Are Natural Beauty Products Better? | Lab Muffin Beauty Science
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2017
- “Are natural beauty products better for you?” “Should I try to avoid chemicals in my beauty products?” These is probably the most common question I get asked, so here’s your answer!
I talk about:
* What exactly is a chemical?
* What’s the difference between natural and synthetic chemicals?
* Are natural ingredients safer?
* Should you avoid ingredients you can’t pronounce?
* Should you reduce the number of chemicals you’re exposed to?
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Fun facts:
This topic was the reason I started my blog!
I dropped a laptop on my head while making this video and gave myself a concussion.
It took me about 20 takes to get myself to say all those chemical names properly...
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" Everything is a chemical!" I tell my students this ALL the time. (I'm a chemistry teacher).
I really enjoy how you highlight the science in our beauty products, it's pretty cool stuff.
Great video.
islandgirl2111 Haha me too. Thanks so much!
a much needed breath of fresh air
bbappzz98 Thank you!
I LOVE that you refer to scientists in this video as “she” and “her”. So great to represent females in science!!!!
I loved this video when she first uploaded it, I still love it today. Now whenever anyone tries to talk to me about how they 'only use natural, chemical free everything', I send them here. So much better than I could ever explain and I don't get as frustrated. THANK YOU!
Thanks so much! :D
Good video, but another important point is that the term 'natural' doesn't have a regulated definition in marketing, so companies can put it on whatever they want
Your videos should be mandatory viewing for anyone just thinking about buying skincare. You soothe my inner being with science, and I feel absolved of all my past false beliefs about ingredients, and expensive "all natural" skincare indiscretions. The beauty community needs you to help fight the insanity.
YESSS to this 🙌🏻🙌🏻 i’m so happy you made this video. The amount of people that ask me what skin care products don’t contain any “chemicals” and I hit them with the facts and say well, ‘water is a chemical, alcohols are chemicals, what “chemicals” are you trying to avoid?’ then I get asked a follow up question of what products are “natural” then I tell them that peanuts are ALL NATURAL but if you have a peanut allergy that is quite dangerous to your health, isn’t it? It irks me so much how consumers try to avoid “chemicals” and go “all-natural” with cosmetic products without actually fully researching what these terms even mean. Thanks for shining light onto this! Love the attitude girl!
You are my new hero. I’m a Registered Dietitian and get equally frustrated with RUclips folks who don’t know food, food science touting diet information and that only vegan diets (for example) are the only healthy diets. Love your videos, information.
Have you thought about producing your own science-based food/nutrition videos? There is SO MUCH nonsense out there about food, it would be lovely to have someone on RUclips to help weed out the rubbish. People believe their n=1, anecdotal evidence outweighs the science, ESPECIALLY when the subject is food.
A whole food plant based diet is the only diet to ever reverse heard disease 💘 so that's a pretty good start 🖤
@@TheMissCrocodile It's also missing several nutrients and causes biological aging so better not. 👌
@@TheMissCrocodile someone who does a whole foods diet while smoking is not a good start.
Plus most studies looked at meat eaters in the same way.
@@TheMissCrocodile Vegan diets do not reverse heart disease. This claim has been de-bunked by vegan and non vegan doctors, nutritionists, and scientists multiple times over.
That's why basic pharmacy knowledge (dose, toxicity, etc) can be very beneficial from all those foxy marketing!!!
So true! Very glad I took pharmacology at uni :D
I love that you referred to the scientist analyzing the water as "her". I love you.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm so fed up with the "chemical free" products.
MsAsb1990 Me too. It's like, why are you trying to sell me nothing???
I'm sorry I just had to pause this video to say THANK YOU!!!! Thank you for so perfectly busting all these myths. For years, my response to "Of course it's safe, it's completely natural!" has been "So is arsenic." THANK YOOOOUUUUUUUUU! You are the voice of reason. Also, "The smartest scientist in the world..." "SHE wouldn't be able to..."
