Comments on: Animal Protein in Cosmetics: Sweet Nostalgia! http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/25/animal-protein-in-your-goop/ 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: Mona http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/25/animal-protein-in-your-goop/comment-page-1/#comment-28735 Mona Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:16:41 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=96#comment-28735 Star, I disagree with your comment that sheep have to be killed to acquire lanolin for cosmetic products. Lanolin is like the sheep equivalent of our sebum - it is a skin excretion for protecting and conditioning wool. When sheep are shorn and the fleece is washed, heaps of lanolin is washed off into the washwater and sinks, which can then be collected. My mother grew up on a sheep farm and fleece-sorting time was associated with wonderfully soft hands - the only time of the year this was the case, she assures me. These sheep were bred for their wool, and not for their meat - a good quality product for either requires different breeds. That said, I accept this is a side issue to animal use/exploitation in the beauty industry, amongst others. Just wanted to clarify. Star, I disagree with your comment that sheep have to be killed to acquire lanolin for cosmetic products. Lanolin is like the sheep equivalent of our sebum – it is a skin excretion for protecting and conditioning wool. When sheep are shorn and the fleece is washed, heaps of lanolin is washed off into the washwater and sinks, which can then be collected. My mother grew up on a sheep farm and fleece-sorting time was associated with wonderfully soft hands – the only time of the year this was the case, she assures me. These sheep were bred for their wool, and not for their meat – a good quality product for either requires different breeds.

That said, I accept this is a side issue to animal use/exploitation in the beauty industry, amongst others. Just wanted to clarify.

]]> By: Tonya http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/25/animal-protein-in-your-goop/comment-page-1/#comment-28722 Tonya Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:21:20 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=96#comment-28722 Almost everything goes in cycles. I wouldn't be suprised to it back someday! It may not be in the same form as the Clairol ad but we will probably see it resurected from the ad graveyard by some future marketer. Almost everything goes in cycles. I wouldn’t be suprised to it back someday! It may not be in the same form as the Clairol ad but we will probably see it resurected from the ad graveyard by some future marketer.

]]> By: Star http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/25/animal-protein-in-your-goop/comment-page-1/#comment-28712 Star Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:16:01 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=96#comment-28712 In some ways we, as humans, are evolving and realizing just how disgusting and inhumane we have been to other creatures. My biggest complaint is that so many creams still contain lanolin. I'm also a Vegan and it's such an archaic ingredient, not to mention one has to kill sheep to put it into a vanity item. Human evolution still has light years to go, especially with regards to cruelty to other creatures. In some ways we, as humans, are evolving and realizing just how disgusting and inhumane we have been to other creatures. My biggest complaint is that so many creams still contain lanolin. I’m also a Vegan and it’s such an archaic ingredient, not to mention one has to kill sheep to put it into a vanity item. Human evolution still has light years to go, especially with regards to cruelty to other creatures.

]]> By: Janis http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/25/animal-protein-in-your-goop/comment-page-1/#comment-28614 Janis Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:28:45 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=96#comment-28614 Once there are synthetic versions, yes -- and I don't mean synthetic meaning things that are nothing like the actual material but behave like them, like coconut oil behaves similarly to sebum. I mean actual material that is identical in wevery possible way to animal protein but came out of a test tube. Sebum created in a laboratory or whatnot. Mostly because it'd be expensive as all hell and probably not work any better than the other stuff, so it's sure to end up in high-end personal care products. :-) Once there are synthetic versions, yes — and I don’t mean synthetic meaning things that are nothing like the actual material but behave like them, like coconut oil behaves similarly to sebum.

I mean actual material that is identical in wevery possible way to animal protein but came out of a test tube. Sebum created in a laboratory or whatnot. Mostly because it’d be expensive as all hell and probably not work any better than the other stuff, so it’s sure to end up in high-end personal care products. :-)

]]> By: PunkVeg http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/25/animal-protein-in-your-goop/comment-page-1/#comment-28612 PunkVeg Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:58:53 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=96#comment-28612 Oh Goodness I hope not. Everytime I have to buy a new product, I read over the ingredient list and attempt to decipher if there are any animal ingredients in it or if it has been tested on animals. I hope adverts like this do not make a comeback. Now, I consider myself a educated person. But if it were not for this site, I would have no idea how to decipher the damn ingredients!!!! :) Oh Goodness I hope not. Everytime I have to buy a new product, I read over the ingredient list and attempt to decipher if there are any animal ingredients in it or if it has been tested on animals. I hope adverts like this do not make a comeback.

Now, I consider myself a educated person. But if it were not for this site, I would have no idea how to decipher the damn ingredients!!!! :)

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