Many people believe that maintaining individual hygiene in the morning is crucial for various reasons including personal, social, health, psychological or mainly keeping a regular routine. In addition, people feel that grooming is a decent approach to show great self-perception to other people since self-perception associates with self-regard, confidence and inspiration. To do the individual hygiene and grooming will need to use a lot of personal care products, such as, shampoos, hair conditioner, sunscreen and other cosmetics. The vast majority use cosmetics and personal care items without slightest hesitation, trusting that the government will secure them by examining the products at fixed period (ewg.org). However, there are not enough
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It widely functions as a preservative in personal care products to avert bacteria and fungus from developing in the item and protecting items from spoil caused via air or light (Tejal, 2013). Phenoxyethanol may cause the skin to become irritated and infected through allergic reaction (safecosmetics.org). It also causes harmful effect on main organs in human body, including liver, kidneys and nervous system. Some studies demonstrate that low concentration of phenoxyethanol in beauty products does not cause major damage, but European Commission claims that it is toxic when people apply it around the mouth or on the lips (Rose, …show more content…
Numerous beauty items list fragrance in the ingredient column on the label, but not every specific ingredient under fragrance are listed. This absence of exposure keeps customers from knowing the full list of ingredients in the product. Even though most chemicals in fragrance are not listed, but the harmful effects behind fragrance are commonly known by the society. According to FDA, fragrance is consisted of various chemicals. Some of the chemicals provide the unique scent, and some of the chemicals directly extract from fossil oil and plants. Some beauty companies produce their own fragrance by mixing different fragrances. Meanwhile, in order to solve and stable the chemicals, the companies are intent to add some solvents, stabilizers and preservatives. These additional substances are not always showed on the label of the product since fragrance is protected as trade secrets.
It widely functions as a preservative in personal care products to avert bacteria and fungus from developing in the item and protecting items from spoil caused via air or light (Tejal, 2013). Phenoxyethanol may cause the skin to become irritated and infected through allergic reaction (safecosmetics.org). It also causes harmful effect on main organs in human body, including liver, kidneys and nervous system. Some studies demonstrate that low concentration of phenoxyethanol in beauty products does not cause major damage, but European Commission claims that it is toxic when people apply it around the mouth or on the lips (Rose, …show more content…
Numerous beauty items list fragrance in the ingredient column on the label, but not every specific ingredient under fragrance are listed. This absence of exposure keeps customers from knowing the full list of ingredients in the product. Even though most chemicals in fragrance are not listed, but the harmful effects behind fragrance are commonly known by the society. According to FDA, fragrance is consisted of various chemicals. Some of the chemicals provide the unique scent, and some of the chemicals directly extract from fossil oil and plants. Some beauty companies produce their own fragrance by mixing different fragrances. Meanwhile, in order to solve and stable the chemicals, the companies are intent to add some solvents, stabilizers and preservatives. These additional substances are not always showed on the label of the product since fragrance is protected as trade secrets.