Oct 20, 2017 club meeting: Special dots in a lipstick
For all of you who wear lipstick for makeup, this may not be the brightest news to listen to as the post will talk about what lipstick consists of. See those colorful spots on the lipstick smudge? Well it turns out . . . those are different types of metals! The FDA released a study in 2009 which showed lead in every lipstick sample that was tested! The metals include lead (as stated above), beryllium, thallium, and more! According to the University of California, women put on lipstick from two to fourteen times a day, meaning a significant amount of possible lipstick ingestion! Perhaps in the future, lipsticks should be created with less harmful substances that would also substitute the large amount of metals found in lipstick. For example, Cleopatra of ancient Egypt was said to create lipstick by crushing bugs to obtain the red color!
So basically I shouldn't put my fingers in my mouth after I touch money? Where've I heard that before...?
ReplyDeleteExactly! Especially since money is continuously circulated and grabbed by a multitude of hands, you never know what ends up on the money! Did you also notice how the paper seems to be coated much more than an ordinary piece?
ReplyDeleteWas the sample dyed or is money just that color?
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