Heavy and allergens present in lipsticks

The lipstick is a must of the toilet bag but like many other cosmetics, it can contain toxic metals and mineral oils.The last warning on this subject, for those who wish to give a little colors to their mouths during the holidays, comes from the association of Belgian consumer "test-buyers" which screened the composition of eleven lipsticksof current brands.In total, experts have selected four conventional products (Dior, Chanel, Mac and NYX) and seven organic products (Carmel color, DR.Hauschka, purobio, boho, health, zao and April), since they claim not to contain mineral oils.

"It goes without saying that lipsticks cannot contain any dangerous substance.The product can indeed be ingested, even if it is in small quantities.", Specifies Test-Achats.Indeed, if it is used every day, lipstick must fill all the guarantees of safety and safety in terms of composition because we always swallow a little.This is the reason why the association analyzed the presence of heavy metals such as lead and cadmium and mosh (mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons), posh (polyolefinic oligomeric saturated hydrocarbons) and Moah (mineral oil aromotic hydrocarbons).These three substances can be generated by the presence of mineral oils.

Organic lipsticks or not, traces are possible

This would like to recall that according to European legislation, cosmetics can only contain traces of heavy metals provided that they are so tiny that they constitute any danger to health.However, "what should be heard by" traces "has not been defined.It was only in Canada and Germany that the public authorities have introduced limits to define this term."She says.The results were therefore compared with the limits applied in Germany.It turns out that all lipsticks seemed to contain traces of lead: one of them flirts with the limits established in Germany but the other products were all below the limit.

What about Mosh, Posh and Moah?Experts have found moah (mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons) in three of the eleven lipsticks.But it turns out that in one of them, on the side of organic products, they found no mention of mineral oil in the list of ingredients.According to them, "it could be contamination during the production process.For the other two types of mineral oils, mineral oils saturated hydrocarbons (mosh) and polyolefinic oligomeric saturated hydrocarbons (posh), test-purchases specifies that the content should not exceed 5% together, but preferred to apply a10% safety margin for its statements.

The precaution above all

The analyzes showed that two so -called "conventional" lipsticks exceeded these 10%.But the association is also interested in other substances which can be present in cosmetics, those which, in contact with the skin, can cause irritation: allergens."The way in which one reacts to an allergen varies from one person to another, depending on the characteristics of the substance and the quantity present in the product used.», She underlines.In three of the eleven lipsticks selected, allergens have been detected including a organic lipstick.Difficult therefore to make your choice because as this analysis attests, the list of ingredients does not say everything.

The association therefore considers that it is not because a product is free from mineral oils that it is safe and that unlike, it is not because a product contains mineral oils that'It immediately contains harmful substances."The lipsticks of Dior and Chanel, for example, contain mineral oils, but the quantity of mosh, posh and Moah was so tiny that it could not be measured.», She concludes.On the subject, the association Health Environnement France which has published a "small health health guide" recommends favoring the ecolabelled lipsticks and not to trust major brands because their products can also hide toxic substances.