" Everything is a chemical!" I tell my students this ALL the time. (I'm a chemistry teacher). I really enjoy how you highlight the science in our beauty products, it's pretty cool stuff. Great video.

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

islandgirl2111 Haha me too. Thanks so much!

a much needed breath of fresh air

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

bbappzz98 Thank you!

I loved this video when she first uploaded it, I still love it today. Now whenever anyone tries to talk to me about how they 'only use natural, chemical free everything', I send them here. So much better than I could ever explain and I don't get as frustrated. THANK YOU!

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :D

Your videos should be mandatory viewing for anyone just thinking about buying skincare. You soothe my inner being with science, and I feel absolved of all my past false beliefs about ingredients, and expensive "all natural" skincare indiscretions. The beauty community needs you to help fight the insanity.

I LOVE that you refer to scientists in this video as “she” and “her”. So great to represent females in science!!!!

Thank you so much for this video. I'm so fed up with the "chemical free" products.

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

MsAsb1990 Me too. It's like, why are you trying to sell me nothing???

YESSS to this 🙌🏻🙌🏻 i’m so happy you made this video. The amount of people that ask me what skin care products don’t contain any “chemicals” and I hit them with the facts and say well, ‘water is a chemical, alcohols are chemicals, what “chemicals” are you trying to avoid?’ then I get asked a follow up question of what products are “natural” then I tell them that peanuts are ALL NATURAL but if you have a peanut allergy that is quite dangerous to your health, isn’t it? It irks me so much how consumers try to avoid “chemicals” and go “all-natural” with cosmetic products without actually fully researching what these terms even mean. Thanks for shining light onto this! Love the attitude girl!

That's why basic pharmacy knowledge (dose, toxicity, etc) can be very beneficial from all those foxy marketing!!!

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

So true! Very glad I took pharmacology at uni :D

Good video, but another important point is that the term 'natural' doesn't have a regulated definition in marketing, so companies can put it on whatever they want

I love that you referred to the scientist analyzing the water as "her". I love you.

You are my new hero. I’m a Registered Dietitian and get equally frustrated with KZread folks who don’t know food, food science touting diet information and that only vegan diets (for example) are the only healthy diets. Love your videos, information.

@Woman_of_a_Certain_Age

5 жыл бұрын

Have you thought about producing your own science-based food/nutrition videos? There is SO MUCH nonsense out there about food, it would be lovely to have someone on KZread to help weed out the rubbish. People believe their n=1, anecdotal evidence outweighs the science, ESPECIALLY when the subject is food.

@TheMissCrocodile

4 жыл бұрын

A whole food plant based diet is the only diet to ever reverse heard disease 💘 so that's a pretty good start 🖤

@iwillnotseeyourreply.9235

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMissCrocodile It's also missing several nutrients and causes biological aging so better not. 👌

@jeetpatel6087

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMissCrocodile someone who does a whole foods diet while smoking is not a good start. Plus most studies looked at meat eaters in the same way.

@nkipmo1154

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMissCrocodile Vegan diets do not reverse heart disease. This claim has been de-bunked by vegan and non vegan doctors, nutritionists, and scientists multiple times over.

I'm sorry I just had to pause this video to say THANK YOU!!!! Thank you for so perfectly busting all these myths. For years, my response to "Of course it's safe, it's completely natural!" has been "So is arsenic." THANK YOOOOUUUUUUUUU! You are the voice of reason. Also, "The smartest scientist in the world..." "SHE wouldn't be able to..."

YES!!! This is so, so wonderful-thank you so much for making this and explaining it so well! I've shared this on my Facebook page and it'll definitely be getting more links from me in the future :D You rock!

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I love your no-nonsense approach to DIY, it's a breath of fresh air.

YES from one Michelle to another I've totally fell for the "natural" marketing when my skin was at it's worse. But now being older and wiser, I know how to scan ingredients in products and figure out if the overall formulation (and effectiveness) is worth my money !

