Beauty products

As usual, Seraphina served as nurse and an advertisement for the beauty products. By greatly exaggerating his wife s age, Cagliostro offered her as proof of the power of his medicines. Her lovely complexion was due to the... 

Exposure to VOCs in public beauty shops can also be high. Many cosmetic products contain VOCs such as 2-phenoxyethanol, 2-butanone, acetone, terpenes, 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-benzophenone or phenylmethanol. In particular, hair sprays are potential sources of indoor pollutants. To estimate VOC concentrations associated with the use of beauty products, a female subject was placed in the model room described earlier and sprayed with 16.1 g hair lacquer. Propellant gases (butane, pentane), ethanol, limonene and tripropyleneglycol (isomers) were subsequently monitored in the room. Thirty minutes after the application of this product, the highest VOC concentrations were measured for ethanol (>100pg/m3)... 

The Environmental Working Group, www.ewg.org, offers a searchable database, Skin Deep, with an impressive range of beauty products. It rates cosmetics in terms of how safe they are, specifically taking pregnancy into account. 

This lack of attention could have felt bad. I found it useful. It made it easier for me when I had to give up a number of beauty products I felt very attached to, things I was sure I would look horrible without. But if people didn t notice the balloon bursting out of my shirt, then surely a pimple or two, or frizzy hair, or my concern that I reeked as I switched to organic deodorant couldn t possibly be making an impression on them. 

There are over 25,000 economically feasible yet environmentally friendly uses for hemp, including diesel fuel, food and beauty products, insulation, textiles, paper, and paints. 

Another threat which comes with natural products is microbes. The ingredients in cosmetics, such as water, oils, carbohydrates, minerals, and proteins, make them an ideal medium in which bacteria can multiply, as some purchasers of purely natural beauty products have discovered to their cost, not least of which is the disagreeable odour they emit which indicates they are going off. Even such natural products must now contain anti-bacterial agents and these must be proven to work, which is why they are generally synthetic chemicals. The ones most used and most effective at... 

The sector of flavorings, perfumes, and beauty products has also had its share of restructuring and technological changes over the past ten years. 

Purchase some of the natural and organic products if you can, and see if you can discern any difference between them and the other products you may have been eating and using. Most people feel that natural health and beauty products tend to be gentler on skin and hair, and that free range chicken has a distinctly different taste. 

In today s world, the media—television, radio, movies, the Internet, newspapers, and magazines—are like the circulatory system that carries cultural blood to all parts of our society. A good deal of the messages that are pumped through the popular media have to do with selling products that promise to make young women more beautiful. But in order to sell you a beauty product, a company must be sure that the buyers ideal or conception of beauty is the same image that the product promises to bestow. For example, if in a certain place people dislike plump abdomens, then it makes sense for a company to advertise products that promise to reduce the size of a person s abdomen. However, if everyone in a certain place liked plump abdomens, it would be ridiculous for a company to try to sell products meant to slim everyone s stomach down, because no one would buy the product and the company would lose money. 

This article reviews the new family of elastomers from Milliken Chemical, which offer excellent antimicrobial properties thanks to the use of a new patented biocide. The background is covered and related to important areas where microorganisms can be dangerous and where antimicrobial products are important, e g. in the food and drinks industry, liquid soap, beauty products, health care products, trauma devices, catheters or rubber mats. Milliken Chemical... 

Another major source of contamination in an analysis can be the analyst. It depends on what kind of analytes are being measured, but when trace or ultratrace levels of elements or molecules are being determined, the analyst can be a part of the analytical problem. Many personal care items, such as hand creams, shampoos, powders, and cosmetics, contain significant amounts of chemicals that may be analytes. The problem can be severe for volatile organic compounds in aftershave, perfume, and many other scented products and for sihcone polymers, used in many health and beauty products. Powdered gloves may contain a variety of trace elements and should not be used by analysts performing trace element determinations. Hair, skin, and clothing can shed cells or fibers that can contaminate a sample. 

Only soaps meeting this narrow definition are subject to TSCA, because they are not regulated by the FDA. Any cleansing product that is a detergent, or that is sold as a beauty product or to cure a health condition will be either a drug or a cosmetic and will be regulated by the FDA. ... 

A mineral that has caught the attention of environmentalists and conservationists is talc. Talc is used in the production of paper and tiles, and as coatings in the motor industry for dashboards and fenders (bumpers). However, its main use is in beauty products such as eye shadow, lipstick, body lotions, deodorants, and soaps. Talc is produced from soapstone, which occurs in the form of large subsurface boulders. The concern is that some of the finest powder is obtained from soapstone that is the result of... 

Fatty acids have traditionally been described as artery clogging species that is detrimental to overall health. The most prevalent fatty acid is palmitic acid (PA), a sixteen carbon chain fatty acid that is ubiquitous in biological systems. PA is prevalent in most eukaryotic cell membranes and in the mitochondria derived from the Krebs cycle utilizing acetyl-coenzyme A as its precursor. PA is found in a variety of plants with a high amounts in coconut oil. Many cosmetics, shampoos, and commercialized beauty products contain PA providing structure and substance to the gel or reagent. 

Machlis, S., Beauty Product Sites Facing Channel Clash, Computerworld, November 9 (1998(c)), 24. 

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