# What do you think of the "natural beauty/no makeup" movement? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-natural-beauty-no-makeup-movement/725199 "2015-07-15T01:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-natural-beauty-no-makeup-movement/725199/101 "2015-07-17T02:44:47Z")
I never really wore makeup , I did not like the feel of that liquid face makeup all over my face . I just wore lipstick once in awhile , I like the natural look and it free too ! ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-natural-beauty-no-makeup-movement/725199/102 "2015-07-17T10:27:17Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Well, since Grecian Fomula and other progressive dye products have been known to be high in lead for decades, people should freakin’ know better. > > Which means there aren’t any easily-available studies that demonstrate the likelihood of being \*actually \*harmed by lipstick, but there are lots of web pages that will tell you, “ZOMG!!! LEAD IN MAKEUP!!!” without any mention of amount or potential for damage. > > The CDC considers dirt to be uncomtaminated by lead when there is up to 50 ppm (parts per million). A lipstick contains from .009 on up (I think the highest I saw while looking up actual facts and data was around 8 ppm). How much lipstick will you have to eat to actually have a problem? > > _Candy_, BTW, can legally have up to .1 ppm. > > In 2010, the FDA tested 13 samples of apple juice, grape juice, peach slices, pears, mixed fruit and fruit cocktail for lead. There was lead in all of the samples, but less than the amount considered unsafe for consumption. > > If you don’t want to wear makeup, fine, but don’t go on about it being “toxic”, like it’s been whipped up with water from Three Mile Island. So people should “know better” than to use Grecian Formula because of the lead… But the lead in lipstick is okay?? :dubious: The WHO says “There is no known level of lead exposure that is considered safe.” > **[Lead poisoning](https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lead-poisoning-and-health)** > > Lead is a naturally occurring toxic metal found in the Earth’s crust. Its widespread use has resulted in extensive environmental contamination, human exposure and significant public health problems in many parts of the world. Lead has a cumulative effect, so even tiny amounts are not safe. This isn’t controversial. Can we get it entirely out of the food supply? Maybe not. But we have to eat, we don’t have to wear makeup. What with all the lead we’re eating, that’s all the more reason NOT to wear makeup and add to the lead. We don’t need special mention of the potential for harm from lead, because we are all supposed to know that. Of course lead does impair brain function, so I guess it does bear repeating. And lead is just one of the many toxic substances found in makeup. Makeup in America contains a lot of things that are banned in Europe. Those bans are based on research, not hysteria. If you want to wear makeup, feel free, but you are risking your future health, like it or not. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-natural-beauty-no-makeup-movement/725199/103 "2015-07-17T12:03:59Z")
nm. talking to a wall. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-natural-beauty-no-makeup-movement/725199/104 "2015-07-17T12:21:55Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > nm. talking to a wall. AKA “I got nothing.” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-natural-beauty-no-makeup-movement/725199/105 "2015-07-17T12:35:48Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > You can get that much exposure to nuts in one hour on the internet! 🙂 Didn’t think that example through, did I? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-natural-beauty-no-makeup-movement/725199.md?page=5)