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Are cosmetics safer in Europe than in the US? Episode 101

The Beauty Brains

You don’t need to get any kind of registration of approval to launch a cosmetic, but you do need to register it on the Cosmetic Product Notification Portal. This is a simply enormous database of every cosmetic formulation on the market along with its pack copy. Are cosmetics really dangerous or not?

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Do plant extracts work in skin care products – episode 222

The Beauty Brains

If you’re using a product with petrolatum & glycerin, you can’t do much better in terms of performance. My understanding is that they are similar to the ingredients in prescription medications in effectiveness and potential side effects, but do not require the labeling or testing required of “drugs”.

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Is Your Shampoo Making You Sick?

Aesthetics Advisor

parts per billion (ppb) in public water supplies to mitigate cancer risk, but this is not a legal limit. Parabens in Your Beauty Products Raise the Price Tag on Health Care Parabens are commonly used preservatives found in deodorants, cosmetics and shampoo. It has currently set a limit of 0.35 Congress (2015 to 2016), Sen.