People have to check the ingredients rather than buy something with a label that says "natural". So many products claiming to be natural aren't natural at all.

True LOL moment when the Castor Oil farted, I'm 48 going on 12 apparently. Thanks for the very informative and helpful video. I've been moving to "green" products but was wondering if they truly are worth the cost, and while that isn't your video it has helped me relax a bit with certain product ingredients.

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

I think going "green" in terms of environmental impact is a commendable approach! But annoyingly "green" doesn't correlate with "natural".

Thank you for this video. I unsubscribed from so many people because they've gotten into shilling a "clean, natural, non toxic" life style, promoting ridiculously priced bullshit products with some similar claims and exorbitant price tags. I bet if asked they can't even tell what exactly is "dirty, unnatural our toxic" in regular priced products that most of us journal people have the budget for tend to buy and use. They're outright lying and fear mongering at this point. I didn't sit through 8th grade chemistry to fall for this.

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

It's almost a trope that if someone talks about "toxins" a lot, they generally won't be able to name 5 of the so-called toxins they're trying to avoid...

@azyuhki

7 жыл бұрын

Lab Muffin Beauty Science they've gotten more advanced unfortunately 😂 they can name a few, but the case would often be something that has been proven again and again and again to have such a miniscule chance of being harmful to human being that a human would be sick from consuming such a large amount of product for the toxin to accumulate in the sufficient amount that could potentially cause said harm (they mostly opt for a cancer scare). Yet they still think that's a good enough reason to pay 3x the price for a foundation. I can't with these people 🙄

This video was so informative! Finally someone is giving the answers I needed, thank you! 😊😊

So satisfying listening to a knowledgeable person...

This video is so amazing and everything I needed. Thank you so much!

Such a great video, I get this question so many times and you've been so informative! Thanks for sharing!

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

js makeupartist It's such a common question! Thanks :)

This is SO GOOD, so well explained, so very good delivered. Thank you.

I loved how you explained this! I learned so much :)

This video should be translated in every language and pushed on every single person‘s social media or phone without a possibility to scroll until fully watched!

Wow, really really really good video... Put me out of a lot of my worries. I'm so glad I subscribed to you!

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

Nepenthesis Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it :)

Best video I've seen in a long time. Thanks!

Thanks for tackling all the misconceptions ;) amazing video

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

Maha Yay thanks! ^-^

I LOVE that when you mentioned that a scientist couldn't tell the two water molecules apart you said, She! I love your videos!

That was a great video, I would be interested to know if at some point you could talk to us about the problem of contaminants that come from the way they are extracted or synthesized, the risks and alternatives. 🤗

Clap. Clap. Clap. Love this! Natural does not always mean safe... the poison is in the dose. You make this topic easy to understand! Thank you. Sharing!

This video helps a lot! I've learned so much within 7.56 mins in my whole life. And I just got to shove this video to anyone that tells me I'm using more than 100+ chemicals on my face! Thank you so much!

Clear, informative and nerd! the best combination ever!!! Thank you😍🤓

That was really an informative video! The misconception is so true out there in the beauty industry! I was wondering if salon brands such as ASAP, Cosmedix and products created by dermatologist/doctors are recommended, compared to luxury brands like La Mer, Estée Lauder etc where they do independent research and formulation. Keep up the amazing work! xx

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

IMO there are good quality salon brands and there are BS salon brands, and there are good quality and BS luxury brands too...even within a brand there are often good quality and BS products!

Thank you for this Amazing video. This information is just as relevant now as it was 2 years ago. PLEASE do an in-depth video on essential oils. The world needs your scientific analysis made entertaining by your wonderfully sassy attitude. 💕

This is what I needed all my life. ♥ Well formulated arguments with logical explanations. I always try to educate people in this topic but because I am yet just a beginer in chemistry and biology, I did't know what arguments exactly to use... Now I am sitting in front of my laptop and writing down a summary of your video to learn and tell everyone who mentions anything about 'natural products' ever! ;)

Thank you!! I hate fear provoking words or phrases being used, and people falling for it, and panicking, instead of doing their own research. 👍🏾

This was so informative! thank you so much for doing this video. I actually couldn't find anything similar.

