Crushed insects,bull semen,whale vomit and human placenta . Are you grossed out yet? No? Let's try that again. Crushed insects ,bull semen ,whale vomit and human placenta are common ingredients found in everyday cosmetics. Yup ,stuff that you smear on your face ,apply on your hair and horror of horrors sometimes ingest when applied to your lips.
It bugs me, no pun intended,that people would create products with the aforementioned ingredients. It also bugs me how they usually use the biological names for these ingredients which most consumers would be none the wiser as to what they represent .Take whale vomit for example. Its found in a number of perfumes where it's listed as the somewhat pleasant sounding Ambergris. Then there's Carmine, a red dye obtained from Cochineal beetles which are dried and crushed to a fine powder . It is often listed as e120 and can be found in soft drinks, lipsticks,blush and many varieties of sweets. Ick! Have you ever come across Guanine or Pearl essence? Sounds good,right? Nothing like good old fish scales to add shimmer to your lipgloss,lipstick and nail varnish. Tho these are all really disgusting the worst I have seen has got to be human infant foreskins. It's the main ingredient in an anti aging formula ,Nouricel-MD and tho unfathomable to me,it seems to be quite popular. The world has indeed gone bonkers.
The purpose of this info was not to gross you out,okay maybe It was just a lil,but it was more so in the hope of making you aware and cautious of what you could be using on a daily basis. And I am hopeful that as Muslims we will be more vigilant and make educated choices when consuming or using any products. Your body is your responsibility,don't let it down.
Until you read again
Ma'assalaam
