The Breast Cancer Fund has a new report on toxic chemicals in make-up marketed to kids, including make-up used for Halloween.
I know I’m a day late for this Halloween, but all this is good to know for next Halloween and any time of year that face painting comes to mind.
Pretty Scary 2 goes beyond looking a labels and had kid’s cosmetics lab tested.
Here are some of the chemicals they found:
Seven different VOCs were found, four having the potential to lead to serious long-term health care effects:
- Toluene, a reproductive toxicant
- Styrene, a probable carcinogen and endocrine disruption compound
- Ethylbenzene, a possible carcinogen
- Vinyl acetate, another possible carcinogen
In addition they found
- fragrances
- heavy metals lead, cadmium, arsenic, and chromium
- toluene
- parabens
- formaldehyde
- ethoxylated ingredients
This comprehensive report covers insufficient regulations, what you can find on the label and what thy cab’t, and much more.
After reading this I went searching for safe face paints. After reading some descriptions of so-called “nontoxic” and “natural” face paints I decided this needed more research before I could recommend them.
But I will give you a link to How To Make Face Paint With Natural Ingredients, which is what I would do for face paint.
Face painting is fun! Just use a safe face paint.
BREAST CANCER FUND: Pretty Scary 2
