Dangerous Cosmetics And Teenage Girls Don't Mix

You might be unaware that there are dangerous ingredients in many big brand name cosmetics, and a new study is showing that this might be affecting teenage girls.

Our big brand cosmetics can be loaded with ingredients that aren't safe and we ought not put on our skin. A recent study, for example, showed there was lead in over 50% of lipsticks tested.

Lead? Is it possible that we the public are unknowingly using cosmetics like lipstick that contain lead? Yes it is. It's a sad fact that the FDA doesn't regulate cosmetics, or for that matter skin care or anti aging products like it regulates drugs.

And when we use these products the ingredients soak in don't they? And so they go straight into our bloodstream. When you put on that blush or rouge some of it goes into our blood.

And if it goes in it's a worry if it's harmful, like lead. No problem if it's harmless, but lead?

And there's a new study now which suggests that there are good reason why our teenage girls should be using safe cosmetics rather than the big brand dangerous cosmetics that so many use now. Here's a quote from the Campaign For Safe Cosmetics.

"Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products."

That's scary. It gets worse and makes worrying reading for any parent of a teen who uses cosmetics regularly, and who doesn't? Most in fact use more than the average woman.

A study by the Environmental Working Group has found chemicals from 4 different families of chemicals (phthalates, parabens, triclosan and musks) in the urine of young girls (between 14 and 20) who were tested in the study.

Some of these were found in the body of every single girls tested in the study.

Now of course a teenage girl is growing fast and dealing with hormonal changes and they don't need to be adding toxic chemicals to their bodies.

The chemicals tested for are considered to be hormone altering chemicals, and so it raises some questions about the implications of teenage girls using cosmetics and skin care products and also possibly acne treatments where there is a good chance they could be loading their systems with these chemicals.

No one really knows, we're entering an unknown area and the implications for the future health and in particular hormonal and reproductive health is completely unknown.

Either way, do we want our children taking these unknown risks with common cosmetics and skincare and other personal and body care products?

That may worry you, but there is a safe alternative. There are excellent companies making safe cosmetics that are very effective, and safe and effective skin care products as well, neither of which contain any dangerous chemicals.

But these niche companies are very small, and can't compete with the big brand names on marketing, so you won't see their ads on TV or their products on the shelves of your local store.

But if you search you can find small companies making excellent and safe cosmetics and also safe natural skin care products that are extremely good, and better quality than the big brands.

So you might decide it's not worth taking risks with the health of your daughters, (or yours). Use safe cosmetics and natural skin care products that work extremely well and have no dangerous ingredients in them.

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