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Women's Cosmetics: Dangerous?

Scientific lab research now show's that women's cosmetics such as L'Oreal Paris lipstick and lip gloss are completely contaminated with lead.

Girls - and perhaps some boys - are very addictive to cosmetics these days: from shimmery lip gloss to lipstick that stays on your lips for 24 hrs! But what's the real truth behind these dangerous things? Besides, there's always a catch phrase on these things! This time (for those that don't know), women's cosmetics are from 5 - 60% contaminated with acids, oils, and bad chemicals including lead that can cause brain damage and many more bad things. Lipsticks and lip gloss providers like L'Oreal, Cover Girl, and Christian Dior said to be made and consumed from France have from around 0.03 to 0.05 level of lead provided inside.

However, the L'Oreal, Cover Girl, and Christian Dior and many others all swear to take away the lead and provide lead-free lipstick. As one lipstick girl, Stacy Malkan said: "It's critical that manufacturers reformulate their product. It's possible to make lipstick without lead, all companies should be doing that." Since the level is 0.03 - 0.05, women that commonly wear make up should beware - using lipstick once or twice (that is contaminated) is not bad, but using it more than often is terrible. Linzay Gray says, "Since my mother is so used to wearing make up, her body is used to it but many, many young girls [in middle and high school] are wearing make up and trying it on which is terrible because their bodies and brains are developing." Another lipstick girl named Hanna Gray (Linzay's sister) says, "Since I used make up once, I'm never using it again. Once I saw a billboard with a young and beautiful model licking lipstick and she was saying 'I like the taste of lipstick.'"