Yeah.
You might want to rethink using those little testers to see how a little NARS Shanghai Express looks on your lips or how some Bare Escentuals Pure Radiance looks on your cheeks. Or God forbid how a little Maybelline Great Lash looks on your eyes.
" 'We went to department stores, specialty stores, drugstores — everywhere,' she says. Her researchers found staph, strep and even E. coli bacteria on makeup testers. 'Wherever you see E. coli, you should just think "E. coli equals feces," ' Brooks says. 'That means someone went to the bathroom, didn't wash their hands and then stuck their fingers in that moisturizer.' Brooks says that when they tested the makeup on Saturdays — the day with the most traffic at cosmetic counters — the percentage of tainted makeup was 100%."
So if you want the Herp or a raging case of pinkeye, go ahead. Else, let's put down those tiny brushes and wee dipsticks and step away from the makeup counter, shall we?
So glad that I have never visited one of those counters. gross.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I run through those areas, because that's where the perfume Nazis are as well. The fumes give me a headache.
ReplyDeletethat second picture was funny.
ReplyDeletei remember using those testers when i was a teenager, but i won't even let my daughter touch them now. ick.
I remember shying away from those things when I was in junior high. Even that young I knew there was no way they weren't germ infested.
ReplyDeleteGood. I knew you were all too smart for this nowadays. Right? Right? :)
ReplyDeletee.coli equals feces e.coli equals feces e.coli equals feces e.coli equals feces e.coli equals feces .......ahhhhhhhhhhhh...... I'm going Jack Nicolson in the shining over here .... ahhhhhhh.
ReplyDeleterandom thing I found, but it's totally something I could see you doing: http://www.poshideas.com/2011/12/quick-holiday-gifts-santa-tizer.html
ReplyDeleteLaura: I know. I started playing a game of racquetball against the hotel wall and muttering the same thing.
ReplyDeleteMJ: OMG!! Those are DARLING and so appropriate. I wonder if I could get my hands on that ribbon? I NEVER go to Walmart. Hmmm....
I never ever touch those testers they are full of shit. I have seen people leave the bathroom without washing their hands.....ewwww
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