Beauty Secrets
Tables Source: Environmental Working Group.
Table 1. EWG shoppers turned up 37 DBP-containing products from 22 companies.
| Name brand | Nail care product containing DBP |
| Black Radiance U.S.A. | Black Radiance Nail Color |
| Bon Bons | Bon Bons (nail polish) |
| Chanel | Nail Colour |
| Christian Dior | Nail Enamel |
| Club Monaco | Nail Color |
| Cosmar | Cosmar Press&Go Nails Kit |
| Cover Girl | Cover Girl Nail Slicks |
| Hard Candy | Nail Enamel |
| Loud Music | Nail Enamel |
| M | M Professional Nail Polish |
| Max Factor | Diamond Hard Nail Enamel |
| Maybelline | Express Finish Fast-Dry
Nail Enamel Ultimate Wear (nail enamel) Salon Finish Nail Enamel |
| Nailene | Professional Solutions
Acrylic Tough Polish Shield PROfessional Solutions Acrylic Polish Shield PROfessional Solutions Calcium Growth Builder Nail Paints Art Kit |
| NARS | Nail Polish |
| Naturistics | 90 Second Dry Super Fast Nail Color |
| Nutra Nail | Nutra Nail Maximum
Strengthener Nutra Nail Calcium Nail thickener Nutra Nail Iron Shield Nail Hardener |
| Oil of Olay | Nail Lacquer |
| Orly | Orly Salon Nails Nail Color |
| Tony & Tina | Tony & Tina (nail enamel) |
| Tropez | Nail Enamel |
| Sally Hansen | Color Fast! One Coat
Fast-Dry Enamel Maximum Support Strengthen & Grow No More Breaks Restructurizing Strengthener Hard as Nails with Nylon Triple Strong Advanced Gel Nail Fortifier Thicken Up! Strengthening Nail Thickener Ultimate Shield Fortifying Base & Top Coat Hard as Nails Instant Strength Calcium Gel Nail Fortifier |
| Urban Decay | Nail Enamel |
| Wet 'n' Wild | Wet 'n' Wild Nail Color |
Table 2. Major corporations hold patents that propose to use the toxic
plasticizer DBP in a broad range of consumer products, from nail polish to hair
growth formulations.
| Company holding patent | Products for which DBP is proposed as essential or possible additive |
| The Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH) | lotion, hairspray, mousse, gel, lotion, cream, pomade, hair spray, conditioner, spritz, hair tonic, facial moisturizers, foundations, lipsticks, mascaras, nail polishes, oral pharmaceuticals, hair loss treatments |
| L'Oréal (Bureau D. A. Casalonga-Josse) | hair and nail products |
| Lever Brothers Company (New York, NY) | deodorant, skin and hair cleansers |
| Maybelline Cosmetics Corporation (Wilmington, DE) | nail enamel |
| Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (St. Louis, MO) | gelled antiperspirant |
| Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. (Greenwich, CT) | product to treat or prevent baldness |
| Colgate Palmolive Company (New York, NY) | antiperspirant and deodorant gels |
| Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN) | nail products |
| Elizabeth Arden Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. (New York, NY) | skin products |
| Kraft General Foods, Inc. (Northfield, IL) | sunscreen |
| Revlon Consumer Products (NY, NY) | nail enamel |
| Rhodia Chimie (Courbevoie, FR) | hair and skin care products (sprays, tonic lotions, gels, mousses) |
| Rhone-Poulenc Chimie (Courbevoie Cedex, FR) | nail varnishes |
| Unilever Patent Holding B.V. (Vlaardingen, NL) | skin and hair care products, antiperspirants |
Table 3. DBP in a wide variety of name brand items, including
Cover Girl and Maybelline nail enamels.
