My Lipstick Contains WHAT????!

It’s estimated that a woman will ingest 4-8lbs of lipstick during her life and you won’t believe what you’ve been eating!

 

What is hiding in conventional lipsticks? For starters, how about heavy metals! Numerous studies have linked ingestion of these industrial grade minerals and metals to organ toxicity, reproductive harm, and even cancer.” Then there’s those sneaky animal byproducts, and they’re downright nasty.

 

Also hiding in your lipstick may be synthetic dyes and other potentially toxic ingredients used for coloring. Often, makeup is colored white by using Mica and Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891) and colored various shades of red with synthetic dyes such as Red 30 Lake (CI 73360), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850) (Aka 202), Iron Oxides (CI 77489, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499) Red 6 Lake (CI 15850) (Aka 201) and more.

 

 

If you are vegan or against using animal products, you may be surprised to learn that slaughterhouses sell the excess byproducts of their carcasses to cosmetics companies for use in lipsticks and other make-up.  Using these animal by-products is cheaper than using plant based ingredients. Look out for rendered animal fats by avoiding the following ingredients – see list below.

 

 

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Carmine is a common red colorant found in many popular lipsticks today. It’s red pigment is sourced from the carcasses of the female cochineal beetle. 70,000 cochineal beetles must be crushed and killed to produce 1lb of dye. To avoid bug guts in your lipstick, look out for ingredients titled:

 

• Carmine
• Carminic Acid
• Carminic Acid Lake
• Cochineal/ Cochineal Extract
• Dactylopius Extract
• Ci 75470
• E120
• Carmine 5297
• B Rose Liquid
• Crimson Lake
• Natural Red 4

 

Ever wonder what leaves the oily residue on your lips after using your favorite lipstick? That oily residue could be from tallow, or rendered animal fat from carcasses of dead animals.

 

Tallow is a great option for cosmetic formulators who are trying to save a few bucks. Slaughterhouses sell the excess byproducts of their carcasses to cosmetics companies, for a low price that suits for their bottom line. Look out for rendered animal fats by avoiding the following ingredients:

 

• Hydrolyzed collagen
• Suet
• Lard
• Caprylic Acid
• Lauric Acid
• Myristic Acid
• Oleic Acid
• Oleyl Oleate
• Oleyl Stearate
• Palmitic Acid
• Stearic Acid
• Any ingredient including the word “Tallow”

 

These heavy metals serve as long-lasting colorants, which can stand up to the other synthetics in your average lipstick formula. Heavy metals will be listed as colorants beginning with “Ci”, “Red”, “Blue”, “Yellow”, “Violet” or “Green”. The heavy metals listed below were once in the average tube of lipstick. In fact, many are still allowed to be used in lip products sold today:

 

• Lead
• Nickel
• Arsenic
• Cadmium
• Aluminum
• Iron
• Chromium
• Antimony

 

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I had the great pleasure to review 100% Pure’s “Fruit Pigmented® Pomegranate Oil Anti Aging Lipstick” and the formula is not only super healthy for you, it is heavenly. It is moisturizing and feels great on…. hands down the best lipstick I have ever tried.

 

 

I hope you will take the time to investigate what is in YOUR lipsticks, lip balms and lip glosses.  Check the ingredients in the Skin Deep database.  Odds are, they are full of toxic chemicals.   If so, throw them out.  Your life may depend on it.  And then…. buy some healthy lipstick at 100% Pure.

 

Please comment below if you have tried 100% Pure lipsticks or have found that your own lipsticks are toxic!