The thing about ingredients you can’t pronounce anew bad is some other worldly logic that I have never understood. Never stop making videos/blogs!

Nail tech here, I work in a day spa that also does facials body treatments etc. I regularly have clients that tell me how important natural ingredients are and how bad "chemicals" are, all while I am actively polymerizing plastics onto their nail plates. People are wild.

You know what would be cool? If you choose a specific product (moisturizer, or even a makeup product like an eyeshadow palette) and did a whole video reading through the ingredients list, breaking down the properties of each ingredient, what it’s purpose is in the product, and it’s effect on human skin.

@TheFate23

5 жыл бұрын

You can do it by yourself by copy paste the ingredient list here incidecoder.com/decode-inci Have fun :-)

Thanks, Michelle. Good info. I agree with you, not all that is "natural" is without harm. I like what you said about poison ivy! There are good studies on toxic ingredients like phthalates, sulfates, and other chemicals that are most definitely problematic.

Loved this video ❤️ More people should see this 👏🏼

your channel is a true blessing to youtube!!!

Wow, I wish I had found this video ages ago. Thank you so much for breaking it down so simply and concisely. I do have a question though - what would you recommend for skin that always seems to react to conventional "chemical" products? I'm not trying to be combative at all, I'm just at a bit of a loss. I have extremely sensitive skin, and the "natural" products are some of the only ones I've found that don't cause an adverse reaction. Thanks so much 😊

Great breakdown for the laypeople. Very easy to follow. Very good.

Stumbled upon your channel and I can’t get enough! 🙌

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

6 жыл бұрын

Jennifer L Thank you! ❤

Wow I truly learned a lot! You answered all my questions about "natural" vs synthetic

What a good video ! It would be very interesting if you make a video about what it’s a renewable and not renewable components, and how a chemicals impacts environment depending on their sources. Thanks

Love this! I’ll be doing my video on natural products this week.

Each time I see you posted a video I'm already like : Yeah, tell them girl!

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

Sarah Gauthier Thank you!

Definitely saving this to my faves.

This was incredible.

Really really informative and beautifully understandable . Your channel is OMG

@Ilyas-sx9mz

7 жыл бұрын

Im really amazed you are an amazing teacher for everyone who loves skincare products

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

skincare maniac Thank you! ↖(^▽^)↗

The content is great, Dr but you're also a gifted communicator.

This video needs to be mandatory viewing for all KZread beauty "gurus" and anyone even thinking about buying skincare products.

@LabMuffinBeautyScience Dear Michelle. Firstly - great channel, you have a new subscriber here. And secondly, re. this video - FINALLY! Thank you! I've been getting allergic to words "natural" (although on its own it isn't a bad word), "non-toxic", "detox" (especially re. skincare​, there is no such a thing) and so and so. Thank you!

You’re the best! For all the fear mongers out there 🙏🏼

Great, informative video. Keep on the good work👍

Such an important and informative video! 👏

I love science. Thank you for clear presentation.

Thank you for sharing. I'm so sad and I feel so lost. I lost my Dad to cancer a month ago, and watching how fast he deteriorated was so shocking, I went on a total non-toxic spree. Threw out most of my makeup and was glued to EWG's website only to find out they're grifters. I feel so lied to. Thank you again for the clarification.

Thanks for such an entertaining and informative video. I recently went to a work event to hear the Vice President of Research and Development explain how our products work so well and found it really interesting.

