Contagious bacteria from make-up
Herpes And E. Coli At The Make-Up Counter!
If you try on make-up at the make-up counter… you may be exposing yourself to Herpes, pink eye, E. Coli and more.
According to a recent L.A. Times article, a two-year study from Rowan University on public make-up testers found on an average Saturday, 100 percent of the makeup at cosmetic counters was tainted with staph, strep, and/or E. Coli bacteria.
Dr. Zein Obagi, a Beverly Hills-based dermatologist, was quoted in the article, “If a woman has a cut on her lip and borrows lipstick from someone who has a cold sore, she’ll get a cold sore. You can pass herpes (the cold sore virus), conjunctivitis (pink eye) and all sorts of things through sharing makeup.”