YES!!! This is so, so wonderful-thank you so much for making this and explaining it so well! I've shared this on my Facebook page and it'll definitely be getting more links from me in the future :D You rock!
Thank you so much! I love your no-nonsense approach to DIY, it's a breath of fresh air.
People have to check the ingredients rather than buy something with a label that says "natural". So many products claiming to be natural aren't natural at all.
YES from one Michelle to another I've totally fell for the "natural" marketing when my skin was at it's worse. But now being older and wiser, I know how to scan ingredients in products and figure out if the overall formulation (and effectiveness) is worth my money !
This video was so informative! Finally someone is giving the answers I needed, thank you! 😊😊
This video is so amazing and everything I needed. Thank you so much!
This is SO GOOD, so well explained, so very good delivered. Thank you.
Such a great video, I get this question so many times and you've been so informative! Thanks for sharing!
js makeupartist It's such a common question! Thanks :)
I loved how you explained this!
I learned so much :)
Thank you for this video. I unsubscribed from so many people because they've gotten into shilling a "clean, natural, non toxic" life style, promoting ridiculously priced bullshit products with some similar claims and exorbitant price tags. I bet if asked they can't even tell what exactly is "dirty, unnatural our toxic" in regular priced products that most of us journal people have the budget for tend to buy and use. They're outright lying and fear mongering at this point. I didn't sit through 8th grade chemistry to fall for this.
It's almost a trope that if someone talks about "toxins" a lot, they generally won't be able to name 5 of the so-called toxins they're trying to avoid...
Lab Muffin Beauty Science they've gotten more advanced unfortunately 😂 they can name a few, but the case would often be something that has been proven again and again and again to have such a miniscule chance of being harmful to human being that a human would be sick from consuming such a large amount of product for the toxin to accumulate in the sufficient amount that could potentially cause said harm (they mostly opt for a cancer scare). Yet they still think that's a good enough reason to pay 3x the price for a foundation. I can't with these people 🙄
Best video I've seen in a long time. Thanks!
So satisfying listening to a knowledgeable person...
This video helps a lot! I've learned so much within 7.56 mins in my whole life. And I just got to shove this video to anyone that tells me I'm using more than 100+ chemicals on my face! Thank you so much!
Thank you for this Amazing video. This information is just as relevant now as it was 2 years ago. PLEASE do an in-depth video on essential oils. The world needs your scientific analysis made entertaining by your wonderfully sassy attitude. 💕
That was a great video, I would be interested to know if at some point you could talk to us about the problem of contaminants that come from the way they are extracted or synthesized, the risks and alternatives. 🤗
Thank you!! I hate fear provoking words or phrases being used, and people falling for it, and panicking, instead of doing their own research. 👍🏾
This was so informative! thank you so much for doing this video. I actually couldn't find anything similar.
Clear, informative and nerd! the best combination ever!!! Thank you😍🤓
This is what I needed all my life. ♥ Well formulated arguments with logical explanations. I always try to educate people in this topic but because I am yet just a beginer in chemistry and biology, I did't know what arguments exactly to use...
Now I am sitting in front of my laptop and writing down a summary of your video to learn and tell everyone who mentions anything about 'natural products' ever! ;)
What a good video ! It would be very interesting if you make a video about what it’s a renewable and not renewable components, and how a chemicals impacts environment depending on their sources.
Thanks
Great breakdown for the laypeople. Very easy to follow. Very good.
Thanks for tackling all the misconceptions ;) amazing video
Maha Yay thanks! ^-^
Wow I truly learned a lot! You answered all my questions about "natural" vs synthetic
Wow, really really really good video... Put me out of a lot of my worries. I'm so glad I subscribed to you!
Nepenthesis Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it :)
True LOL moment when the Castor Oil farted, I'm 48 going on 12 apparently. Thanks for the very informative and helpful video. I've been moving to "green" products but was wondering if they truly are worth the cost, and while that isn't your video it has helped me relax a bit with certain product ingredients.
