Comments on: 7 Reasons There Aren’t More Preservative Free Cosmetics

By: Teri Dourmashkin

Teri Dourmashkin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:34:56 +0000

Thank you so much for writing about such an important, but misunderstood topic.

By: thebeautybrains

thebeautybrains — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:18:49 +0000

@Robin – can you provide a link or proper citation for the study you refer to?

By: robin

robin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:12:05 +0000

Essentially everything causes cancer unfortunately in today’s world. However, parabens do cause increased photofacial aging based on world wide studies. An american study (which I trust less than most other countries due to our lobbyist influenced government agencies and lack of medical superiority *I love my country but I am also realistic about what we do well and what we do not do well*) completed in march of 2009 also found that products with paraban act as a magnifying glass for uva and uvb rays. If you use a product with parabens used as preservatives you are essentially minimalizing the effectiveness of any spf product you use. Phenoxyethanol is also approved in place of parabens for water based products, and works as an extremely effective preservative. New knowledge is always coming out, heck 100 years ago many people still used leaches as a medical treatment (lets use the historical knowledge of uneducated choices made in order to take the easy way out as a basis to not repeat the stupidity). So even if you do not care about the possible health issues, I am assuming you do not use makeup in order to make yourself look bad.

By: Emily Skin Soothers

Emily Skin Soothers — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:48:35 +0000

@Beauty Brains–
We all have those moments . I can understand how some people can wear down your patience. Anyhoo–it makes for dramatic and heated discussion which can be fun. Best–
Mike

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