Don't Eat Lipstick

Why we don’t eat lipstick…

As I said in the previous post, I got this idea from my math teacher. It was actually a funny story. Well, funny for me.

Since we were now enjoying applying lipstick, we do it every day! One time, some of our classmates were applying lipstick when our teacher enters the room. We don’t know if he’s serious or something but then he told us this.

“Do you know that Lipstick makes your brain weak?”

Well, something like that!

Of course we all have our own reactions like ‘Why?’, ‘Weh?? ‘Di nga?’, ‘Parang hindi naman!’, ‘Explain?’

Then he explained to us that every lipstick contains ‘Lead’.

Lead!

Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also counted as one of the heavy metals. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed to air. Lead has a shiny chrome-silver luster when it is melted into a liquid.

-Wikipedia

So he told us to research about it if we doubt what he is saying.

So that’s why I did.

So here’s what I’ve searched. It turns out that that’s not the only effect on our body.

According to this:

Lead, at certain contact degrees, is a poisonous substance to animals, including humans. It damages the nervous system and causes brain disorders. Excessive lead also causes blood disorders in mammals. Like the element mercury, another heavy metal, lead is a neurotoxin that accumulates both in soft tissues and the bones.

-Wikipedia

A study by US consumer group Campaign For Safe Cosmetics, in October 2007 found 60 percent of lipsticks tested contained trace amounts of lead, especially in red lipsticks. The levels of lead varied from 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million. One third of the lipsticks containing lead exceeded the 0.1ppm limit set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for lead in candy

- Wikipedia

Leaded lipstick can cause serious health problems

Recent studies have shown that the chemicals that are often part of the popular cosmetics can cause allergies, heart problems and even lead to infertility. For example, with a typical lipstick includes such harmful ingredients like lead, cadmium, and Perabo and methacrylate. And the most dangerous bears triclosan as a preservative lipstick.
Researchers claim that triclosan causes all kinds of problems with the heart, and can reduce muscle strength.Through the action of triclosan women may later have problems with fertility. This component also increases the levels of male hormones, which can cause problems with excess weight, increased hair growth, and menstrual irregularities, and even lead to infertility.

-The Amazing News

In addition, “lead is a proven neurotoxin that can cause learning, language and behavioral problems. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to lead exposure, because lead easily crosses the placenta and enters the fetal brain where it can interfere with normal development,” said Sean Palfrey, M.D., a professor of pediatrics and public health at Boston University and the medical director of Boston's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, as quoted in the press release.

-Philly

So that’s why we DON’T EAT LIPSTICK! Even though most women applying lipstick actually removes it by eating it instead of wiping it off.

And remember... DON’T EAT LIPSTICK!

What Lipstick Contains!

Lipstick

Because now I use lipstick, I researched some facts about it…

I wasn’t planning about knowing some facts about this product, but then my math teacher once told our class something about that so I got curious!

And now I’m sharing it to you! (^_^)

Lipstick contains wax, oils, antioxidants and emollients.

The following are the commonly used ingredients in making lipstick:

Wax!

Provides structure to the solid lipstick.

Sample of this are:

• Beeswax
• Ozokerite
• Candelilla Wax
• Carnauba Wax

 

 

Oils!

It makes the lips glossy and shiny.
The commonly used oils are:

• Olive oil 
• Mineral oil 
• Cocoa butter 
• Lanolin 
• Petrolatum

 

Emollients!

Matte lipsticks contain more filling agents like silica but do not have many emollients. Creme lipsticks contain more waxes than oils. Sheer and long lasting lipstick contain a lot of oil, while long lasting lipsticks also contain silicone oil, which seals the colors to the wearer's lips. Glossy lipstick contain more oil to give a shiny finish to the lips. Shimmery lipstick may contain mica, silica, fish scales, and synthetic pearl particles to give them a glittery or shimmering shine.

Ultra Emollient Lipstick of MUD

-Ayon kay Wikipedia

Those listed above are just the basic contents of a lipstick. But did you know that a lipstick also contains some ingredients that can give certain effects to our body?

But then again, there are  those organic ones you can use that is far safer than any regular one.

I checked out this site that tells more reason why use organic lipstick...

Organic Lipstick 101 .

My definition of a Lipstick!

Lipstick

What is Lipstick nga ba?

Lipstick is a cosmetic product containing pigments, oils, waxes, and emollients that applies color, texture and protection to the lips.

-Ayon kay Wikipedia.

But for most women... lipstick is something that makes a girl feel beautiful and confident. Simple right?

I remember when I was much younger... Lipstick for me is for kikay girls ONLY!

Or maybe, for special occasions lang...

When I enter college, that's when everything change.

I mean, paanong hindi magbabago eh almost half of the girls population in our University wears lipstick in any kind of shades!

That's when I realize that I like those different kind of Shades of Lipsticks.

I first apply lipstick when I was a third year college student. Actually ay ngayong taon lang ng magsimula ang klase sa 1st semester.

Masasabi kong impluwensya na rin ng mga nakakasalamuha namin sa araw-araw.

Hindi naman pala pang kikay or special occasions ang Lipstick.

It's up to you if you like applying a striking red-colored lipstick or a more demure color like a light pink one that suites you and makes you comfortable.

It doesn't define you as a person, but it defines the way you express yourself!