I think going "green" in terms of environmental impact is a commendable approach! But annoyingly "green" doesn't correlate with "natural".
your channel is a true blessing to youtube!!!
That was really an informative video! The misconception is so true out there in the beauty industry!
I was wondering if salon brands such as ASAP, Cosmedix and products created by dermatologist/doctors are recommended, compared to luxury brands like La Mer, Estée Lauder etc where they do independent research and formulation.
Keep up the amazing work! xx
IMO there are good quality salon brands and there are BS salon brands, and there are good quality and BS luxury brands too...even within a brand there are often good quality and BS products!
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Love this! Natural does not always mean safe... the poison is in the dose.
You make this topic easy to understand! Thank you. Sharing!
Wow, I wish I had found this video ages ago. Thank you so much for breaking it down so simply and concisely. I do have a question though - what would you recommend for skin that always seems to react to conventional "chemical" products? I'm not trying to be combative at all, I'm just at a bit of a loss. I have extremely sensitive skin, and the "natural" products are some of the only ones I've found that don't cause an adverse reaction. Thanks so much 😊
Loved this video ❤️ More people should see this 👏🏼
Stumbled upon your channel and I can’t get enough! 🙌
Jennifer L Thank you! ❤
Love this! I’ll be doing my video on natural products this week.
Thanks, Michelle. Good info. I agree with you, not all that is "natural" is without harm. I like what you said about poison ivy! There are good studies on toxic ingredients like phthalates, sulfates, and other chemicals that are most definitely problematic.
Definitely saving this to my faves.
The thing about ingredients you can’t pronounce anew bad is some other worldly logic that I have never understood. Never stop making videos/blogs!
I love science. Thank you for clear presentation.
You know what would be cool? If you choose a specific product (moisturizer, or even a makeup product like an eyeshadow palette) and did a whole video reading through the ingredients list, breaking down the properties of each ingredient, what it’s purpose is in the product, and it’s effect on human skin.
You can do it by yourself by copy paste the ingredient list here incidecoder.com/decode-inci
Have fun :-)
Nail tech here, I work in a day spa that also does facials body treatments etc. I regularly have clients that tell me how important natural ingredients are and how bad "chemicals" are, all while I am actively polymerizing plastics onto their nail plates. People are wild.
Beautiful !!!!! I would love for you to make a video about badly used terms, such as "detox" "toxins" "toxic" that beauty gurus and Gweneth Paltrow and Co. use, such as "this ingredient is toxic" "this removes toxins" etc.
Thanks for such an entertaining and informative video. I recently went to a work event to hear the Vice President of Research and Development explain how our products work so well and found it really interesting.
@LabMuffinBeautyScience Dear Michelle. Firstly - great channel, you have a new subscriber here. And secondly, re. this video - FINALLY! Thank you! I've been getting allergic to words "natural" (although on its own it isn't a bad word), "non-toxic", "detox" (especially re. skincare, there is no such a thing) and so and so. Thank you!
I am a fan of natural, non-toxic beauty but I think this is a good video. It brings up an important point which is that the risk of an ingredient hurting you is based on toxicity, dose and how you're exposed to it (as you mentioned in your video). I know that most green beauty bloggers and followers see the importance of toxicity in their ingredients. Afterall we call it natural, non-toxic beauty not just "natural beauty" because nature can create toxic ingredients. However I think this video shouldn't be seen as a stab to green beauty or natural, nontoxic beauty as I see people assuming in the comments. There is more to green beauty like issues with sustainability and the active choice to avoid synthetic ingredients because they don't understand them and don't all have a PhD in this space. Also it's based on a mistrust of corporations not listing ingredients that are toxic behind ingredients like fragrance that isn't inheritly toxic on its own. So I'm glad to really focus on the idea that we should make informed decisions. I know that I wouldn't just trust a label that says "natural" because it's not a regulated word in the beauty or food space. Thanks for your video!
Drops of Lemon & Honey No, this video is a stab for people who velieves that anything made in a lab is toxic! WRONG!
