Do not eat the lipstick, it can be harmful

With the cold the delicate skin of our lips needs an extra dose of hydration.To be able to wear beautiful lips and with a smooth and soft skin we apply a lip balm.These moisturizing lipsticks, popularly known as cocoa bars or cocoa cream, surely carry very little cocoa or nothing.The one that surely does not

If we look at the ingredients of our balm we can read: Paraffinum liquidum, oil, paraffin, oil oil or mineral oil.These ingredients cover the skin with a plastic film by plugging the pores, preventing the skin from breathing and eliminating toxins, causing the lips to become even more dehydrated, and creating an addictive effect or product dependence.

But regardless of whether effective products to safeguard our lips, the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) warns many of these lipsticks contain MOSH (Oils Saturated Hydrocarbons) and Moah (mineral Oils Aromatic Hydrocarbons), impurities generated by poor refinementof mineral oil, which can be toxic if they become ingested and that the European Cosmetics Standard (1223/2009) allows you to use.

Our analysis has revealed that in the lip products made with mineral oils were substances in quantities greater than the recommended maximum, so we advise against its use ”

Topical intoxication is very difficult, but as we say we eat 80% of what we apply, an average of 3 kilos a year, the organization of consumers and users (OCU), together with other similar European organizations, alertof its risks.

For this, the OCU carried out a study on its presence in 58 brands.Of the 20 that are marketed in Spain, they were found in 13. The other 7 were formulated with natural waxes."Our analysis has revealed that in the lip products made with mineral oils were substances in quantities greater than the recommended maximum, so we advise against its use," OCU said in the study.

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Moah can alter DNA and cause cancer ”

OCU warns that MOAH can alter DNA and cause cancer.For their part, MOSH accumulate in tissues, lymphatic nodules, spleen and liver and can cause microgranulomas.In other products its use is not so problematic, but they should be limited to food products or other products that we could ingest, they add.

Opt for the natural and harmless

For a lip balm to be effective and healthy, its main ingredient must be butter.For example, karité butter is a natural product from the fruit of the karité tree, which provides ideal substances to protect dry lips.

If the cocoa cream honor its name, it would carry cocoa butter.This is one of the richest ingredients to hydrate your lips, it has ultrahydrate properties, it provides softness and helps fight irritation.

Bee wax is a very nutritious natural moisturizer.It is also antibacterial, anti-allergic and antioxidant.Its moisturizing power makes it an ideal ingredient for a lip protector.

Vegetable oils are another ingredient that should never be missing in a lip protector.Olive, almond or coconut oil provide hydration and skin elasticity.

These products base their composition on waxes, which are those that provide hydration and avoid dehydration ”

The OCU concludes that “these products base their composition on waxes, which are those that provide hydration and avoid dehydration.These waxes can be of natural origin, or a product derived from oil: in the light of the results of our latest study, it is the first ones that we advise to use, for presenting greater security guarantees.