Potentially Harmful Ingredients to Avoid in Personal Care Products and Cosmetics
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Potentially Harmful Ingredients to Avoid in Personal Care Products and Cosmetics
Called a humectant in cosmetics it is really industrial antifreeze and the major ingredient in brake and hydraulic fluid. Tests show it can be a strong skin irritant. MSDS on Propylene Glycol warns to avoid skin contact as it is systemic and can cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage.
Alcohol
A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid produced by the fermentation of yeast and carbohydrates. Alcohol is used frequently as a solvent and is also found in beverages and medicine. As an ingredient in ingestible priducts, alcohol may cause body tissues to be more vulnerable to carcinogens. Mouthwashes with an alcohol content of 25 percent or more have been implicated in mouth, tongue, and throat cancers.
An organic acid produced by anaerobic respiration. Skin care products containing AHA exfoliate not only dead skin cells, but the skin's protective barrier as well. Longterm skin damage may result from its use.
A metallic element used extensively in the manufacture of aircraft components, prosthetic devices, and as an ingredient in antiperspirants, antacids, and antiseptics. Aluminum has been linked to Alzhemier's Disease.
Made from animal fat and lye. May let bacteria feed and grow in it. May corrode the skin and dry it out.
Comes from crude oil (petroleum) used in industry as metal cutting fluid. May suffocate the skin by forming an oil film. Healthy skin needs oxygen, and to release carbon dioxide it should not be inhibited. Holding to large amounts of moisture in the skin can flood the biology and may result in immature, unhealthy, sensitive skin that dries out easily.
Same properties as Mineral Oil. Industrially it is used as a grease component.
Potentially, SLS / SLES is perhaps the most harmful ingredient in personal-care products. SLS /SLES is used in testing labs as the standard ingredient to irritate skin. Industrial uses of SLS / SLES include: garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers and car wash soaps only to name a few. Studies show its danger potential to be great when used in personal-care products.
MSDS on SLS warns to avoid skin contact as it is systemic and can cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage.
Studies indicate that SLS / SLES is systemic, can penetrate and be retained in the eye, brain, heart, liver etc., with potentially harmful long-term effects. It could retard healing, cause cataracts in adults and can keep children's eyes from developing properly.
Other research has shown that SLS and SLES may cause potentially carcinogenic nitrates and dioxins to form in shampoos and cleanser by reacting with commonly used ingredients found in many products. Large amounts of nitrates may enter the blood system from just one shampooing. SLES is the alcohol form (ETHOXYLATED) of SLS. It is slightly less irritating but may cause more drying. Both SLS and SLES can enter the blood stream. They are used in personal-care products because they are cheap. A small amount generates a large amount of foam and when salt is added it thickens to give the illusion of being thick and concentrated.
Clays in foundations that may clog and suffocate the skin.
Draws moisture from inside the skin and holds it on the surface for a better feel. Dries skin from the inside out. Although potentially harmful in skin care products, when applied inside the moist cavity of the mouth, its properties as a humectant are potentially beneficial. Glycerin helps dental products retain moisutre, as well as improve product consistency and spreadability - without negative effects.
Derived from animal skins and ground up chicken feet. Both of these ingredients form films that may suffocate and over moisturize the skin.
Many of the hypedingredients pro collagen, collagen, elastin, cross-linked elastin and hyaluronic acids found in most cosmetic brands cannot penetrate the skin because of high-molecular weight and are of little benefit. Other virtually useless ingredients are insoluble, oil-based Vitamin A (Retinyl Palmitate), Placental Extracts and Royal Bee Jelly.
Disclaimer
The information in the POTENTIALLY HARMFUL INGREDIENTS TO AVOID IN COSMETICS is set forth in various publications and based upon opinion. Observation and / or research unrelated in any way to Neways, Inc. or its agents. No representation is made, herein, as to its accuracy or the method by which it was derived. It should in no way be construed to discredit a particular company or product but should be used as a reference to enable anyone to utilize this information in making an informed decision as to products or ingredients they choose to use, or not to use. This information may or may not be relevant for any particular product and is only intended to provide information which in our opinion might be valuable when used as such.
We make no conclusions or recommendations about other companies or products that use these ingredients.
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