Dangerous Cosmetics And Teenage Girls Don't Mix.

Most people don't know that there are many big brand cosmetics that contain nasty or downright dangerous ingredients. There is now a study showing the effect of dangerous cosmetics on teenage girls, that might prompt you to look for safe cosmetics next time you shop.

Unfortunately the cosmetics that so many of us use are loaded with ingredients that we really ought not be putting on our faces. For example a recent study of big brand name lipsticks showed that over 50% of the lipsticks tested contained lead.

Isn't lead really dangerous? Yes it is and it shouldn't be in our lipsticks, but the FDA doesn't regulate it so it's there. And it's the same with skin care products and anti aging products and personal and body care and beauty products too.

And yet for those of us using cosmetics we are putting them into our systems just as if they were drugs. When you apply a cosmetic product like a lipstick or a blush our a rouge some of that products ends up inside of us.

And if it goes in it's a worry if it's harmful, like lead. No problem if it's harmless, but lead?

And now a new study has begun to ask whether our teenage daughters should be using some cosmetics. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics tells us the results of the study.

"Laboratory tests reveal adolescent girls across America are contaminated with chemicals commonly used in cosmetics and body care products."

Now does that scare you if you have daughters? And of course teenage girls use more cosmetics than just about anyone else.

The Environmental Working Group found chemicals from 4 different families of chemicals (phthalates, parabens, triclosan and musks) in the urine of girls between the ages of 14 and 20 who were tested in the study.

And there were some of these chemicals found in every single girl tested.

And teenage girls are growing very fast, so the last thing they need is to be adding nasty chemicals to their bodies.

These chemicals are considered to be capable of altering hormones, and so I wonder how many teenage girls using cosmetics and skin care products and possibly acne products know that they are taking a risk with their hormones at this time.

No one knows what the implications are but it's an area of reproductive health that we shouldn't be playing with.

Either way, do we want our children taking these unknown risks with common cosmetics and skincare and other personal and body care products?

That's a matter of concern for parents and girls, but there are alternatives. There are excellent companies making safe cosmetics and safe skin care products that work very well indeed and don't contain dangerous ingredients. So no risks to our daughters.

Unfortunately these companies are small niche companies unable to compete with the big brand names, and they don't even try to compete. You'll never find them advertising on TV for example. And you're unlikely to find their products in the department stores either.

But you need to search to find them, if you do there are excellent companies making safe cosmetics and very effective natural skin care products.

So don't take risks with your daughters health. Use top shelf safe cosmetics and highly effective skin care products and make sure you or your daughter aren't using products with dangerous ingredients in them.