Should These Makeup Ingredients Really Be On The Blacklist?

1. Parabens

Inspect the packaging of any makeup product in your collection, and you will most likely find several ingredients that include the word ‘paraben,’ such as methylparaben, butylparaben, and propylparaben. Although all makeup has an expiration date, products would go bad ten times sooner without these preservatives. In recent years, there has been a call for brands to omit parabens after they were discovered in cancerous breast tissue. But as there was insufficient evidence to show parabens were the cause of cancer, they have not been labeled a carcinogen. Some may still choose to avoid makeup containing parabens, but the quantities present in eyeshadow, lipstick, foundation, etc., are so small that there is little cause for concern.