to smell.
 Never use aerosol sprays near heat or while smoking, because they can catch on fire.
 Don't deeply inhale hairsprays or powders. This can cause lung damage.
 Avoid color additives that are not approved for use in the eye area, such as "permanent"
eyelash tints and kohl (color additive that contains lead salts and is still used in eye
cosmetics in other countries). Be sure to keep kohl away from children. It may cause lead
poisoning

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According to The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, there are over 900

Decorative Contact lenses

 conjunctivitis (pink eye);

The most toxic of all cosmetics.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lydia_Ismail

Information Center at 800-994-9662 or the following organizations:

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), OPHS, HHS

Cosmetic and Makeup Dangers

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