Do You Look at the Ingredients List?
Hey everyone, I just want to share to you one of my fave post series from Giorgia's beauty blog (Beautiful with Brains). This series is called "Know Your Ingredients." Every week, Giorgia posts about one chemical (that is commonly used in beauty and skin care products) and briefly explains how it functions as a cosmetic ingredient. This series of hers reminds me of my laboratory-report-making days. If you've read the "About" page of my blog, then you would have known that I am a graduate in chemistry. In most of our lab classes, we were required to list down all of the chemicals/reagents that we would be using for an exercise, and then research about those reagents and write down their structures and properties. Of course, that also includes researching about the hazards and precautions to help us become aware of how potentially toxic the chemicals could be and to help us know how to handle those chemicals properly.
My point is that I think it's nice to know what's in the products that we use and why it is there. I admit that even I ignore ingredients lists most of the time but seeing Giorgia's posts make me say, "Oooooh, so that's what *it* is for!" There are lots of websites out there that have a list of common cosmetic ingredients, including the potentially toxic ones. Familiarizing ourselves with these groups of chemicals is an important step in taking care of our face, skin and health. But of course it doesn't mean that when a product contains a potentially harmful ingredient, it's not a "good" product, if you know what I mean. There's a reason why that chemical is in that product. The amount of chemical present, usage frequency, and whatnot also matter. LOL I'm going all chem-y with you in this post, am I not? ;]
Anyway, I hope you find this helpful! :)
Here's a lab picture to end this post :)
Hello Aya, I am passing here to wish you a lovely Sunday!
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I freaked out when I found out that carmine, a red dye used as colorants for blushes, lipsticks, eyeshadows, etc. came from crushed beetles!
ReplyDeleteSo I got cautious about the ingredients found in cosmetics :))
@Luiz, thank you :) Have a nice day too! :)
ReplyDelete@Kirin, oooooh thanks for the new info! Interesting... ;]
teacher aya!!! :)) LOL! actually i have to admit i don't look at the ingredients :-|
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Aya. I'm glad you like my ingredient series and I really appreciate you mentioning it on your blog. It is really important to know what the ingredients we put on our skin do and what they are and I hope these posts will help people choose the best products for their skin type and needs.
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@Hazel, HAHAHA! Bagay ;\
ReplyDelete@Giorgia, you're very much welcome! Thank you too for the very helpful posts :D
i tend to look at the ingredients list just to check. if anything sounds weird to my layman ears i tend to return the product. LOL! :)
ReplyDeleteI sometimes look at the ingredients but I don't really know what most of them do. Thanks for sharing the link! I will check it out.
ReplyDelete@Sugar, haha how weird is weird? :P
ReplyDelete@Catmare, no problem! :D
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ReplyDelete@Giselle, yep! :)
ReplyDeleteI always read the ingredient list hahaha. I also do a lot of lab work coz I'm getting a Bachelor of Science degree. I think it's also about knowing your skin personally! Love that you shared this :)
ReplyDelete@Sloperation, namiss ko tuloy bigla mag-lab! Hahaha
ReplyDeleteyes i do, pero minsan nakakatamad...hehehehe
ReplyDelete@Debi, true! :)
ReplyDeleteI look at ingredients. Sometimes I don't look at the description on the package na nga. Like when it says non-comedogenic--I don't believe it. I look at the ingredients list and decide for myself.
ReplyDelete@Rae, yeah, some are really misleading and deceiving :/
ReplyDelete@Rae, yeah, some are really misleading and deceiving :/
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Aya. I'm glad you like my ingredient series and I really appreciate you mentioning it on your blog. It is really important to know what the ingredients we put on our skin do and what they are and I hope these posts will help people choose the best products for their skin type and needs.
ReplyDeleteyes i do, pero minsan nakakatamad...hehehehe
ReplyDeletehihihi..120.1 ;)
ReplyDeleteI freaked out when I found out that carmine, a red dye used as colorants for blushes, lipsticks, eyeshadows, etc. came from crushed beetles!
ReplyDeleteSo I got cautious about the ingredients found in cosmetics :))