@Ashley Light You are right
Such an important and informative video! 👏
This was incredible.
Really really informative and beautifully understandable . Your channel is OMG
Im really amazed you are an amazing teacher for everyone who loves skincare products
skincare maniac Thank you! ↖(^▽^)↗
The content is great, Dr but you're also a gifted communicator.
Great, informative video. Keep on the good work👍
I uee both proclaimed "natural" and synthetic products in my skincare regime. What attracts me to the particular "natural" or vegan brands that I purchase is what they don't contain. Because I have no clue what 70% of the ingredients mean, a company who advertises their brand as having no sulphates, nitrosamines, DEA, MEA, Ethoxylates, PEGs, PPGs, Phthalates, GMOs, mineral oils, parabens and animal testing (yes I copied that off a proclaimed natural New Zealand brand), it's going to make me feel better about what I'm *not* putting on my skin, and how I can contribute to lessening my carbon footprint.
There is no reason why synthetic products can't list potentially harmful substances or practices they don't contain -- even aspects such as being cruelty free and using eco packaging. I wish more would.
Skin care will continue to develop as time goes on. 50 years ago we were told smoking was ok, and now we know it's not. Cigarette packaging now contains information on how smoking can harm you.
if it's harmful, the manufacturer probably can't even use it. We have strict EU regulations on what can and can't be used in cosmetics. Like she said, all these "free from" are just fear marketing.
With cigarettes smoking, the companies had the research saying it causes cancer but they did not disclose it. We may one day discover some ingredients are really bad (like how Mercury was used in cosmetics ages ago) but from what we know now, a lot of the ingredients these "free from" brands are using are not harmless and/ or do not have enough research or studies done.
i think it's everyone's choice what they want to use. if it makes you feel better, then use whatever you like. :-)
I LOVE that when you mentioned that a scientist couldn't tell the two water molecules apart you said, She! I love your videos!
This video should be translated in every language and pushed on every single person‘s social media or phone without a possibility to scroll until fully watched!
You’re the best! For all the fear mongers out there 🙏🏼
Each time I see you posted a video I'm already like : Yeah, tell them girl!
Sarah Gauthier Thank you!
I often use "natural" lipbalm and skincare. What i mean by that is a product that is almost safe enough to be eaten and is less bad for the enviorement. I always try to check ingredients lists on safety on skindeep.
This video should be shared with everyone to finally dispel all of the misconceptions that companies get rich from and uneducated people end up believing.
Fantastic video! Although I am on the alert about PEG, PPG, acrylics and polyethylenes which are in sooo many products that I’d love to try. It can be a cream or cleanser where literally ALL the other ingredients are great (by my standards) but then there’s always at least a few of these plasticky ingredients (probably for viscosity reasons.) Won’t they contaminate the waterways? I can’t find any reliable sources discussing this topic.
Wow, I love your channel! Please make more videos! xx
This video needs to be mandatory viewing for all RUclips beauty "gurus" and anyone even thinking about buying skincare products.
I just (sadly) discovered your channel a few hours ago and i have been marathon-ing your videos. I love informative and practical contents like these. I am currently in uni, a chemistry major. 😊 it just caught my attention when you said that "space is 100% chemical-free", i just thought...idk, i probably need to read more about this OR maybe i'm interpreting it wrong and by "space" in that context does not mean the outer space or sumth. I'm just a confused potato right now haha
I'm sorry if it wasn't even in relation to the main topic. It just caught my attention. Anyway, i still have a lot of ur videos to watch so i'll get back to that. Cheers!
Thank you for sharing.
I'm so sad and I feel so lost. I lost my Dad to cancer a month ago, and watching how fast he deteriorated was so shocking, I went on a total non-toxic spree. Threw out most of my makeup and was glued to EWG's website only to find out they're grifters. I feel so lied to. Thank you again for the clarification.
Loved this!
LOVE this so much. There's so much disinformation out there.
