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Not only have these ingredients been linked to serious health problems, they can also make your skin look dull, dry and older! You’d be better off putting nothing on your skin at all then using products high in these common beauty product chemicals.
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“Strike a beautiful pose, stand out and redefine the notion of beauty…” says the ad’s print. Hats off to you, MAC Cosmetics: you folks did an amazing job creating an ad campaign that shows the beauty of a muscular female body in a complimentary, gorgeous way. More
Part skin care, part makeup, beauty balm describes an all-in-one cosmetic that combines the functions of primer, anti-aging serum, moisturizer, foundation and sunblock. More
We’ve already shared some surprising places where gluten lurks in your daily life. But one that may have a larger effect on you than you realize is hiding in your purse and in your medicine cabinet: cosmetics. Gluten is in scores of cosmetic products, including mascara, lotion and even shampoo, and could be the cause of your unexplained rash or skin reaction. More
I’ve already written about the many reasons why I love makeup. But liking cosmetics doesn’t mean I’m great at actually putting them on my face. In fact, I’m actually kind of terrible at it. I’ve made many makeup mistakes in my day. Everyone has. Celebrities do it all the time. But the key to avoiding cosmetic catastrophes isn’t really getting better at makeup, it’s just learning tricks to avoid making yourself look like a Ganguro girl. More
We can all probably agree that Amanda Seyfried has pretty great skin–but I don’t think any of us knew exactly how great. Her skin is, in fact, so great that a luxury cosmetics company has asker her to be the face of their 30th anniversary limited-edition skin creme line. And by “line,” they mean “three jars at $13,000 apiece.” Could your skin sell a $13,000 pot of moisturizer? Mine either. More
Fifteen years worth of research has made it clear that chemicals common in cosmetics, household products and medicines are wreaking havoc on our bodies, the European Environment Agency says. In a study published yesterday, the agency warns of “strong evidence” linking these “endocrine disrupting chemicals“—substances (like phthalates, bisphenol A and parabens) that disrupt the hormone system—to cancer, obesity, neurological problems and reduced fertility. More
The top post on Drudge yesterday was “Hillary Au Naturale,” a snarky critique of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s appearance in Bangladesh,supposedly wearing no makeup. The Daily Mail and Fox News followed suit, critiquing her looks, instead of reporting on her talks about Iranian nukes. And in an interview with CNN, the Secretary of State politely brushed off everyone’s concerns over her beauty routine. More
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Hillary Clinton “forgets her makeup?” That’s the headline of a Fox News article echoing a Daily Mail article about Clinton’s “tired and withdrawn appearance” during a business trip to China, Bangladesh and India. Because heaven forbid our Secretary of State have more important things to worry about than makeup … More
Remember when the hottest Hollywood accessory was a gestating baby? Well move over, fetuses—the latest paparazzi catnip is mascara-free lashes and unpainted lips. If ‘jumped the shark’ is a thing we say anymore, then the ‘celebs without makeup‘ thing has definitely jumped the shark. More
Earlier this week, I wrote about how much I dislike the way that beauty products are exploitatively marketed toward women. This is especially true of advertising about cosmetics, which preys on manufactured insecurities and purposefully-manifested low self-esteem. And while the expectation or assumption that women must wear oodles of unhealthy, pore-clogging, lead-filled makeup to look and feel beautiful and confident is certainly absurd and needs to be shaken apart, I am torn…because  there’s still a part of me that that just loves makeup. Like a frilly, dress-wearing, PMS-blaming, gender-norm-loving, Lilly-Ledbetter-denying traitor. More
Natural, organic, green, clean, cruelty-free … Cosmetic labels say a lot of things, and it’s hard to know what really means squat. Throw in labels like ‘vegan,’ ‘non-toxic’ or ‘made with organic materials’ and packages gets even more confusing. Don’t worry. We’re gonna (try to) sort it out for you—though when it comes to makeup labeling, the guidelines (where they exist) aren’t exactly stringent, and most products aren’t tested or reviewed by the FDA. More
By the time I came into this world, my mother had mostly stopped wearing makeup–but that didn’t mean she didn’t have a large cardboard box of very-bright cosmetics circa 1982 which I routinely dove into. And while I didn’t die or break out in a disfiguring rash, the truth is that all of that makeup (and, indeed, probably much of the makeup in medicine cabinets and dresser drawers across the country) was expired. Because, apparently, the shelf lives of cosmetics are a lot shorter than most of us think. More