| Name brand | Product | Manufacturer or parent company, and distributor shown in italics | Location |
| Black Radiance U.S.A. | Black Radiance Nail Color | AM Cosmetics, Inc. | North Arlington, NJ 07031 |
| Bon Bons | Bon Bons (nail polish) | Bari Cosmetics, Ltd | Greenwich, CT 06831 |
| Chanel | Nail Colour | Chanel, Inc. | New York, NY 10019 |
| Christian Dior | Nail Enamel | Parfums Christian Dior | Paris, France |
| Club Monaco | Nail Color | Club Monaco Cosmetics | Toronto, Canada |
| Cosmar | Cosmar Press&Go Nails Kit | Cosmar Corporation | Huntington Beach, CA 92647 |
| Cover Girl | Cover Girl Nail Slicks | Procter & Gamble Inc. (Noxell Corp) | Hunt Valley, MD 21030 |
| Hard Candy | Nail Enamel | Hard Candy, Inc. | Beverly Hills, CA 90211 |
| Loud Music | Nail Enamel | Sel-Leb Marketing | Patterson, NJ 07524 |
| M | M Professional Nail Polish | Professional Makeup Company | Hollywood, CA 90028 |
| Max Factor | Diamond Hard Nail Enamel | Procter & Gamble Inc. (Max Factor & Co.) | Hunt Valley, MD 21030 |
| Maybelline | Express Finish Fast-Dry
Nail Enamel
Ultimate Wear (nail enamel) Salon Finish Nail Enamel) |
L'Oréal USA (Maybelline LLC) | New York, NY 10017 |
| Nailene | Professional Solutions
Acrylic Tough Polish Shield
PROfessional Solutions Acrylic Polish Shield PROfessional Solutions Calcium Growth Builder Nail Paints Art Kit |
Pacific World Corp. | Lake Forest, CA 92630 |
| NARS | Nail Polish | Agora Cosmetics, Inc. | New York, NY 10012 |
| Naturistics | 90 Second Dry Super Fast Nail Color | Del Laboratories, Inc (Naturalistics Div.) | Farmingdale, NY 11735 |
| Nutra Nail | Nutra Nail Maximum
Strengthener
Nutra Nail Calcium Nail thickener Nutra Nail Iron Shield Nail Hardener |
CCA Industries, Inc. | E Rutherford, NJ 07073 |
| Oil of Olay | Nail Lacquer | Procter & Gamble Inc. | Hunt Valley, MD 21030 |
| Orly | Orly Salon Nails Nail Color | Orly International Inc. | Los Angeles, CA 91311 |
| Sally Hansen | Color Fast! One Coat
Fast-Dry Enamel
Maximum Support Strengthen & Grow No More Breaks Restructurizing Strengthener Hard as Nails with Nylon Triple Strong Advanced Gel Nail Fortifier Thicken Up! Strengthening Nail Thickener Ultimate Shield Fortifyng Base & Top Coat Hard as Nails Instant Strength Calcium Gel Nail Fortifier |
Del Laboratories, Inc (Sally Hansen Div.) | Farmingdale, NY 11735 |
| Tony & Tina | Tony & Tina Nail Enamel | Tony & Tina, Inc. | New York, NY 10012 |
| Tropez | Tropez Nail Enamel | AM Cosmetics, Inc. | Arlington, NJ 07031 |
| Urban Decay | Nail Enamel | Urban Decay | Costa Mesa, CA 92627 |
| Wet 'n' Wild | Wet 'n' Wild Nail Color | AM Cosmetics, Inc. | North Arlington, NJ 07031 |
Table 4. Proctor and Gamble holds more phthalate-related
cosmetic patents than any other company (37 of 105 patents analyzed).
| Assignee | Number of patents | Products for which DBP is proposed as essential or possible additive |
| The Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH) | 37 | lotion, hairspray, mousse, gel, lotion, cream, pomade, hair spray, conditioner, spritz, hair tonic, facial moisturizers, foundations, lipsticks, mascaras, nail polishes, oral pharmaceuticals, hair loss treatments |
| L'Oreal (Bureau D. A. Casalonga-Josse) | 10 | hair and nail products |
| Lever Brothers Company (New York, NY) | 4 | deodorant, skin and hair cleansers |
| LVMH Recherche (FR) | 4 | nail varnish |
| Shiseido Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) | 4 | skin cream for pharmaceuticals or night cream |
| Kirker Enterprises, Inc. (Paterson, NJ) | 3 | nail enamel |
| Mansouri; Zari (828 Port Walk Pl., Redwood Shores, CA 94065) | 3 | skin lotions |
| Maybelline Cosmetics Corporation (Wilmington, DE) | 3 | nail enamel |
| Woodward Laboratories, Inc. (Los Alamitos, CA) | 3 | nail products |
| Almell, Ltd. (Dallas, TX) | 2 | nail products |
| Astra Aktiebolag (Sodertalje, SE) | 2 | lotions and skin creams |
| Bar-Shalom; Daniel (Rypevaenget 213, DK-2980 Kokkedal, DK); Bukh; Niels (Strandvejen 122, DK-2900 Hellerup, DK) | 2 | product to treat or prevent baldness |
| Focal, Inc. (Lexington, MA) | 2 | in creams, gels, powders, etc applied to skin |
