Get Beautiful Eyelashes in a Wink
18.05.12
Crucial to the international signal for flirting and associated with attractiveness regardless of gender, eyelashes are an important and far too often troublesome feature. Starlets like Mila Kunis and Zooey Deschanel have us longing for their big, beautiful eyes and long, luscious lashes. It can be pretty discouraging to look in the mirror and find the opposite: short, brittle, sparse eyelashes. However, we’ve got great news. With a little effort, patience, and dedication we can all have silver screen worthy peepers. Follow these tips and tricks or invest in one of the professional treatments below and you’ll be batting look-at-me lashes in no time.
Get your vitamins and minerals. There are natural ways to promote eyelash growth that are simple and cost efficient, starting with your diet. Eating healthy is the easiest way to make sure your body is getting the necessary amount of proteins. Amino acids that make up proteins stimulate your body’s natural keratin production, which is the main component of healthy hair, skin, and nails. Protein-rich foods include legumes, soy, and lean meats. You can also take a protein supplement in the delicious form of your favorite fruit smoothie. Speaking of supplements—vitamin C, E, B-3, magnesium, zinc, sulfur, and beta-carotene all contribute to hair and eyelash growth and can be found in a daily supplement.
Source: Joonbug.com
Cosmeceutical? An Overview of FDA's Regulation
18.05.12
By Linda M. Dougherty, Esq.
The term cosmeceutical may be assumed by many to refer to a cosmetic product that does more than perform the purely cosmetic functions of cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or temporarily altering the appearance. It is, after all, a portmanteau of the words “cosmetic" and “pharmaceutical." However, it is crucial for manufacturers, importers and distributors of products being marketed as cosmeceuticals in the United States to understand FDA’s very clear position on the term cosmeceuticals—namely, that this word has no meaning under the law, and that any product that purports to do more than function solely as a cosmetic is actually a drug and will be regulated as such.
The FDA website includes a page titled “Cosmeceuticals" that sets forth this position as follows:
“While the [Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA)] does not recognize the term ‘cosmeceutical,’ the cosmetic industry uses this word to refer to cosmetic products that have medicinal or drug-like benefits. The FDCA defines drugs as those products that cure, treat, mitigate or prevent disease or that affect the structure or function of the human body. While drugs are subject to a review and approval process by FDA, cosmetics are not approved by FDA prior to sale. If a product has drug properties, it must be approved as a drug."
Source: Inside Cosmeceuticals.com (blog)
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