Comments on: How Can Beauty Companies Get Away With Lying? http://thebeautybrains.com/2012/07/17/how-can-beauty-companies-get-away-with-lying/ 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. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tiffany Martin http://thebeautybrains.com/2012/07/17/how-can-beauty-companies-get-away-with-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-84312 Tiffany Martin Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:58:18 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=16836#comment-84312 The penalties seem to lack teeth.

]]> By: Seppo http://thebeautybrains.com/2012/07/17/how-can-beauty-companies-get-away-with-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-84295 Seppo Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:01:04 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=16836#comment-84295 There’s a similar problem with the supplement industry and alt-med in general. They all make ridiculous claims about their mostly ineffective products. But they can get away with it for 2 reasons. They make non-specific, vague claims (like supports the immune system, balances hormones and enhances wellness). The FDA can’t prosecute them as long as they don’t make specific health claims. But then they have an army of independent health bloggers that make all sorts of specific health claims about the products.

Second reason is that the FDA just doens’t have enough resources to go after each and every violation.

Probably something similar happens in the beauty industry?

]]> By: Laurie Brown http://thebeautybrains.com/2012/07/17/how-can-beauty-companies-get-away-with-lying/comment-page-1/#comment-84289 Laurie Brown Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:02:50 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=16836#comment-84289 I’m always amazed by the claims made by the cosmetics industry. Hair conditioners that ‘nourish’ dead hair. Wrinkle creams that ‘decrease fine lines’. Okay, maybe if the cream attracts water the skin may plump up a bit, but I don’t believe it’s a cumulative effect, as in “When used for a month”. Nail treatments that ‘nourish’ the the nails. ???? These are claims that are made constantly.

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