Comments on: Bag Balm: What Does It Do For Skin? http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/02/22/bag-balm-what-does-it-do-for-skin/ 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: Rebecca http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/02/22/bag-balm-what-does-it-do-for-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-62515 Rebecca Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:13:47 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=9151#comment-62515 My grandparents introduced the green tin to me when I was little and I love the stuff. My local drugstore sells it. I use it for pimples, dry skin, windburned skin, cuts, scrapes, chapped lips, a surgical incision, sore skin from diarrhea, irritated skin from shaving, diaper rash, and probably more that I can't remember. Basically the uses for this stuff is endless. I have a small container next to where I sit and a large container in the bathroom. If it was avaible in tubes I would carry some in my purse. My grandparents introduced the green tin to me when I was little and I love the stuff. My local drugstore sells it. I use it for pimples, dry skin, windburned skin, cuts, scrapes, chapped lips, a surgical incision, sore skin from diarrhea, irritated skin from shaving, diaper rash, and probably more that I can’t remember. Basically the uses for this stuff is endless.

I have a small container next to where I sit and a large container in the bathroom. If it was avaible in tubes I would carry some in my purse.

]]> By: What’s All the Fuss About Bag Balm? | moocreams.com http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/02/22/bag-balm-what-does-it-do-for-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-57257 What’s All the Fuss About Bag Balm? | moocreams.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:44:49 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=9151#comment-57257 [...] The Beauty Brains, February [...] [...] The Beauty Brains, February [...]

]]> By: Allison http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/02/22/bag-balm-what-does-it-do-for-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-54366 Allison Fri, 21 May 2010 23:13:33 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=9151#comment-54366 Should you use bag balm for everyday use? Probably not, but when you get sunburned lips or chapped lips beyond average proportions, grab the bag balm. Drool in your sleep and get small cuts at the corner of your mouth? Bag Balm...Petrolatum and Lanolin are great emollients that seal moisture in and the anti-septic is both anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, which are the two main causes of angular cheilitis. This stuff does work, and considering most people probably use it a few times a year, I'm not too worried about the long term effects. For those that would like the translation to the safety codes on the MSDS for 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate, XN means may cause damage to health, R22 means harmful if swallowed, and S36 means wear suitable protective clothing. See http://www.hse.gov.uk/chip/phrases.htm Keep in mind that those are for full strength 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate, and not for the small .3% suspension in Bag Balm. Should you use bag balm for everyday use? Probably not, but when you get sunburned lips or chapped lips beyond average proportions, grab the bag balm. Drool in your sleep and get small cuts at the corner of your mouth? Bag Balm…Petrolatum and Lanolin are great emollients that seal moisture in and the anti-septic is both anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, which are the two main causes of angular cheilitis.

This stuff does work, and considering most people probably use it a few times a year, I’m not too worried about the long term effects.

For those that would like the translation to the safety codes on the MSDS for 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate, XN means may cause damage to health, R22 means harmful if swallowed, and S36 means wear suitable protective clothing. See http://www.hse.gov.uk/chip/phrases.htm

Keep in mind that those are for full strength 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate, and not for the small .3% suspension in Bag Balm.

]]> By: The Beauty Brains Blog Blast | I Must Beauty http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/02/22/bag-balm-what-does-it-do-for-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-50171 The Beauty Brains Blog Blast | I Must Beauty Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:12:34 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=9151#comment-50171 [...] The Beauty Brains get blabby about Bag Balm. (Is it really just for animals?) [...] [...] The Beauty Brains get blabby about Bag Balm. (Is it really just for animals?) [...]

]]> By: Liz Toll http://thebeautybrains.com/2010/02/22/bag-balm-what-does-it-do-for-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-49932 Liz Toll Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:05:44 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=9151#comment-49932 I used to live on a farm and the tendency is to use what you have on hand. Farmers can't afford to waste their money on stuff that doesn't work on their animals. These products usually come in large amounts and reasonably priced, and if something works on the animals, it's a fair bet that it works on people too. These days, I don't have farm animals so I don't have these products around anymore, but if I did, I'd probably use them again. I might have a few second thoughts about the medications in them though, now that you've pointed out they're not approved for humans. We have a much longer lifespan in which be affected by such things than the average farm animal. I used to live on a farm and the tendency is to use what you have on hand. Farmers can’t afford to waste their money on stuff that doesn’t work on their animals. These products usually come in large amounts and reasonably priced, and if something works on the animals, it’s a fair bet that it works on people too. These days, I don’t have farm animals so I don’t have these products around anymore, but if I did, I’d probably use them again.
I might have a few second thoughts about the medications in them though, now that you’ve pointed out they’re not approved for humans. We have a much longer lifespan in which be affected by such things than the average farm animal.

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