Comments on: What Makes Make-up, Make-up http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/30/what-makes-make-up-make-up/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: What Beauty Companies Don’t Want You To Know About Foundation http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/30/what-makes-make-up-make-up/comment-page-1/#comment-72887 What Beauty Companies Don’t Want You To Know About Foundation Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:02:42 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/30/what-makes-make-up-make-up/#comment-72887 [...] Given the similarities, it’s hard to imagine why one product would be “bad” for you and the other wouldn’t. Now, if you have very dry skin, you may prefer the moisturizing version. And likewise if your skin is oily, you might want to use the lighter version. But this isn’t a case of “good” versus “bad.” It’s more about finding what you like. (This reminds me of the question we had about the religious implications of using make up.) [...] [...] Given the similarities, it’s hard to imagine why one product would be “bad” for you and the other wouldn’t. Now, if you have very dry skin, you may prefer the moisturizing version. And likewise if your skin is oily, you might want to use the lighter version. But this isn’t a case of “good” versus “bad.” It’s more about finding what you like. (This reminds me of the question we had about the religious implications of using make up.) [...]

]]> By: Wren http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/30/what-makes-make-up-make-up/comment-page-1/#comment-49549 Wren Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:10:01 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/30/what-makes-make-up-make-up/#comment-49549 What a fine line to not cross! If you follow the definition that a cosmetic is something that enhances appearance, then they ARE breaking the rules because the are making themselves look less shiny. If you follow the definition that a cosmetic is something that adds color and/or camouflages imperfections, then they're being, um, kosher (oops, wrong religion!) It's a difficult question to answer, isn't it? (In this context it's moral instead of cosmetic-- Do you love your God enough to walk around showing the face that (s)he saw fit to give you?) If your religion says you must use the first definition I gave above, that would even mean that even wrinkle creams and cellulite lotions are banned. I hope the women keep wearing their powders. Anything that is going to make you feel better about yourself is going to make you a happier church member. What a fine line to not cross!
If you follow the definition that a cosmetic is something that enhances appearance, then they ARE breaking the rules because the are making themselves look less shiny.
If you follow the definition that a cosmetic is something that adds color and/or camouflages imperfections, then they’re being, um, kosher (oops, wrong religion!)

It’s a difficult question to answer, isn’t it?
(In this context it’s moral instead of cosmetic–
Do you love your God enough to walk around showing the face that (s)he saw fit to give you?)
If your religion says you must use the first definition I gave above, that would even mean that even wrinkle creams and cellulite lotions are banned.

I hope the women keep wearing their powders. Anything that is going to make you feel better about yourself is going to make you a happier church member.

]]> By: thebeautybrains.com » What Beauty Companies Don’t Want You To Know About Foundations and Tinted Moisturizers http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/30/what-makes-make-up-make-up/comment-page-1/#comment-10767 thebeautybrains.com » What Beauty Companies Don’t Want You To Know About Foundations and Tinted Moisturizers Fri, 18 May 2007 05:01:44 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/30/what-makes-make-up-make-up/#comment-10767 [...] Given the similarities, it’s hard to imagine why one product would be “bad” for you and the other wouldn’t. Now, if you have very dry skin, you may prefer the moisturizing version. And likewise if your skin is oily, you might want to use the lighter version. But this isn’t a case of “good” versus “bad.” It’s more about finding what you like. (This reminds me of the question we had about the religious implications of using make up.) [...] [...] Given the similarities, it’s hard to imagine why one product would be “bad” for you and the other wouldn’t. Now, if you have very dry skin, you may prefer the moisturizing version. And likewise if your skin is oily, you might want to use the lighter version. But this isn’t a case of “good” versus “bad.” It’s more about finding what you like. (This reminds me of the question we had about the religious implications of using make up.) [...]

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