Revealed... the 515 chemicals women put on their bodies every day

unfortunately, this information won't have half the effect of one of those STARS WITHOUT MAKEUP magazines.

see also: too many big words.
see also: the truth is such a downer.

Did the woman have to be scantily-clad?

Thanks for the info ! I use none of those things . Except the yearly nail polish . I get enough chemical exposure from art supplies , water , ect .

All you ladies out there, you are beautiful just the way you are!

At least this doesn't increase make-up wearer's risk of cancers, depression, reproductive complications, etc. So we blame the women for being so stupid as to use this toxic waste in desperate attempts to look "normal" or "beautiful (samething now) like we blame stupid OxyContin addicts for not kicking the habit the got stuck with cause they were LIED TO by government officials and corporate marketing. Funny, if we diverted 5% of our WAR money to the FDA, the FDA might actually beable to monitor and regulate this. But WAR is our true passion, not health, food, poverty, homelessness, water care, global warming, education, infastructure. Any country that spends 70% of its GDP (or +700 billion) on the military is sick and will begin to crumble on the base class first, or in this country the 95% of the population that only has access to 5% of our wealth. US suckas. But we're look pretty skipping down the road to record high numbers of poor, homeless, cancers, diabetes, fake foods and racial tension, class struggle. Not making the connections will perpetuate the damage being done.

This article really annoyed me, and not just for the awful photoshopping.

Typical Daily Mail, using random figures that mean absolutely nothing to try to brainwash their readers.

I don't disagree that some of those chemicals are harmful, in fact, I go out of my way to avoid SLS and parabens wherever possible, but simply listing "number of ingredients" - as though that's definitely a negative thing - is stupid. There could be 5000 ingredients, and every single one of them harmless and from a natural source.

Secondly, the use of the word "chemical" is really frustrating. I'm not even going to explain myself on that one, it's too obvious.

I've long known that certain chemicals in hair dye, shampoo, body creams etc. can build up in the bladder and cause cancer etc. etc. etc. - but this is just typical Daily Mail scare mongering. They aren't giving anyone an alternative, or any kind of advice - they'd be the last to jump on the herbal cosmetics bandwagon (unless ofcourse, someone like Cheryl Cole was endorsing it), they're just giving people something to moan about, blame brands about, when the truth is if people took more responsibility for their existence they might think to not just believe what beauty ads tell them.

And last of all, the study was conducted by the makers of Bionsen, a consumer deodorant product, and currently the only Aluminium free deodorant commonly available in supermarkets. So no, this isn't a scientific study, it's a campaign to get more people to buy Bionsen. I've used it, but frankly it still has too many "harmful chemicals" in it - so I get much more simple deodorant from the health store.

i made a rule about lots of products that applies here and might help others...

if we (as humans) didn't have it 50 (or even 100) years ago, we probably don't need it now. save your $$$!

(exceptions to this thus far in my life are toothpaste, febreeze & fabric softener)

who messed up on the photoshopping of her boot-ay?

I don't really care for makeup on women. They look best when their natural beauty isn't covered up.

It's hard to believe that nail polish can cause infertility.

And that's not even mentioning the water.

hahaha i only out on about 30 chemicals a day!

Thank you lookatmypix. All I have to do look for more unwanted ingredients. It'll turn into grocerie shopping. I can't go without. When you find rice without monosodium glutamate in it the take it off the shelp. Guess what is available for you?

They should hand this information out in schools, there's a disturbing ever growing trend of 10+ year old girls, who, dissilusioned with the worlds perception of beauty are plastering this stuff all over their faces and bodies, add this to the fact that most probably don't eat properly, plus the fact that their clothing style has begun to resemble things that would make a prostitute blush, is making me worried about what type of future these people will help create, me thinks we will (as we already have) see a rise in undesirable jobs such as page 3 models, glamour models, and basically any other job that just requires a pretty body and not much else going on in the brain.

All right! I only use shampoo and deodorant, both natural. Minimum chemicals for me.

This makes me really, really glad that I buy my shampoo/bodywash/lotion etc. from organic companies (like Lush, which has the added bonus of smelling delicious) and don't wear makeup.

Only purchasing paraben-free products has been my quest for awhile now. It's really hard to find anything in the drugstore without parabens, but it can be done. Apparent toxins are so pervasive in our everyday items it seems impossible to avoid them all, but I personally feel a little more at ease rubbing in my paraben-free lotion in the morning.....

Meh. Everything's bad for you.
Just don't eat any of it and don't get any of it in your eyes... you'll be fine

Interesting piece. Makes me think of the teens for safe makeup.http://www.edutopia.org/environmental-leaders-jessica-assaf.

Choose animal cruelty free products and let's remember the negative environmental impact of this industry besides harming our health.