[N68]Natural Organic Make Up

Exposure of chemicals to the skin is both hazardous and unnecessary. Many people in construction found their liver damaged when they handled treated lumber. They, of course didn't consume it, but merely touched it and the prolonged, repeated action of touching the arsenic coated lumber played havoc with their body. The biggest organ in your body is your skin. Respiration and direct absorption of chemicals take place through the skin. Knowing this, women need to ask themselves whether they feel safe, repeatedly using chemical based skin care products.
Did you know that eye makeup has mercury added to it at the rate of up to 65 parts per million? Mercury in canned fish is heavily scrutinised, but no one seems at all concerned about the threat posed by mercury in eye make-up. This deadly metal is easily absorbed through the skin and can accumulate in one's body.
Bronopol, often found in mascara, is another chemical to avoid if possible. This skin irritant has a history of causing blindness and eventually death in lab animals. Whilst an extremely high concentration is required for this to occur, consider a woman that uses the same brand of mascara for decades.
Preservatives in many different lotions and hair care products release formaldehyde. Ingredients like imidazolidinyl urea and DMDM hydantoin can irritate the respiratory system, cause skin reactions, asthma, allergies and sometimes trigger heart palpitations.
Exposure to formaldehyde has varying effects such as chest pains, headaches, dizziness, immune dysfunction and even cancer. Be wary of trade names that include aminoform, formid, and uritone. There are others to be concerned about, but this is a beginning.
Coal tar derivatives are also absorbed through the skin. Ingredients like 1-Naphthol and 2- Naphthol are included in this group. If taken orally an amount as small as 2 teaspoons is fatal.
Ingredients such as Vitamins C and E are usually added to makeup in order to block the toxic effects that nitrosamines have. These come in the forms of monethanolamine (MEA), lauryl sarcosine, laureth sulphate and cocoyl sarcosine. Before you go out and purchase makeup that promotes the addition of Vitamins C and E, please carefully read the rest of the ingredients. The job that these vitamins have may not be to provide something extra; instead they may be blocking the effects of carcinogenic substances that these makeups contain.
Often makeup contains ingredients that act as oil emulsifiers, moisture retainers and solvents. These same ingredients also go into antifreeze and brake fluid. Propylene glycol is one of them. Because of its toxicity the EPA requires workers to wear skin protection when working with this product and Safety Data Sheets warn that absorption through the skin can cause abnormalities in the liver, brain and kidney. Despite this it remains an ingredient in makeup and some stick deodorants.
Cosmetics, skin care products and lotions are applied on a daily basis. Before purchasing a product, wisely read the ingredients on the label. The parts per million of certain toxic ingredients may be very small, but if you use a product over many years, there will be a slow and steady build-up in your body. Mysterious illnesses can often be traced back to something that a patient thought had no consequences. One good option is to go organic. This would be the kindest thing you could ever do not only for your skin, which is the largest organ of your body, but for all your other body organs too. Be sure that you begin to monitor what you put on your skin before you apply it.