What’s in your cosmetics?
For centuries civilizations have used forms of lotions and potions in
religious rituals or to enhance beauty and promote good health. Cosmetic
usage throughout history mirror a civilization’s realistic concerns, such as
protection from the sun, class system, or its conventions of beauty.
Take a look at the pages of a magazine or the latest music video, it is no
surprise that beauty is a multi-billion dollar industry and the business
of beauty is pervasive in American society. A quick glance at any school
yearbook will lead to discussions about the hair, makeup, and clothes of the
day and how those fashions have changed and ultimately shaped our society.
Ad campaigns for beauty products often promise to change lives, attitudes and
simply make you feel good by mere product application. But in the wild-west
world of personal care and cosmetology has been largely unregulated and the
matter of safety has become a focus of concern.
However people will still go to great lengths to be beautiful without thinking
about the hazards and cosmetics companies know it. What consumers may
not know is that many risked death and disfigurement for the sake of beauty.
American history is rife with tragic stories of beauty gone awry.
In 1933, a woman was hospitalized with agonizing eye pain. Doctors watched
in shock and horror as her eyes were literally eaten away as though by acid.
The cause turned out to be an eyelash-darkening treatment called Lash Lure
that contained paraphenylenediamine, a toxic coal tar dye.
Another product used for hair removal, Koremlu, contained rat poison thalium
acetate, was also widely marketed throughout the 1930s. Regardless of the
steep $10 a jar, th...
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...hich was established in 2004 out of concerns about the presence
of phthalates in personal care products.
Phthalates are industrial chemicals, which soften plastics that are used to
make common consumer products including fragrances, cosmetics, plastics,
and building materials. Phthalates are endocrine-disrupting chemicals;
exposure has been linked to early puberty, a risk factor for later-life breast
cancer; reproductive harm in males; DNA damage to sperm and decreased
sperm counts; and asthma.
What you can do about the future of these products.
Concerned consumers may call the 1-800 number listed on products made
by these companies and ask them what ingredients they are hiding from
their customers. They can also ask by tweeting the companies by following
@women4earth and using the hashtag #nosecrets or tagging the companies in
Facebook posts.
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...ferent person. Her eyes were shut and her mouth was gaping as she spasmodically gasped for air.
I stared into his face, feeling a sense of outrage. His left eye had collapsed, a line of raw redness showing where the lid refused to close, and his gaze had lost its command. I looked from his face to the glass, thinking he's disem...
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“Individuals are encouraged, even expected to make ‘lifestyle’ choices to maximize their life chance and simultaneously held responsible for managing and minimizing the risk associated with these decisions” (Leve, 2012:124). Media discourse is part of everyone’s day to day life, ideals of bodies are shown in all these media communication’s in order to appeal to the consumer. This could be considered to have made society become obsessed by looks, meaning that individuals feel the pressures to keep up with how people are represented in the media, for example recognized celebrities in magazines. According to The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, or BAAPS, there was a 16.5 percent increase of procedures in 2012. These statistics show that cosmetic surgery is becoming normalized, “This is how we live now. Anything that makes us feel better about our appearance, whether it involves needles, knives or acid, is acceptable’ (Wiseman, 2012)
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Eyebrows are an important feature of the face because they give the face its shape and frame the facial features of eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and chin. The eyebrows are one of the few facial features that can be shaped to enhance the beauty of the face.
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But not now. He started to think about her. His final moment with her. They were sitting in another abandoned apartment, facing each other. Her eyes were always hard to see as they were always squinting, hiding the grey watery eyes, but he could always see the pain inside her, bloodshot from the ash that surrounded them.
Do you have crooked teeth? If so, you probably know how this problem can easily put a damper on your smile. But thanks to cosmetic dentistry, there are several types of procedures that are successful in correcting misaligned teeth. If you’ve stopped smiling because of your crooked teeth, consider what these cosmetic dental treatments have to offer, so you can determine the procedure that’s best for you.
From the moment I starting my educational path I knew four years wouldn’t be enough to fill me with all the dimensions of the fashion industry. This led me to make my decision to apply for the M.S. Global Fashion Enterprise degree. When asked how this program at Philadelphia University would benefit me, I will begin by giving a background on my previous education. I started my undergraduate degree at Buffalo State College in upstate New York pursuing a Bachelor degree in Fashion Merchandising. After being in the program for a year I was confident in knowing I needed a change. My journey changed drastically when I moved down to sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida where I transferred to the Art Institute under the same major. I will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fashion Merchandising come this June 2014. My experience at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale has uncovered my love of education and research.
I have chosen to do my essay on the largest organ of the body, skin. It has several functions vital to the survival of the body as I will discuss in the following paragraphs.
It’s no secret that fragrance matters to us. It is a huge part of how we experience the products we use and the world at large. For this reason, it’s a deal breaker when it comes to our beauty and personal care products, especially if it’s a product that you leave on the hair and skin or a fragrance that lingers. Many of us have given up products that worked well because we could not stand the smell or because our significant other complained. The fact that fragrance affects not just us but those around us is something we often tend to overlook. Fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker of Sex and the City once said this about fragrance "It 's immediately communicating more than your clothes, which we think tell our story, right? But clothes don 't invade anybody else 's space.” That’s so true. You can look away if a coworker is wearing something you don’t like, but you can’t hold your breath all day, now can you? Fragrance can even linger in a space long after the wearer has gone or linger on your close, long after you hugged your best friend. Fragrance has such a