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Read a brief overview of our book. View the Contents Page and a chapter-by-chapter summary of Cosmetics Unmasked. We have the latest news stories and updates for Cosmetics Unmasked on our News and Updates Page. Also on our News and Updates Page we have longer, detailed articles about Baby Products, Contaminents In Your Cosmetics and What Cosmetics Can Really Do For You. Go to our readers' Question and Answer Page. Our Links Page takes you to other useful websites. NEW! Look up over 6,000 cosmetics ingredients on our Ingredients Pages. Click on the red dot to return to our Welcome Page to read some reviews of Cosmetics Unmasked.

A fifth of the chemicals used by the cosmetics industry are known to cause harm. That’s over 1,000 commonly used substances.

We’re increasingly careful about the content of the food we eat, but when it comes to the chemicals which we daily massage into our skin, soak up in the bath, scrub our teeth and gums with or paint on to our delicate facial skin we are very trusting. Attractive packaging makes products look harmless and we usually presume "...it wouldn’t be sold if it wasn’t safe!" Or would it...?

Unless you’re a chemist, it’s unlikely you’re familiar with cosmetics ingredients. Cosmetics Unmasked is the first ever complete guide written specially for the consumer - so you can have more insight into the cosmetic products you use.

Includes:

• A - Z of ingredients - showing why it’s in your product and whether it’s known to have any adverse or harmful effects.
  
  
• Fascinating users guide to what’s in all the main cosmetic products - from lipstick and deodorant to baby wipes and sun cream.
  
  
• The lowdown on all the commonly used marketing jargon such as ‘anti-ageing,’ ‘anti-wrinkle’ and ‘hypo-allergenic.’
  
  
• Guide to the key areas in beauty and health care such as allergies, baby care, animal-testing, safe suntans and the ageing process.
  
  
• Special advice about baby and child products.

In a survey carried out by the US Food and Drug Administration, nearly one-quarter of the people questioned said they had suffered an allergic reaction to personal care products including moisturisers, foundations and eye shadows. Have you ever suffered from a skin irritation or considered whether it might have been caused by your cosmetics or toiletries? Have you ever looked at the daunting list of ingredients they contain and wondered what are earth they were?

This book unmasks the truth about the products we use everyday and have come to rely on and trust. Over 1,000 substances commonly used in our cosmetics are known to cause harm. This book provides the lowdown on these chemicals, including an A to Z list of ingredients, why they are used, their functions and their known adverse effects. It reveals what’s really in these products from lipsticks and deodorants to babywipes and sun cream. It provides key information on allergies, skin conditions, baby care, animal testing, safe suntans and anti-ageing products. It tells you what beauty salons and cosmetic surgeons can do for you. It will allow you to discover whether a cosmetic contains animal products or whether a toiletry is safe for your baby. And it exposes the myths and falsehoods that daily bombard us in the advertisements for these products: - Do vitamins and proteins in shampoos really nourish our hair? Are hypoallergenic products really better for us? Can cosmetics really reverse the ageing process?

This book makes the laws and the science of cosmetics easily accessible to all and it’s an invaluable encyclopaedic reference manual for both the European and American consumer and everyone involved in the cosmetics industry.
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Cosmetics Unmasked is published by Thorsons, HarperCollins

ISBN 0-00-710568-1
(Paperback - 404 pages)

Price:
UK - £14.99
USA - $23.76 (Variable with exchange rate.)

Available now in all good bookshops and health shops in the UK and the USA.

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This page was last updated, 1 December 2004