Now a day’s make up is almost an
essential for some people, but do you know the real truth behind makeup? This
first blog will be about the effect and the production of makeup, facts you
probably didn't know before. The following blogs with be talking about animal
testing and ingredients in makeup and cosmetics.
When you apply makeup, you are
doing it to fix or change your appearance, right? Most of the effects of makeup
aren't serve or long lasting otherwise they wouldn't be sold. However 80% of
things placed on your skin is absorbed into your blood stream. Think about how
long you have been wearing makeup for and imagine how much of it is being
absorbed into your blood stream. Certain oils in many cosmetics can cause or
worsen acne this is called acne cosmetica. A good way to avoid this is by
having a morning and evening routine where you wash you face and get rid of all
makeup using water and sometimes face washes that are clinically proved by
doctors. Also reactions and rashes can appear a good way to avoid this is by
wearing oil free and fragrance free makeups, also make sure make up is also
clinically proven and use a moisturising lotion will also help prevent or cure
skin irritations. Under pressure from the CSC, top cosmetics companies L’Oreal,
Revlon, and Unilever recently said they have voluntarily removed phthalates DBP
and DEHP from products sold in the US. Avon, Procter & Gamble, and Estée
Lauder agreed to remove phthalates from their products in 2004. (link below for
the website about removing phthalates) ‘Phthalates are a group of chemicals
used to make plastics more flexible and harder to break. They are often called
plasticizers. Some phthalates are used as solvents (dissolving agents) for
other materials.’
The production of makeup varies
for each brand, for instance even though Rimmel says 'get the london look' most
of their products are not made in the UK. They are owned by a company called
Cotys. Coty's manufacturing facilities are located in Ashford, UK; Granollers,
Spain; Chartres, France; Monaco; Jiangsu Province, China; Sanford, North
Carolina, Los Angeles, California, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Imagine the money it
would cost for the shipping of the goods to different countries, for makeup,
although Rimmel have quite a few locations which mean that they don't need to
ship as far as other cosmetic companies who don't have as many bases and
production lines.
Links to information that I had found:
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