Comments on: Why are preservatives used in cosmetics?

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:39:15 +0000

Danielle: I totally agree with you. I don’t understand the whole paraben scare. Parabens have a history of safe use and because someone twisted the results of a study, people think they’re bad. I can’t stand it when I read a review and the persons like, avoid this because it contains parabens which will give you cancer. How am I supposed to take them seriously when these claimes aren’t based on any scientific studies? The only good reasons not to use products containing parabens is if it causes you an allergy or irritation.

Dao: Vitamin E, which is an antioxidant, can be used as a preservatives. But as all natural preservatives it doesn’t work for long.

By: Dao

Dao — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:24:40 +0000

When I was dabbing with DYI lotions etc, some people advised me to use vitamin E as a preservative. But if a lotion has water in it, chances are it's going to get spoiled in some couple of months. .-= Dao´s last blog ..3 Ways to Rock Your Lip Stains =-.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:08:03 +0000

Thank god, a real article on preservatives. I hate this whole parabin panic and natural nonsense. Natural doesn’t necessarily mean better and parabins don’t give you cancer! I can definitely understand the allergy part, though.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:31:06 +0000

Sherry: they really can, specially with this heat! I don’0t know about where you live, but it’s way too hot here!

Anastasia: usually I don’t mind preservatives since they’re used to prolong the shelf lives of products. I don’t want my products to go bad soon, esp if I’ve paid loads of money for them. But I stay away from formaldheyde relasing presevatives. I know they only release formaldehyde in very small quantities but still I’m not comfortable in using them esp when there are much safer alternatives around.

Celeste: yeah, cosmetics are like food, if not stored properly they go bad. I agree, that would be bad, I would probably need one refrigerator just for my makeup lol.

Dee: thanks. I’m always wary of products with very long ingredients list for that reason.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:45:32 +0000

Really good post Gio. I remember making a mixing medium and forgot to change it after 3 weeks and it totally went bad. I usually try to look for products that don’t have a large list of ingredients so I would have a lower chance of having any type of allergic reactions.
.-= Dee´s last blog ..Argan Oil For Beautiful Glowing Skin =-.
Sorry, forgot to add great post! Can’t wait to see your next post!

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:36:55 +0000

Really good post Gio. I remember making a mixing medium and forgot to change it after 3 weeks and it totally went bad. I usually try to look for products that don't have a large list of ingredients so I would have a lower chance of having any type of allergic reactions. .-= Dee´s last blog ..Argan Oil For Beautiful Glowing Skin =-.

By: celeste

celeste — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:38:58 +0000

wow, in refridgerators! :S there should definitely be preservatives in makeup and other products otherwise you wouldnt be able to keep it out of the fridge! which would be.. really bad. .-= celeste´s last blog ..Een nieuwe trend in beautyland! =-.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:59:38 +0000

Very nice to see you offering up both sides of the argument here. Generally I try to avoid preservatives, but if I spent a lot on something, say if I bought a cream by La Mer or La Prairie for instance, if I knew that didn't give me a bad reaction BECAUSE of its preservatives, I'd definitely want one with preservatives in it, so that my expensive investment lasted longer and had no chance of going bad. .-= Anastasia´s last blog ..Addicted to the V =-.