| Perio Products, Ltd. (Jerusalem, IL); Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, IL) | 2 | product to treat tooth and gum disease |
| Akzo Nobel NV (Arnhem, NL) | 1 | fabric softeners and personal care compositions |
| Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (St. Louis, MO) | 1 | gelled antiperspirant |
| Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. (Greenwich, CT) | 1 | product to treat or prevent baldness |
| Colgate Palmolive Company (New York, NY) | 1 | antiperspirant and deodorant gels |
| Digestive Care Inc. (Lebanon, NJ) | 1 | coating ingredient for oral pharmaceutical |
| Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN) | 1 | nail products |
| E-L Management Corp. (New York, NY) | 1 | foundation, blushes, eye shadow, lipstick |
| Elizabeth Arden Co., Division of Conopco, Inc. (New York, NY) | 1 | skin products |
| Goldiner; Arthur (1565 Strand Way, Oceano, CA 93445); Camplese; Linda (1565 Strand Way, Oceano, CA 93445) | 1 | custom fit teeth |
| Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Duesseldorf, DE) | 1 | skin care and hair care formulations |
| Kao Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 1 | emulsion for general cosmetics |
| Kao Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd. (Yokkaichi, JP) | 1 | hair care products |
| Kraft General Foods, Inc. (Northfield, IL) | 1 | sunscreen |
| Laboratoires Virbac (Carros, FR) | 1 | added to stabilize drugs |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN) | 1 | general cosmetics and personal care products |
| Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, JP) | 1 | hair care products |
| Resler; Renee (3046 E. Marlette, Phoenix, AZ 85016) | 1 | nail products |
| Revlon Consumer Products (NY, NY) | 1 | nail enamel |
| Rhodia Chimie (Courbevoie, FR) | 1 | hair and skin care products (sprays, tonic lotions, gels, mousses) |
| Rhone-Poulenc Chimie (Courbevoie Cedex, FR) | 1 | nail varnishes |
| Unilever Patent Holding B.V. (Vlaardingen, NL) | 1 | skin and hair care products, antiperspirants |
| Wacker-Chemie GmbH (DE) | 1 | nail varnish |
| Warner-Lambert Company (Morris Plains, NJ) | 1 | chewing gum and candy |
| Witco Corporation (Greenwich, CT) | 1 | conditioning products for skin and hair |
Table 5. Consumer products ranging from skin cream to oral
pharmaceuticals can contain up to 20 percent DBP, according to example product
formulations given in company patents.
| Company | Product | DBP in product by weight |
| Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH) | long wear nail polish | 7% |
| Shiseido Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) | oil essence | 10% |
| Woodward Laboratories, Inc (Los Alamitos, CA) | nail coating | 3.4% |
| L'Oreal (France) | treatment base for nails | 3.8% |
| Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH) | pump hair spray | 0.2% |
| Kirker Enterprises, Inc (Paterson, NJ) | nail enamel | 7% |
| Maybelline Cosmetics Corporation (Wilmington, DE) | nail enamel | 5% |
| Shiseido Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) | night cream | 5% |
| LVMH Recherche (France) | nail enamel | 6-8% |
| Shiseido Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) | skin cream | 20% |
| Wacker-Chemie GmbH (Denmark) | nail varnish | 2% |
| L'Oreal (France) | nail varnish | 5% |
| Digestive Care Inc. (Lebanon, NJ) | coating for oral drugs | 2% |
| Kao Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | cosmetic emulsion | 7% |
| Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH) | oral drugs | 5 mg per dosage unit |
| Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (St. Louis, MO) | antiperspirant gel | 10% |
Table 6. DBP is used in cosmetics most often as a plasticizer,
to reduce brittleness and cracking, but is also used to soften and moisturize
skin, and as a penetration enhancer.
| Function of DBP in cosmetic product | Percent of patents in which DBP serves that function |
| Plasticizer | 49% |
| Humectant | 24% |
| Solvent | 16% |
| Coalescent | 4% |
| Penetration enhancer | 2% |
| Emollient | 2% |
| Gastric-acid resistant polymer coating | 1% |
| "oily material" | 1% |
source: http://www.ewg.org/reports/beautysecrets/execsumm.html
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