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cupcake_goth ([personal profile] cupcake_goth) wrote2009-06-08 06:26 pm
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A shallow but important question

Should I purchase duplicates of the 4 MAC shadows* I use the most and build a palette for traveling? So that I don't need to worry about shuffling it from one makeup bag to the other?

On the one hand, I AM doing a lot of traveling in the near future.

On the other hand, do I NEED duplicates of 4 eye shadows? Even if I wear them almost every day?

Dear LJ Hivemind, please give me advice!




*Mylar, Sketch, Sweet Lust, and Forgery. None of them limited edition colors, thank goodness.

[identity profile] wormtorturer.livejournal.com 2009-06-14 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a lot of scare-lore going around the internet about toxic ingredients in cosmetics, and although you may think you're doing your friends a favor by perpetuating it, you're not. Many people don't understand that everything is a chemical, let alone the concept of dose-response (aka "The dose makes the poison"). Whether or not you know it, you're just falling for marketing hype by "natural" cosmetic companies.

Several of these scare stories about cosmetics have been debunked by Snopes.com:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/shampoo.asp
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/lipstick.asp
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/candycane.asp (the last paragraph is pertinent)
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/sunscreen.asp

and the CDC:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/egpg/propylene_glycol.html

and the Beauty Brains, a blog written by professional chemists who know more than either of us do:
http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/08/27/what-are-safe-synthetics-in-cosmetics/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/05/09/more-natural-cosmetic-nonsense/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/12/26/dont-fall-for-lies-about-toxic-ingredients-in-cosmetics/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/02/23/why-cosmetics-contain-toxic-chemicals/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/05/11/hypocrisy-in-the-beauty-industry/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/11/28/the-top-5-myths-about-mineral-oil-part-1/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/12/01/myths-about-mineral-oil-part-2/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/02/17/is-silica-powder-in-makeup-forever-hd-powder-dangerous/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/03/29/can-you-get-drunk-from-your-cosmetics/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/06/06/are-you-confused-by-organic-products-too/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/02/23/should-you-say-yes-to-carrots/
http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/03/06/when-natural-ingredients-attack/

[identity profile] dizzy88.livejournal.com 2009-06-15 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
I think you are a great source of info, I will work through this info... sorry for the snark, I bow to higher wisdom.

[identity profile] wormtorturer.livejournal.com 2009-06-15 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for being willing to look at the other side of the issue. I could've been politer and more informative instead of just making a drive-by dismissal without any evidence.