A recent study, highlighted today, shows that the majority of facepaints on the market contain above acceptable levels of lead as well as other metals that are not great for your kid’s skin. Even those that were marked as being “hyper allergenic” were not.
What does this mean? A doctor went on to say that for once a year, for trick-or-treating, it’s likely not a big risk for your kids. However, if you’re taking a puritan approach to chemicals then you may want to avoid the dollar-store face paint this year.
Believe it or not, and depending upon what you’re painting on your wee-one’s face, I’ve had great success with a set of brushes and my make up. Good for making whiskers on a lion and also worked to make my eldest look even scarier. If you want a darker effect, wet the brush first in water and then into the make up pot.
Happy Halloween!
January 14th, 2010 at 3:09 am
Your make up most likely has lead too. the lead in the face paints are trace elements from the natural pigments they use for the black and yellow paints. These pigments are the same used on most black eyeliners. Today’s 30 years+ population probably ingested lead and played in areas with lead in their childhoold–and are brain damage free!!