I uee both proclaimed "natural" and synthetic products in my skincare regime. What attracts me to the particular "natural" or vegan brands that I purchase is what they don't contain. Because I have no clue what 70% of the ingredients mean, a company who advertises their brand as having no sulphates, nitrosamines, DEA, MEA, Ethoxylates, PEGs, PPGs, Phthalates, GMOs, mineral oils, parabens and animal testing (yes I copied that off a proclaimed natural New Zealand brand), it's going to make me feel better about what I'm *not* putting on my skin, and how I can contribute to lessening my carbon footprint. There is no reason why synthetic products can't list potentially harmful substances or practices they don't contain -- even aspects such as being cruelty free and using eco packaging. I wish more would. Skin care will continue to develop as time goes on. 50 years ago we were told smoking was ok, and now we know it's not. Cigarette packaging now contains information on how smoking can harm you.

@NT-ti1lb

4 жыл бұрын

if it's harmful, the manufacturer probably can't even use it. We have strict EU regulations on what can and can't be used in cosmetics. Like she said, all these "free from" are just fear marketing. With cigarettes smoking, the companies had the research saying it causes cancer but they did not disclose it. We may one day discover some ingredients are really bad (like how Mercury was used in cosmetics ages ago) but from what we know now, a lot of the ingredients these "free from" brands are using are not harmless and/ or do not have enough research or studies done. i think it's everyone's choice what they want to use. if it makes you feel better, then use whatever you like. :-)

I really like how you discussed the iron oxides because it highlighted a point about heavy metals. I wish to have this natural claim people had to do testing such as heavy metals to prove it is safer. I've had to do such testing for a lot of raw materials in pharmaceuticals for heavy metals and a lot of it is synthetic materials!

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

I think people really underestimate how toxic natural things can be! Such an easy fallacy to fall for.

@steve0ks

7 жыл бұрын

Lab Muffin Beauty Science maybe they should try viper venom or lick one od those naturally bright coloured salamander.

Fantastic video! This needs to go viral. And lol petroleum cleansers and drinking petrol out of petrol 🤣🤣🙌🙌🙌

Fantastic video! Although I am on the alert about PEG, PPG, acrylics and polyethylenes which are in sooo many products that I’d love to try. It can be a cream or cleanser where literally ALL the other ingredients are great (by my standards) but then there’s always at least a few of these plasticky ingredients (probably for viscosity reasons.) Won’t they contaminate the waterways? I can’t find any reliable sources discussing this topic.

Beautiful !!!!! I would love for you to make a video about badly used terms, such as "detox" "toxins" "toxic" that beauty gurus and Gweneth Paltrow and Co. use, such as "this ingredient is toxic" "this removes toxins" etc.

Delighted I found your channel. Subbed

Loved this!

I just (sadly) discovered your channel a few hours ago and i have been marathon-ing your videos. I love informative and practical contents like these. I am currently in uni, a chemistry major. 😊 it just caught my attention when you said that "space is 100% chemical-free", i just thought...idk, i probably need to read more about this OR maybe i'm interpreting it wrong and by "space" in that context does not mean the outer space or sumth. I'm just a confused potato right now haha I'm sorry if it wasn't even in relation to the main topic. It just caught my attention. Anyway, i still have a lot of ur videos to watch so i'll get back to that. Cheers!

This video should be shared with everyone to finally dispel all of the misconceptions that companies get rich from and uneducated people end up believing.

Wow, I love your channel! Please make more videos! xx

I often use "natural" lipbalm and skincare. What i mean by that is a product that is almost safe enough to be eaten and is less bad for the enviorement. I always try to check ingredients lists on safety on skindeep.

This is amazing :) I'm studying natural medicine atm, and I love how much science and research is backed up behind every subject. We're always told to remember that natural products/medicine are not "safe and risk free" as they are lead to believe The dose makes the poison!!

Yes!!!! Its easy to fall into the natural hype. I unfortunately did and messed up my skin badly (huge breakouts, irritation and impaired skin barrier). Not to mention natural products end breaking the bank for the most part.

thank you for this meaningful video!

