Here’s a gem that I found out from online friends who have linked to this very interesting site. As you know, I’m not a huge fan of beauty products in general except for eye makeup, and don’t see much of a point in using 6-7 different facial products a day to keep my skin beautiful.

This site only reconfirms my idea that using too many beauty products is bad for your skin and health in general. As far as associating them with cancer though is another story. Skin Deep is an online safety guide on beauty products, assessing over 32,000 products on their cancerous capabilities. From skincare to fragrance, each product is labeled on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the most hazardous, as to how high it contributes to cancer. It also gives a very detailed page of each product on other hazards and a list of ingredients. The site conveniently categorizes by brand or product with a searchable engine.

Although it’s a little obvious that too much use of any product is bad for you, there are some people out there who believe what they use is little to moderate, when in fact it’s way too much.

For fun, I’ve listed the products I use on a regular basis and note the rating of each one.

Pond’s Dry Skin Cream – Hazard rating: 5

Pond’s Cold Cream (makeup remover) – Hazard rating: 4

St-Ives Cucumber Melon moisturizer – Hazard rating: 6 (that’s getting a little high…)

Aveda’s Pure Volume Shampoo – No data

Aveda’s Pure Volume Conditioner - No data

MAC Eye Liner Technakohl – No data, but looks to fall between 3-5

Ok, so I guess they can’t have all of the products on there, but it looks like most of the products I use have moderate ratings, and considering I use minute amount of these (an 8oz jar of Pond’s will last me a year), I think I’m in the safe zone. But the site does make you think twice about what you’re really buying.

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