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red dyes?

Judaline — Mon, 12 May 2025 13:42:00 GMT

I just found a blush I love and I put it all over my face since I can't find a pink foundation. What happens when they remove the red dyes from our food ( a very good thing). Will cosmetic companies soon be in trouble? That would involve lipstick, blush, rouge and on and on. So before it begins, probably in a year or so, I'm just wondering should a person not use anything which will probably one day soon be toxic in cosmetics? I'd like to know now. Maybe organic is the way to go. Dunno.

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KittySoftPaws — Mon, 12 May 2025 14:09:02 GMT

I wish they woulld remove it from everything, especially cosmetics. I cannot wear anything around my eyes that has red dye, the area will puff up and begin to itch and last for days on end. It's truly toxic IMO.

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Desertdi — Mon, 12 May 2025 14:50:48 GMT

There will always be BEET color available...

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Bonkers1 — Mon, 12 May 2025 14:59:21 GMT

I had an eye irritation went to the doctor and he said it was probably red dye used in eye make up. Lo and behold my eyeliner had red dye in it.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 12 May 2025 16:09:13 GMT

@Judaline. I remember when they removed one red dye from cosmetics in the '50s. After that lipstick has never had any "staying" power, it has never been the same.

If it's removed from food, it'll undoubtedly be removed from cosmetics.

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poregirl — Mon, 12 May 2025 17:59:03 GMT

Im my research it takes forever for much to change in the cosmetic industry. The brand 100% Pure has been using food safe natural plant dyes for along time. They use bluberries and the like, instead of chemicals. They source pigments from fruit, vegetables, tea, and cocoa to avoid commonly used FD&C colorants and heavy metal dyes.They are also cruelty-free and vegan.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 12 May 2025 18:02:59 GMT

They use Red Dye 30 & 40 in cosmetics.

The ban is for Red Dye 3.

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Carmie — Mon, 12 May 2025 18:06:25 GMT

There will always be red dyes available. They just won't be made with petroleum anymore. Thank goodness.

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Icegoddess — Mon, 12 May 2025 18:54:15 GMT

You're probably not going to get a beautiful saturated red color from vegetable dyes. I saw a segment on using vegetable dyes for dyeing eggs for Easter and the beet-dyed eggs were far from red.

The explorer Hernan Cortes got rich after discovering a dehydrated insect that yielded a saturated red and brought it back to Europe. According to the show where I got this tidbit, that same dehydrated cochineal insect is still used today. It is most commonly used as a natural coloring agent in many foodstuffs, particularly beverages, as well as cosmetics. AKA Red E120 and Carmine.

BTW, it is supposedly safe to be used in the eye area.

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Shelbelle — Mon, 12 May 2025 20:17:52 GMT

I try to avoid artificial dyes in my skin care and in cleansers and body washes. Brands like Philosophy and Perlier are out as far as the body washes.

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Judaline — Mon, 12 May 2025 21:10:45 GMT

@poregirl wrote:
Im my research it takes forever for much to change in the cosmetic industry. The brand 100% Pure has been using food safe natural plant dyes for along time. They use bluberries and the like, instead of chemicals. They source pigments from fruit, vegetables, tea, and cocoa to avoid commonly used FD&C colorants and heavy metal dyes.They are also cruelty-free and vegan.

Good to know. I have delved into this method in the past. It was a different brand and too far back to remember, but it didn't stay. Just didn't last the day. They'll probably all start perfecting this method now because they know what's coming. (It's bound to!) I've been using current cosmetics for too long. I'm probably doomed!

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Shelbelle — Mon, 12 May 2025 21:22:23 GMT

Other more natural brands is Pacifica, a fave of mine

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Thats Me — Tue, 13 May 2025 00:53:28 GMT

@poregirl 100% Pure was a wonderful brand when I bought it here many years ago. I gave it to my nieces and they loved it too! We loved the caffeine eye cream and the spf tinted moisturizer. I thought they went out of business but just checked and their website is up. Happy to see it!

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Still Raining — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:20:02 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
Other more natural brands is Pacifica, a fave of mine

Check the preservative they usually use. If you get a rash, could be it. A common one and hard to avoid.