If You Knew What Was In Your Makeup You Would Quit using it

By Editorial Staff in Facts On 2nd June 2016
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#1 Crushed Insects

Red lipsticks will often contain crushed insects that are used to create pigment. Red has to come from somewhere. If carmine is one of the ingredients in your lipstick you are putting crushed beetles on your mouth. It's tough being fabulous.

#2 Snail Slime

Luxury facial treatments often include the slimy substance left behind by snails.

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#3 Chicken Bones

The glucosamine from chicken bone marrow is a common additive in moisturizing makeup products.

#5 Infant Foreskin

High end creams and cruelty free products make use of discarded foreskin. Talk about recycling

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#6 Whale

Yep, in somew perfumes there is an ingredient called ambergris which is a lining inside the stomach of any mammal, but it's also a key component of vomit. Perfume manufacturers will sometimes use it to help scents last longer when applied.

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#7 Fish Scales

For that shiny iridescence in nail polish.

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#7 Cholesterol

Used for it's fatty, oily qualities in anti-aging cream. Tough luck for anyone with adult acne (or pores in general).