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Tag: cosmetic shelf Ladies, we never leave home without it!!! "Well we need to enhance our beauty so we have to makeup for that" says Tampa cosmetologist Joanna Glazier.But just what are we enhancing our beauty with?One Tampa Dermatologist says that's a question his patients rarely ask.  "How are they made what chemicals are in them, that seldom comes up" says Doctor Henry Wiley.But now an environmental group has compiled an online database which claims to reveal the ugly truth about cosmetics. It's called Skin Deep.It ranks over 25,000 cosmetics based on the risk associated with some of the ingredients. I asked three Tampa cosmetologists at the Salon Posh to empty out their make-up bags to find out what's inside their cosmetics. "Ive been using the same makeup for a while and I haven't had any issues with it." Cosmetologist Allison Figueroa says she been using the same products every day for a while. Together we logged on to Skin Deep. The website ranked her MAC lip gloss a "4" out of "10", or, containing ingredients which pose a moderate hazard to her health.According to the site, Allison's lip gloss contains ingredients linked to things like Cancer and immunotoxicity.Skin Deep claims those dangers like Cancer, immunotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity are all linked to ingredients in Diana Libreros' MAC eye shadow. The site ranked the shadow a 4. "That it could affect your ability to reproduce that's probably the most shocking" Diana says.The same dangers are found in Joanna Glazier's Loreal mascara, also ranked a four.  Joanna says she is actually considering switching products now. "I got a little one I gotta stay around for" Joanna says.I contacted both Loreal and MAC for a response.Loreal referred me to the Personal Care Products Council, which is the cosmetics lobby. The council sent me a statement which says in part t"he companies invest substantial resources in scientific research and safety processes."In their own statement MAC cosmetics says "consumer safety has always been a top priority. " It goes on, "MAC formulas are based on clinical tests on human volunteers."Our Dermatologist Henry Wiley says, though the risk of harm is small, women should be aware of what they're putting on their faces. Especially since big brother isn't keeping track. "The FDA only comes involved with a cosmetic when there is a problem with a cosmetic" Wiley says.That means there's no mandatory, government, safety tests before a cosmetic hits the shelf.To clarify, the site is saying it's the chemicals inside the makeup, not the makeup itself, that's connected to some of these dangers.