Transcript Hands Contaminate Makeup

CLEAN YOUR MAKEUP EVERY DAY!
Hands Contaminate
Makeup
Anytime we use make-up,
be it mascara, lipstick
or a compact, the germs
on our hands can
contaminate it.
Lipstick harbours all
kinds of bacteria,
especially viruses.
Even if you’re the only
one using it you could
still harbour an illness
that you had a couple
weeks earlier.
-- Dr. Mehmet Oz /
DoctorOz.com
Sharing Makeup
Means Sharing Germs
"If a woman has a cut on her
lip and borrows lipstick
from someone who has a cold
sore, she'll get a cold
sore. You can pass herpes
[the cold sore virus],
conjunctivitis [pink eye]
and all sorts of things
through sharing makeup,"
says Dr. Zein Obagi, a
dermatologist based in
Beverly Hills.
-- LAtimes.com
The U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission reports that thousands of people contract skin and eye irritations from shared testers.
-- today.msnbc.msn.com
CLEAN YOUR MAKEUP EVERY DAY!
Thousands Contract Skin and Eye Irritations
The U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission
reports that thousands of people contract skin and
eye irritations from shared testers.
-- today.msnbc.msn.com
Your Own Makeup Can Cause Blemishes
Dermatologists say your old makeup may be causing you blemishes
or even worse — it could lead to a dangerous infection.
The bacteria can get in there and the preservatives might not
be working quite as well as they were when you first opened it.
Some women may develop a peri-oral dermatitis from using some
old, expired makeup that might irritate the skin and cause
little red bumps that look like acne
-- consumeraffairs.com
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The U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission reports that thousands of people contract skin and eye irritations from shared testers.
-- today.msnbc.msn.com
CLEAN YOUR MAKEUP EVERY DAY!
Research Finds that Women Often Use Expired Makeup
The new research conducted in February 2010 by Debenhams
highlighted that many British women are using cosmetics well past
the use-by date, unaware that products can be a magnet for germs
which could cause damage to their health and looks.
Make-up, perfume and skincare products used after the expiry date
carry a risk of irritation and infection. This is due to air and
bacteria infiltrating the products. Multiuse products carry an
even higher risk as they can spread germs from eyes to skin to
lips.
The study also found that 68% of women only replace make-up and
skincare when they run out, however long that might take. 72% of
women never wash their make-up sponges or brushes, even though
they should do at least once a week. 81% of British women also
regularly (at least once a week) go to sleep without removing make
up.
Sara Stern, Director of Cosmetics at Debenhams concluded,
"Hopefully this call to action will encourage women to have a
ruthless spring clean of their cosmetics collections.”
-- mynewsdesk.com
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CLEAN YOUR MAKEUP EVERY DAY!
Bacteria Contaminates Makeup
Upon Opening
Expiration dates are simply "rules of
thumb" and a product's safety may expire
long before the expiration date if a
product hasn't been stored properly. From
the time you open it, the life and
effectiveness of the product decreases and
bacteria grows. Treat makeup products with
care.
Makeup preservatives should kill common-use
bacteria. But, as FDA studies show, a
little bacteria is present in makeup before
we buy it. As soon as you open your new
product, airborne bacteria rushes in. Then
you usually add bacteria by touching the
product with unclean hands or with an
unclean applicator or brush.
-- cbsnews.com
The U.S. Consumer Product and Safety Commission reports that thousands of people contract skin and eye irritations from shared testers.
-- today.msnbc.msn.com
CLEAN YOUR MAKEUP EVERY DAY!
Human Related Bacteria on Makeup Testers
“I found human-related bacteria in all of the makeup,”
microbiologist Connie Morbach says. “I found it in the lipstick,
the brushes, the lip gloss, the eye shadow. So if you happened to
use a Q-tip when someone else didn’t, and you put that on your
eye, you’re still transferring the bacteria to your own eye.”
Seven out of nine samples Morbach tested had enteric bacteria.
That is bacteria related to our digestive systems. That kind of
bacteria can cause mild cases of diarrhea and stomach aches in
healthy people and more serious gastrointestinal problems in those
who have compromised immune systems. And we found more.
Streptococcus, which can cause strep throat, was found in almost
half of our samples. All of the samples from the makeup testers
were contaminated with common bacteria, which means, according to
Morbach, that other germs, such as viruses, could also be present.
We didn’t test viruses.
-- Today Show / today.msnbc.msn.com