Every Healthy Bitch Needs to Have Healthy Skin!
The following is a list of potentially harmful ingredients to avoid in skin care and cosmetic products.
PROPYLENE GLYCOL(MSDS)
Propylene Glycol is a colorless, nearly odorless, clear, viscous liquid with a faintly sweet taste.
Is a component of industrial anti-freeze and the major ingredient in brake and hydraulic fluid. Tests show it can be a strong skin irritant. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) warn to avoid skin contact and can cause a significant number of reactions including; eye irritation, gastro-intestinal disturbances, nausea, headache, vomiting, central nervous system depression, respiratory tract irritation, kidney damage, and liver abnormality.
SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE (SLS) and SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (SLES)
SLS is perhaps the most harmful ingredient in personal-care products. SLS is used in testing-labs as the standard skin irritant to compare the healing properties of other ingredients. Industrial uses of SLS include: garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers and car wash soaps. Studies show its danger potential to be great, when used in personal-care products. Research has shown that SLS and SLES may cause potentially carcinogenic nitrates and dioxins to form in the bottles of shampoos and cleansers by reacting with commonly used ingredients found in many products. Large amounts of nitrates may enter the blood system from just one shampooing.
Sodium Fluoride (MSDS) – used as Rat poison, do you want it in your toothpaste?
PRIMARY USES: INSECTICIDE, ENAMELS, GLASS MIXES, STEEL DE-GASSING AGENT, ELECTROPLATING FLUXES, FLUORIDATION OF DRINKING WATER, PRESERVING WOOD, PASTES, COATED PAPER, DENTAL CARIES (ANTICAVITY) PROPHYLACTIC (TOOTHPASTE)
Cocoamide DEA, TEA, MEA, (MSDS)
Warning: Causes sever irritation, harmful if swallowed or inhaled, avoid contact with eyes, skin or clothing
GLYCERIN (synthetic)(MSDS)
Draws moisture from inside the skin, and holds it on the surface for a better “feel”.
Dries skin from the inside out. Listed on MSDS as hazardous.
Titanium Dioxide (MSDS) -now FINALLY declared a carcinogen, 2001
Potential Health Effects: Inhalation: May cause mild irritation to the respiratory tract. Skin Contact: May cause mild irritation and redness. Eye Contact: May cause mild irritation, possible reddening. Chronic Exposure: Long-term exposure to titanium dioxide dust may result in mild fibrosis (scarring of the lungs). Aggravation of Pre-existing Conditions: Persons with pre-existing lung disease may be more susceptible to the effects of this substance. ASTHMATIC PATIENTS BEWARE!
COLLAGEN and ELASTIN
Derived from animal skins and ground-up chicken feet. Both of these ingredients form films that may suffocate and over-moisturize the skin. BAR SOAPS Made from animal fat and lye. These substances may allow bacteria feed and grow in it and may corrode and dry the skin.
HUMECTANTS
Most moisturizers contain humectants that act as water attractors, they actually pull moisture out of your skin. Here’s How: Humectants are on the search for moisture that can be absorbed from the environment. If the environment is so drying that there is no moisture to be had, they will get it from the next best source – your skin. When this happens, the ingredient, which is supposed to help your skin retain moisture, instead does the opposite.
HYPOALLERGENIC
Hypoallergenic means “less than” and the word hypoallergenic tells the consumer that the manufacturer believes the product has fewer allergens than other products. There are no federal regulations defining allergens, nor are there any guidelines. So “hypoallergenic” has little meaning.
ALBUMIN and BENTONITE
These products were temporary wrinkle removers. The formulas contained a bovine serum albumin that, when dried, formed a film over wrinkles thus making wrinkles less obvious. Bentonite is used in formulations and masks. It forms films which are gas impermeable, effectively trapping toxins in the skin, suffocating the skin by shutting out the vitally needed oxygen.
KAOLIN
Quite drying and may be dehydrating to the skin. It also may be contaminated with impurities. Forms films which is gas impermeable. Effectively traps toxins and CO (Carbon Monoxide), in the skin which need to vent and escape. Then suffocates the skin by shutting out the vitally needed oxygen.
Bentonite or kaolin, an ingredient used in many makeup foundations, is the same stuff used to fight fires.
The very foundation you put on … is suffocating your face. The skin is a living, breathing organ that should be enhanced rather than inhibited.
BIOTIN (Vitamin H)
A deficiency of this vitamin has been associated with greasy scalps and baldness in rats and other experimental animals. Fur-bearing animals, however, have a very different hair growth from human beings. Biotin deficiency in man is extremely rare. Biotin is considered a worthless additive in cosmetic products. The molecular size of Biotin is too large to penetrate the skin.
DEA, TEA: Used in products such as mascara, foundation and body wash as an emulsifier and/or foaming agent. Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found them to be a skin sensitizer and that they can form carcinogenic nitrosamine compounds in the skin or body after absorption if mixed with nitrosating agents. Studies have classified DEA, TEA as a respiratory toxin, neurotoxicity hazard, and immunotoxicity hazard. Listed on labels as: DEA, Diethanolamine, TEA, Triethanolamine.
LANOLIN: Advertisers have found that the words “contains Lanolin” help to sell a product and have promoted it as being able to “penetrate the skin better than other oils,” although there is little scientific proof of this. Lanolin has been found to be a common skin sensitizer causing allergic contact skin rashes. Lanolin usually contains pesticides and dioxins, known carcinogens, used on sheep and wool.
Dibutyl Phthalate: Most often used in nail polish. Has been deemed a possible reproductive or developmental toxin, potential endocrine disruptor, skin sensitizer, immune system toxin, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney toxicant, and neurotoxin by EWG. The European Union has found it to be dangerous for the environment, very toxic to aquatic organisms and has banned it from use in cosmetics. The EPA Water Quality Standards Database states it is a priority water pollutant under the Clean Water Act and a hazardous air pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Listed on labels as: Dibutyl Phthalate.
Formaldehyde: Used in nail treatment, EWG lists it as a known human carcinogen, skin and lung sensitizer, gastrointestinal and liver toxicant and neurotoxin. Listed on labels as: Formaldehyde, Formalin.
Parabens: Widely used as a preservative to inhibit microbial growth in many products ranging from hand soap to toothpaste and also many foods. Has been assessed as hormonally active by the Cosmetics Ingredient Review. Appears to mimic estrogen in our bodies and has been found in breast tissue. EWG found parabens to be a possible endocrine disruptor, which could lead to impaired fertility or fetal development. Also found to be a skin sensitizer and skin or sense organ toxicant. Listed on labels as: alkyl parahydroxybenzoate, butylparaben, methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, isobutylparabens.
Petrolatum: Otherwise known as petroleum jelly, it is a mineral oil derivative used as an emollient or lubricant in products such as lip balm and eye makeup. EWG found it to be potentially contaminated with impurities linked to cancer or other significant health problems. The European Union has banned petrolatum from use in cosmetics. Listed on labels as: Petrolatum, petroleum jelly.
Talc: Used in products such as body powder, eye shadow and diaper cream, EWG found it to be potentially contaminated with harmful impurities linked to cancer or other significant health problems and a respiratory toxicant. Listed on labels as: Talc, Talcum
