The ingredients of lipstick are as follows:

1. Base: oil, wax, softener, which enables the lipstick to solidify and last long.

2. Waxes: Palm wax and beeswax are the most commonly used. Palm wax is less easy to melt, as well as spermaceti, etc.

3. Oil esters: castor oil, anhydrous lanolin, cocoa butter, paraffin oil, olive oil, glyceryl monostearate, isopropyl myristate, etc.

4. Softener: It can increase the ability of color to adhere to the lips and also moisturize. Lip gloss contains more oil and less wax.

5. Colorant: Contains pigments or dyes. The pigments used in lipstick must be fine particles so that they can adhere evenly to the lips. The most commonly used soluble coloring dye at present is bromate red dye.

6. Spices and seasonings: Flavors can mask the taste of the above ingredients.

7. Some lipsticks with sparkling effects also contain ingredients such as mica, iron oxide, and titanium dioxide. Some lipsticks with brighter or darker red effects may contain dried cochineal insects that live on cacti, as well as some preservative ingredients.

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Hazards of lipstick:

1. The main ingredients of lipstick are lanolin, wax and dye. Due to the complex composition of lanolin, it is easy to Cause allergic reactions, such as dry cracking and peeling of the lip mucous membrane, and sometimes itching or slight pain on the lips.

2. The lanolin in lipstick has strong adsorption properties and can adsorb dust, bacteria, viruses and some heavy metal ions in the air to the lip mucosa. When people drink water or eat, they can bring lipstick and these harmful substances to their mouths and directly enter their bodies.

3. The coal tar dye used in all lipsticks is a terrible carcinogen, and the amount of this substance in lipstick has greatly exceeded the amount allowed in food. After putting on lipstick, while talking, drinking tea, or eating, it is inevitable that the lipstick will be licked off and entered into the human body unintentionally.

4. According to relevant foreign data, among young female cancer patients, 18.2% of the causes are related to lipstick and lipstick. Lipstick contains high amounts of lead, cadmium and other heavy metals. Lead is accumulating. Long-term inhalation into the human body may lead to chronic lead poisoning, anemia, abdominal pain, acute renal failure, brain neuropathy and other problems.

5. Preservatives and antioxidants BHA, these substances have been proven to be quasi-carcinogens, such as preservatives (paraben), which can cause breast tumors.

6. Artificial pigments in lipstick may be converted into mutagens under ultraviolet irradiation and cause cancer.

7. Sweet lipstick contains saccharin, which has been proven to cause cancer if consumed in excess.

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