What are the harmful ingredients in cosmetics should i look out for?

so far i've heard of iron oxide, ascorbyl palmitate, paraffin, red no 5What are the harmful ingredients in cosmetics should i look out for?
PROPYLENE GLYCOL


Called a humectant in cosmetics, it is really ';industrial anti-freeze'; and the major ingredient in brake and hydraulic fluid. Tests show it can be a strong skin irritant. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on Propylene Glycol warn to avoid skin contact as it is systemic and can cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage.





SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE (SLS) and SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (SLES)


Potentially, SLS is perhaps the most harmful ingredient in personal-care products. SLS is used in testing-labs as the standard skin irritant to compare the healing properties of other ingredients. Industrial uses of SLS include: garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers and car wash soaps. Studies show its danger potential to be great, when used in personal-care products. Research has shown that SLS and SLES may cause potentially carcinogenic nitrates and dioxins to form in the bottles of shampoos and cleansers by reacting with commonly used ingredients found in many products. Large amounts of nitrates may enter the blood system from just one shampooing.





BENTONITE or KAOLIN - Clays in foundations that may clog and suffocate the skin.





GLYCERIN - Draws moisture from inside the skin, and holds it on the surface for a better ';feel';. Dries skin from the inside out. Listed on MSDS as hazardous





Titanium Dioxide - Derived from animal skins and ground-up chicken feet. Both of these ingredients form films that may suffocate and over-moisturize the skin. BAR SOAPS Made from animal fat and lye. May let bacteria feed and grow in it. May corrode %26amp; dry the skin.





Many of the hyped ingredients found in most cosmetic brands cannot penetrate the skin because of their high-molecular weight, so they are of little benefit. For example: procollagen, collagen, elastin, cross-linked elastin, and hyaluronic acids...





OTHER HARMFUL INGREDIENTS AND MYTHS


ALBUMIN and BENTONITE


BIOTIN (Vitamin H)


COLLAGEN


ELASTIN (Not cross-linked Elastin)


GLYCERIN (Material Safety Data sheet)


HUMECTANTS


HYPOALLERGENIC


KAOLIN


LANOLIN


LAURAMIDE DEA, Diethylolamine, Triethylolamine


LIPOSOMES


MINERAL OIL


PLACENTAL EXTRACT


PROPYLENE GLYCOL


SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE


SODIUM CHLORIDE


SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE


TYROSINEWhat are the harmful ingredients in cosmetics should i look out for?
stay away from powders or foundations with talc on it. it clogs pores and can cause lung cancer when you inhale it often.