I loved every minutes of this! Did not like seeing the E numbers/preservatives in pineapple - would are organic pineapple also have those ingredients? I think we can find a list of products that are safe - if you provide it for us 😉 Off to your website now 🏃‍♀️

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

E-numbers are just handy nicknames for certain chemicals, many of which are found in nature - it doesn't mean that they're artificial or unsafe! Organic pineapples will have them as well, yes.

@hmm101alot

6 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Finally someone said this :-)

LOVE this so much. There's so much disinformation out there.

Absolutely loved this video! I can't roll my eyes enough when people bash me for putting on chemicals on my face, and insist on doing juice cleanses. Please please make more of these videos! Scientists with the ability to communicate in lay terms are so needed! :)

@born_confused

6 жыл бұрын

Youngmin Lee you'll have something to say to them now 😊

The petroleum one gets me every time!

Hi! I'm starting to watch your videos, and I love them! I am not a chemist so I want to ask you what kind of products should I use to be more "eco- friendly" on my skin. I started using "natural" products trying to be more conciouss with the environment, but I know that maybe it's no the smartest thing. So can you tell me what kind of ingredients should I avoid to be more "eco-friendly" ???... Thanks and sorry for my english btw 😅

Thnk u so much you are amazing

Excellent! Sharing on FB.

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

Sherry G Thank you kindly!

Can you please reference some scientific articles about safety of certain natural or "chemical" products? I am biology student and really interested in topic and j would be very grateful if you reference some :)

You are my hero. Where have you been all my life!? ❤️❤️❤️

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm off to buy a cape now.

One question that you didn't touch on that I'm curious about was: I thought the "natural" label wasn't about synthetic/natural chemicals but that the chemicals were extracted and have the ability to be discarded with a minimal environmental impact. Doesn't the natural label more mean that the company makes an extra effort to dispose of the chemical byproduct and not just dump it in the waterways or a landfill without neutralizing it first? Also that when the product is used properly it includes materials that won't harm the environment? How do I find out which companies are environmentally conscious?

@LabMuffinBeautyScience

7 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily! "Green" is usually the word used for that. Many chemicals that are synthetic in origin can produced/discarded in a more environmentally friendly way than natural ones e.g. mineral oil (byproduct of petroleum, almost zero environmental impact) vs sandalwood oil (endangered) or palm oil (destruction of orangutan habitats). Unfortunately to tell if a company is "green" and environmentally conscious you'll have to research the company. Most companies that are environmentally conscious will have the information publicly available. "Greenwashing" is a whole other concept as well where companies pretend to be green without actually doing it properly.

@ClassicDramatic89

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Yes Thank you! 👌🏻

Thank you sooooo much❤️

Somebody had to say that!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

This is very interesting I really liked it :). But still I have a question, what about the pollution produced by no natural products?

This was so good.

Thank you!

Love your videos. Sobwhat causes diseases such as cancer? We have been told by the media, that processed foods and manipulated products in general do. This inclundes personal higiene, house cleaning products, etc. It is overwelming. Thanks

Awesome video!

Great video!

Girl you are gonna get big

I'm going to screenshot that picture of all the chemicals in a pineapple as a weapon

Now I know which video to link to my only-natural-products friends. Thanks

This is great! thank you for the info and explanation. I am trying to be more ecofriendly in the sense that I want to reduce the amount of plastic that I throw away. I want to start using a solid shampoo for example but I can't find one that is NOT parabens free(etc). What I mean is that I want the same quality as my traditional shampoo and not to mention the certainty that it is made in a laboratory and not in someone's kitchen. I think that established companies (small or large well-known brands) do not produce this type of product (solid shampoo with similar composition of a liquid one) since they could not be competitive with all this "natural" marketing, which is a shame because it would be a real benefit for the environment. i'm not an expert this is just my point of view.

@agostinabarello2037

4 жыл бұрын

maybe i didn't express myself correctly with parabens free example now that I think about it. My real problem is that most of them don't have official certification, quality control or testing. I easy to find solid shampoo it's hard to know which ones are produced in a suitable environment by professionals