Essay On Hairspray

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The product I choose is Big sexy hair spray & stay intense hold hairspray by Sexy Hair. I use this product everyday to keep my hair in place. This hairspray can be found a purchased at Ulta, JC Penneys and beauty stores throughout the world. It is advertised to be “the strongest long lasting hairspray ever created by Sexy Hair. It’s stronger resin and new production technology allows it to create a stronger, longer-lasting hold. Delivers intense hold, long-lasting strength, humidity protection and shine” (ulta.com).

Ingredients:
SD Alcohol 40-B (Alcohol Denat.), Hydrofluorocarbon 152a, Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl/ Methacrylate Copolymer, Aminomethyl Propanol, PEG/PPG-17/18 Dimethicone, Fragrance (Parfum), Triethyl Citrate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Pentaerythrityl etracaprylate/ Tetracaprate, AMP-Isostearoyl Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein , Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Water/Aqua/ Eau, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein PG-Propyl Silanetriol, Keratin Amino Acids, Polysorbate 80, Panthenol, Caryocar Brasiliense (Pequi) Seed Oil, Quaternium-52, Benzyl Salicylate, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool.

Hair spray contain many VOCs (volatile organic compounds) which cause serious damage to the ozone such as ozone depletion. These compounds, including methane as known as CFC (Chlorofluorocarbon), have been serious factors causing global warming. CFC was developed in the 1930s under the trade name Freon. “CFC was supposed to be wonder chemicals since they are nontoxic, nonflammable, don't react with any common chemicals, and thus were assumed to be safe for the environment” (undsci.berkeley.edu). During the 1970s, chemists Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland suspected and examined what happens to CFC released into the atmosphere. Their...

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...ritability, inability to cope, and other behavioural changes” (altowebmasters.com). According to a recent research presented at the dermatologist conference in Gothenburg by the University of Gothenburg's Faculty of Science and the University of Gothenburg, the fragrances used in many household and skincare products can cause contact allergy when exposed to oxygen in the air (sciencedaily.com). To determine whether the activated fragrances caused contact allergy, scientists tested on eczema patients at Sahlgrenska University Hospital's Dermatology Clinic and the Occupational and Environmental Dermatology Clinic in Malmö. The result showed a very high percentage of the 3,400 eczema patients tested had an allergic reaction to the activated fragrance.
Some alternative and much more organic ways using very easy-to-find materials to make hair spray can be found online:

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