Are lip gloss and lipstick harmful?

Lip gloss and lipstick are cosmetics that many female friends have. Lip gloss and lipstick can make the color of your lips more sexy and are also part of makeup. If female friends use lip gloss and lipstick for a long time, it is actually very harmful. For example, lipstick will absorb bacteria and heavy metals in the air, and it also contains a large amount of preservatives and antioxidants, which are carcinogens.

Seven major hazards of lipstick to the human body

1. The main ingredients of lipstick are lanolin, wax and dyes. Due to the complex composition of lanolin, it is easy to cause allergic reactions, such as chapped and peeling lip mucosa, and sometimes itchy or slight pain in the lips.

2. The lanolin in lipstick has strong adsorption capacity, which can adsorb dust, bacteria and some heavy metal ions in the air onto the lip mucosa.

When people drink water or eat food, they can bring lipstick and the harmful substances on it into their mouths and enter the body directly.

3. The coal tar dyes used in all lipsticks are terrible carcinogens, and the amount of this substance contained in lipsticks has far exceeded the amount allowed in food.

After putting on lipstick, it is inevitable that the lipstick will be licked off and enter the human body unintentionally while talking, drinking tea or eating.

4. According to relevant foreign data, among young female cancer patients, 18.2% of the causes are related to lipstick.

Lipstick contains high amounts of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. Lead is cumulative. Long-term inhalation by the human body may lead to chronic lead poisoning, causing anemia, abdominal pain, acute exhaustion, brain neuropathy and other problems.

5. Preservatives and antioxidants BHA. These substances have been proven to be quasi-carcinogens. For example, preservatives (parabens) can cause tumors.

6. Artificial pigments in lipstick may turn into mutagens and cause cancer under ultraviolet light.

7. Sweet-smelling lipsticks contain saccharin, which has been proven to cause cancer if consumed in excess.

Warm reminder: Some ingredients in lipstick may cause certain harm to the body, so you should have health awareness before applying it.

One thing you should pay special attention to is that when you find slight itching and abnormal sensation, you should wash your lips and stop applying lipstick.

Precautions for using lipstick

1. Sweating lipstick indicates that its quality has deteriorated, which is mainly related to the high temperature and humidity in the storage location.

2. There are small holes on the surface of the lipstick, which means there are bubbles. There are also small holes hidden inside the lipstick. Not only is it not solid, but the lipstick will sweat and deteriorate soon.

3. If the lipstick has an oily smell, it means that it has become rancid and oxidized. This often occurs in high-end lipsticks because they use natural ingredients such as high-end grape seed oil and jojoba oil. The large amount of unsaturated fatty acids may cause it to become rancid and oxidized, resulting in an oily smell.

Once lipstick has an odor, it should not be used again.