{"id":12788,"date":"2014-09-04T08:28:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=12788"},"modified":"2014-09-12T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:56:56","slug":"oh-parabens-misunderstood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/oh-parabens-misunderstood\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Parabens, You are So Misunderstood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Oh<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently whilst reading yet another organic mascara mashup, I came across a comment on a natural brand wannbe. The commenter stated that a certain brand of mascara (that rhymes with pLUSH<\/em>) contains “naturally occurring parabens.” She knew this was true because it says so on their website.<\/p>\n

Ugh!<\/p>\n

Ok. Let\u2019s cover this parabens <\/a>thing again.<\/p>\n

It drives me crazy that parabens, and the misconceptions that follow them, are such a large focus when it comes to toxic cosmetic ingredients<\/a>. Sure, they are among those you don\u2019t want in your products for a variety of reasons. These synthetic preservatives act as estrogen in the body and can potentially disrupt hormones.<\/p>\n

Still, parabens certainly aren\u2019t the only sinful culprits in mainstream cosmetics<\/a>. They may not even be the most harmful. But they are well known and highly visible, making them attention grabbers. “No parabens!” and “Paraben-free!”<\/em> on product labels means “Safe!” <\/em>or “Nontoxic!”<\/em> to many consumers.<\/p>\n

A product that is paraben free is not necessarily toxin free.<\/h2>\n

Then there is the newish marketing ploy of linking parabens used in cosmetics to natural sources<\/a>, as cited above. The brand mentioned threw in a one liner on how “parabens\u00a0occur naturally in\u00a0some fruits and vegetables.”<\/p>\n

Sure, naturally occurring parabens can be found in some foods, like strawberries, carrots, currants, and vanilla. But parabens used in cosmetics are not taken straight from a blueberry and infused into your mascara. They are synthesized, with a completely different resulting structure. And they are toxic. No matter how discreetly they are linked to nature by a quasi-natural brand.<\/p>\n

If you are buying a product because it is paraben-free you\u2019d better flip that baby over and check the ingredients listing. Paraben-free does not a safe product make.<\/p>\n

As always, if you have questions on parabens or any other cosmetic ingredient, please ask. I’m happy to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The misconceptions over parabens are not only annoying, they are leading consumers to view, and purchase, products which are not truly safe. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":12789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[130,16,3245,385,70,3232,3629],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ParabensArentNatural.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}