I have never used a baked product and have been scouring the web looking for one that isn't pickled in Parabens. Still looking, but I made an interesting discovery. The popular Laura Geller brand baked products have more dangerous ingredients than a the cheapest Wet 'N Wild product you can conjure. A jaw-dropping experience for me. Highlights: Talc, Mineral Oil, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Butylparaben, BHT. SERIOUSLY?
I compared the ingredients list of Geller to a cheap knock-off. A Geller Baked Shadow ($23) to an Essence Baked Shadow ($2.99).
Please do NOT use either of these products. I wanted to show readers that some expensive brand names use ingredients just was dangerous - and worthless - as dime store brands.
NOTE: I sorted these alphabetically so I could match them up.
| Laura Geller Solid Baked Eyeshadow | Essence Baked Eyeshadow |
| BHT | Bht |
| Butylparaben | Butylparaben |
| C13-14 Isoparaffin | C13-14 Isoparaffin |
| Carmine (CI 75470) | Ci 75470 (Carmine) |
| Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate | Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate |
| Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil | Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil |
| Dimethicone | Dimethicone |
| Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate | Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate |
| Ethylparaben | Ethylparaben |
| Glyceryl Ethylhexanoate/Stearate/Adipate | Glyceryl Ethylhexanoate/Stearate/Adipate |
| Imidazolidinyl Urea | Imidazolidinyl Urea |
| Iron Oxide (CI 77491) | Ci 77491 |
| Isopropyl Myristate | Isopropyl Myristate |
| Laureth-7 | Laureth 7 |
| Lauroyl Lysine | |
| Magnesium Aluminum Silicate | Magnesium Aluminum Silicate |
| Manganese Violet (CI 77742) | |
| Methylparaben | Methylparaben |
| Mica | Mica |
| Mineral Oil | Paraffinum Liquidum (Mineral Oil) |
| Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate | Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate |
| Phenoxyethanol | Phenoxyethanol |
| Polyacrylamide | Polyacrylamide |
| Polysorbate 20 | Polysorbate 20 |
| Propylparaben | |
| Simmondsia | |
| Sodium Dehydroacetate | Sodium Dehydroacetate |
| Sorbitan Stearate | Sorbitan Stearate |
| Talc | Talc |
| Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891) | Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide) |
| Tocopheryl Acetate | Tocopheryl Acetate |
| Ultramarines (CI 77007) | Ci 77007 (Ultramarines) |
| Zea Mays (Corn) Starch | Zea Mays (Corn) Starch |
| Ci 77492 | |
| Ci 77499 (Iron Oxides) | |
| Synthetic Fluorphlogopite |
5 comments:
Unfortunately and sadly, but we have to realize that big and expensive names are not the synonym of quality at all. They are selling just the name, because of the marketing that is misleading the customer to believe in images/illusion.
I think that is a universal problem with these products. 98% of them are garbage with huge marketing budgets.
ugh. That is disappointing. I knew Gellar wasn't as natural as say, BE, but I was starting to like her products.
Guess that's off the table!
Thanks for this!
hi there :) i'm currently in the process of re-vamping my skincare products/makeup drawer to contain only products with natural ingredients. It's been interesting! I really appreciate your blog and all your reviews & comments :)
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Hi
http://www.naturisimo.com/ and http://www.biggreensmile.com/ have a good range of more natural cosmetics and other greener/cleaner lifestyle products.
Also http://www.alvanaturalskincare.co.uk/ do a range of baked blush and powders with no nasty ingredients!
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