This is amazing :) I'm studying natural medicine atm, and I love how much science and research is backed up behind every subject. We're always told to remember that natural products/medicine are not "safe and risk free" as they are lead to believe
The dose makes the poison!!
Delighted I found your channel. Subbed
Yes!!!! Its easy to fall into the natural hype. I unfortunately did and messed up my skin badly (huge breakouts, irritation and impaired skin barrier). Not to mention natural products end breaking the bank for the most part.
Fantastic video! This needs to go viral. And lol petroleum cleansers and drinking petrol out of petrol 🤣🤣🙌🙌🙌
I really like how you discussed the iron oxides because it highlighted a point about heavy metals. I wish to have this natural claim people had to do testing such as heavy metals to prove it is safer. I've had to do such testing for a lot of raw materials in pharmaceuticals for heavy metals and a lot of it is synthetic materials!
I think people really underestimate how toxic natural things can be! Such an easy fallacy to fall for.
Lab Muffin Beauty Science maybe they should try viper venom or lick one od those naturally bright coloured salamander.
thank you for this meaningful video!
Can you please reference some scientific articles about safety of certain natural or "chemical" products? I am biology student and really interested in topic and j would be very grateful if you reference some :)
Love your videos.
Sobwhat causes diseases such as cancer?
We have been told by the media, that processed foods and manipulated products in general do. This inclundes personal higiene, house cleaning products, etc.
It is overwelming.
Thanks
I loved every minutes of this! Did not like seeing the E numbers/preservatives in pineapple - would are organic pineapple also have those ingredients? I think we can find a list of products that are safe - if you provide it for us 😉 Off to your website now 🏃♀️
E-numbers are just handy nicknames for certain chemicals, many of which are found in nature - it doesn't mean that they're artificial or unsafe! Organic pineapples will have them as well, yes.
thanks!
You are my hero. Where have you been all my life!? ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! I'm off to buy a cape now.
This is very interesting I really liked it :). But still I have a question, what about the pollution produced by no natural products?
Hi! I'm starting to watch your videos, and I love them! I am not a chemist so I want to ask you what kind of products should I use to be more "eco- friendly" on my skin. I started using "natural" products trying to be more conciouss with the environment, but I know that maybe it's no the smartest thing. So can you tell me what kind of ingredients should I avoid to be more "eco-friendly" ???... Thanks and sorry for my english btw 😅
Thank you!
Finally someone said this :-)
Yes Thank you! 👌🏻
This is great! thank you for the info and explanation.
I am trying to be more ecofriendly in the sense that I want to reduce the amount of plastic that I throw away. I want to start using a solid shampoo for example but I can't find one that is NOT parabens free(etc). What I mean is that I want the same quality as my traditional shampoo and not to mention the certainty that it is made in a laboratory and not in someone's kitchen. I think that established companies (small or large well-known brands) do not produce this type of product (solid shampoo with similar composition of a liquid one) since they could not be competitive with all this "natural" marketing, which is a shame because it would be a real benefit for the environment.
i'm not an expert this is just my point of view.
maybe i didn't express myself correctly with parabens free example now that I think about it. My real problem is that most of them don't have official certification, quality control or testing. I easy to find solid shampoo it's hard to know which ones are produced in a suitable environment by professionals
Thank you sooooo much❤️
Absolutely loved this video! I can't roll my eyes enough when people bash me for putting on chemicals on my face, and insist on doing juice cleanses. Please please make more of these videos! Scientists with the ability to communicate in lay terms are so needed! :)
Youngmin Lee you'll have something to say to them now 😊
Can you talk about parabens please...there are may different opinions about them not sure what to think...
What is the key ingredient to look for in skin product?
Excellent! Sharing on FB.
Sherry G Thank you kindly!
I would like to know more about why you don't agree with the EWG.
Thnk u so much you are amazing
Awesome video!
Great video!
Like it? I loved it! I'm so sick and tired of the "all natural" wave 🤨 like it's clearly stated we just need to be well informed, that's all.
Thank you
The petroleum one gets me every time!