::: Things we should know (Cosmetic)::: The cosmetic is a great ally to help us look more beautiful and young, but sometimes little things escape us which in my humble opinion should know, being surrounded by things harmful to our health is our daily bread, but at least if which we are informed, we can choose whether to dodge or not.
Today I will discuss the basic ingredients in cosmetics and its effect, as well as the dangers of any of them if overused.
As in many other fields, we tend to abuse chemicals without really knowing they are composed and that affect our skin, hair and overall health, my mission with this post is to detail some of the most suspect ingredients, so leed and judge for yourself.
mineral oils are petroleum products and as such, blocking our skin react respiration of cells and clogging the pores, extract moisture from the skin, they drew to the surface and give the appearance of hydrated.
as cosmetic ingredients have multiple benefits for large companies engaged in this:
1) Its cost is low
2) mineral oils prevent the proliferation of bacteria
3) create a smooth finish and silky skin .
At stop using the substance, the skin can dry out more than usual, that's because the skin becomes addicted to this ingredient.
To find this ingredient in your product will have to look at the following terms:
Mineral oil / Paraffinum / Paraffinum liquidum / Petrolatum / Silicone quaternium / Methylsilanol / Ozokerite / Ceresin.
Dyes some products is the main component (makeup, dyes ...), in other serves to look more appealing or simply more colors (cream, gel)
With the colors should be of pay attention to the particles "aniline" or "Anil", as the anilide
Acet, which reveals a highly toxic dye, although the dyes are banned for a long time, it is worth knowing about them to recognize in the list of ingredients you can look like:
HC (HC Orange 3) / Acid (Acid Red 73) / Pigment (Pigment Green 7) / Solvent (Solvent Black 3)
(((All hide toxic substances)))
halogenorganicas Substance These substances cause allergies, could be carcinogenic, and pollute the environment a lot because they are not biodegradable.
can find them by the following names:
Aluminium chlorohydrate / Methyldibromo glutaronitrile / Iodopropynyl.
PEGs: polyethylenglycol emulsifiers are water and fat together or detergent and water, are completely harmless, but make the skin more receptive to substances, which is good, if it is healthy additives, but bad, if they are toxic .
controlled in natural products are not allowed more than 5 PEGs per item, but the conventional cosmetics often abuse them. I have described as "acceptable" products are rarely used and only at concentrations below 1% but this is so present in the products, which can be found for example in toothpaste even
can find this ingredient by the following names
Steareth / Ceteareth / Sodium laureth sulfate (the latter is the main ingredient in soaps, gels and shampoos, eye! Not be confused with "sodium lauryl sulfate" is a very irritating detergent that has come to cause pigmentation problems.
Generally
and to make clear, the PEG ingredients are recognized by the letters eth
the end.
artificial fragrances These fragrances are somewhat dangerous, because most of them contain items on skin, affect hormone balance and are "suspected" of causing cancer, whether in the form of perfume, deodorant or sweat inhibitors reach the skin, where sweat breaks down substances that accumulate in cells, to the point that analysis of breast milk, reaching record high levels of these carcinogens and suspected genetic cause damage. Acetyl Hexametyl
, for example, causes nerve damage.
Benzyl Alcohol numbs the skin.
The Bromocinnamal, is irritating.
Phenol and Phenyl used in medicine as a disinfectant, while in cosmetics as preservatives and dyes.
are not recommended because it is toxic in the long run destroy the cell walls.
You can find these substances name:
Nitrophenol / Phenolphthalein / Chlorophenol / N-Phenyl / P-Phenylenediamine / Phenylenediamine Sulfate
Other Substances The Formaldehyd
is a potent antifungal purpose (preventing the growth of fungi and deleted)
.
Appears in the manufacture of building materials, in which prevents mold, also in the manufacture of furniture, which is used to prevent the proliferation of fungi in the plywood.
is highly carcinogenic by inhalation, accumulates in the cells and damages the membranes, can cause fetal malformations, in addition to irritate and aging skin. In principle, its use is banned in cosmetics, but its great effectiveness and low cost, have created substances that are not directly
Formaldehyd , but it released, these substances are usually recognizable because it contains the word urea, as
The Diazolidinyl Urea Imidazolidinyl Urea
The
The polyoxymethylene urea
(((Caution, not to be confused with dry urea, which is a derivative of uric acid, good for the skin)))
Finally, it would be preferable to avoid the Oxazolidine Dimethyl another Formaldehyd releasing preservative and phthalo and Phthalate compounds, used as softeners and / or solvents are toxic influence the hormonal balance and are suspected of causing cancer (eg Dibutylphthalate). Parabens
There
research and studies about this substance, when there are differing opinions because there are no conclusive results but the vast majority of studies show that it is a very toxic substance linked to cancer, hence Some brands have begun to remove them.
is an ingredient of the product acts as a preservative, preventing fungi and bacteria appear, so the product in which the ingredient is used, stored for much longer, smell, color and properties other ingredients.
The problem with parabens is that it is one of the star ingredients in all cosmetic products, and throughout the day, we used excessively without realizing ... in the gel, the shampoo, the conditioner, in the moisturizer, the firming in the deodorant in the makeup .... is one of the ingredients that retain their particularity is used in the vast majority of products and therefore is one of the most used, so the level of toxicity in our cuepo increases as we use it, in fact its use is limited in each product to 0.4% when it only takes a type paraben, and 0.8% when it takes over ... What percentage
daily We are using many different products with parabens?
can locate them by these names always end with "paraben"
Benzylparaben / Butylparaben / Phenylparaben ....
A study that analyzed tissue from 20 women with breast cancer, and all results were a high index of parabens, it seems that parabens can mimic the behavior of estrogen and promote tumor growth associated with levels of thyroid hormone, is curious how often breast tumors usually occur in the area where deodorant is applied. Aluminum
This ingredient mostly be found in deodorant, serves as antiperspirant, and the function of antiperspirant is simple: keep the skin breathe and perspire so, for it literally plugs Ingredient skin and this may lead to the appearance of annoying and ugly , lumps in the armpit, commonly called pigeons.
is why what some brands are already selling their products free of aluminum
can be located as Aluminium Chlorhydrate
also is believed to cause Alzheimer's or be closely linked to the disease, but not only with aluminum as an ingredient in cosmetics, if not all containing aluminum such as kitchen utensils, paper Aluminum food wrapping or overuse of antacids.
(I leave a link where they talk about this alleged relationship between aluminum and Alzheimer's, click here
)
There are several websites where you can find lots of information about ingredients in cosmetics, in this that you cataloged in step dangerous red, yellow the moderately harmful and the harmless green, you only have to type the name of the ingredient in the search, you can also find the ingredients in alphabetical order.
The site is Italian, but more or less is understood, however you can always use a translator if needed.
http://www.biodizionario.it/ Note: Generally all listings of ingredients (INCI) are in Latin, the INCI is the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients in the names of the ingredients are listed according to their downline amount, ie more substantial substance is named first and the least amount shown on the final figure.
