Something to consider. Next time you go shopping for lipstick. This comes from someone who works in the breast cancer unit at Mt. Sinai Hospital, in Toronto .
If there is a female you care anything about, do share this with her.I am also sharing this with the males, because they need to tell the females they care about as well!
Recently a lipstick brand called 'Red Earth', decreased their prices from $67 to $9.90. It contained lead. Lead is a chemical which causes cancer.
The lipstick brands that contain lead are:
Here is the test you can do yourself:
1. Put some lipstick on your hand.
2. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.
3. If the lipstick color changes to black.
CHRISTIAN DIOR
LANCÔME
CLINIQUE
Y.S.L
ESTEE LAUDER
SHISEIDO
RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)
CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)
MARKET AMERICA-MOTNES LIPSTICK
The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing cancer. After doing a test on lipsticks, It was found that the Y.S.L. Lipstick contained the most amount of lead. Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to stay longer. If your lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead.
Here is the test you can do yourself:
1. Put some lipstick on your hand.
2. Use a Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick.
3. If the lipstick color changes to black.
Then you know the lipstick contains lead. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre.
