Safe Swap: False Lash Glue
Thanks to years of dance competitions, I became a pro at applying falsies when I was really young!
It makes me cringe now thinking of the countless time I have subjected my skin to the ingredients in conventional lash glue..
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As I browsed around looking at dozens of ingredient lists… every single one contained harmful substances including but not limited to:
โ Retinol โ An EWG rated โ9โ on toxicity scale in addition to animal studies showing that it peeds up the photo-carcinogenic effects of the sun and the development of skin tumors and lesions.
โ Benzaklonium Chloride โ Well recognized as an irritant, with evidence that it may cause a contact allergy at concentrations as low as 0.1%. It decreased fertility in both sexes of mice when benzalkonium chloride was used to clean their cages.
โ Phenoxyethanol โ A member of the glycol ether family and is the product of the reaction of highly corrosive phenol with carcinogenic ethylene oxide. As a result, it may contain residue amounts of both. The American Society of Contact Dermatitis lists phenoxyethanol as one of its core allergens, even in concentrations as low as 1%.
โ Propylene glycol โ It is a controversial ingredient associated with skin irritation. Numerous patch tests on humans have shown that it has a very low risk of causing a skin reaction even at concentrations as high as 20%.
โ Fragrance โ A chemical mixture of over 3k components used to create or mask a specific scent. The FDA does not require the disclosure of individual ingredients used to create fragrances. Many ingredients of fragrances are associated with contact allergy and may contain diethyl phthalate.
โ Formaldehyde โ Can be released by a number of cosmetic preservatives, including diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, quaternium-15, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, and sodium hydroxylmethylglycinate. The International Agency for Research on Carcinogens has classified formaldehyde as ‘carcinogenic to humans.’ The American Society of Contact Dermatitis lists it as one of the core allergens, even in concentrations as low as 1%. Longer storage times and higher temperatures increase the amount of formaldehyde released from the formaldehyde-releasers.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐ข ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐จ, ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐จ, ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐จ… ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐จ… ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ!
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I just grabbed their toxin free lash shampoo for my extensions, and I snagged the professional adhesive thinking my lash gal may give it a try on me!
