ANIMAL PRODUCTS USED IN COSMETICS

CARMINIC ACID

•CREATES A RED HUE

•COMES FROM THE COCHINEAL BEETLE

•USED IN LIPSTICK AND NAIL POLISH

•ALSO A DYE FOR GELATIN AND JUICE, SUCH AS KOOL AID

BEETLES IN YOUR LIPSTICK

Formula for carminic acid

EXTRACTING COCHINEAL DYE

•BEETLES ARE DROWNED IN HOT WATER

•THEY ARE THEN DRIED

•GROUND TO A FINE POWDER

Processing cochineal beetles for use

Yes...there really are crushed bugs in your Kool-Aid

Fish scales on your face

Fish scales

•Are used for their “shimmer” quality

•Found in products that have pearl essence, such as eye shadow and nail polish

•Almost exclusively from herring

Crystals of guanine produce a shimmer

Bull sperm

bull sperm in hair products

•Sperm is protein which is great for your hair

•Main structure of hair is protein, which can be damaged by coloring, relaxing, styling with heat

•Sperm helps put protein back into hair. This increases the hairs strength and elasticity

Taurine is a component of bull sperm

Human foreskin

Foreskin for your skin

•Used in ant wrinkle crèmes to promote new skin growth

•Fibroblasts, which are extracted from the skin, are cells that can synthesize collagen.

•The foreskin used is mostly from infants, the older the foreskin the worse it performs

Foreskin put to good use

•Is used to cultivate new skin growth on burn patients

•Is more effective than skin grafts

•In the lab, 1 piece of baby foreskin can be cultivated into 4 acres of skin

Fibroblasts used in wound healing

Human placenta

Placenta in cosmetics

•Placenta contains hyaluronic acid and protein hydrlysate. Both promote tissue growth

•The company “plazan” has created an entire line of cosmetics using human placenta

•Many hospitals will not let you have your own placenta but will gladly sell it for profit

urea

UREA IS A COMPONENT OF URINE

Urea = waste product

•Urea is a waste product from animals •It can absorb H2O and contains vit A, D,

E, & K•Urea is keratolytic…it will loosen & shed

rough skin •Used in antiperspirants and moisturizers•“EUCERIN” has several products in there

line that contain urea•The nonsynthetic form comes from the

livers of farmed animals

AMBERGRIS

Whale vomit

•Is found in the stomach and small intestines of some whales

•When whales eat something sharp their gut will coat it in a sticky substance producing ambergris which is often vomited up & washes ashore

•Is used for its scent which is very sweet•Can go for up to $ 20,000 a gram

CHICKEN BONE MARROW

Bone marrow

•Is full of glucosamine which promotes new growth & is good for your skin

•Because of these glucosamines chicken bone marrow can be found in some moisturizers

Glucosamine molecule

Glucosamine to treat MS

•Researchers at the University of California are looking at a form of modified glucosamine as a potential treatment for MS

•Inflammatory pathways are disrupted in MS patients…glucosamine was shown to positively affect these pathways

NOT TOO HAPPY

•If you don’t like animal products in your cosmetics, you are not alone

•Several well known groups are trying to stop the use of these animal products

•Public pressure has lead companies to look for synthetic versions of some of these ingredients