How your makeup can make you sick

Find out what could be lurking in your makeup, plus get tips on how to keep your products clean

By Diane Peters

Contaminated cosmetics - How your makeup can make you sick

Web exclusive, March 2010

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Contaminated cosmetics

Caitlin Callahan once grabbed a tube of mascara she thought was brand new and applied it to her lashes. Oops: it was actually an old tube she’d forgotten to toss. Within hours, she felt like she had hot sand in her eye and had to dash to a walk-in clinic for antibiotics.

Callahan, a senior artist with the M.A.C. Pro team in Vancouver, tells this story to her clients to illustrate a little-known fact: Dirt and bacteria from hands, faces and the environment can get into your makeup, applicators, bags and drawers—and using makeup contaminated with staphylococcus or E. coli can make you sick.

 
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