22 / 48 l o v i n ? l i p s t i c k s ok, you can?t live without your taylor swift-red lipstick. keep the color, but switch to a lip- stick that is lead-free. more than half of all lipsticks have lead in them in order to make the color last longer. the fda says it?s okay as long as you don?t ingest the lipstick, but if you?re licking those lips and wearing that 24-hour lipstick, it?s time to change. it won?t kill you to keep reapplying it. s h a m p o o s h a m e shampoos frequently contain ingredients we can?t even pronounce, and that?s often a sign they aren?t a good thing. you?d never buy a shampoo with formaldehyde, right? but you probably didn?t know that common shampoo ingredi- ents of dmdm and hydantoin react with water to create the toxic formaldehyde as well as carcinogenic substances like diethanolamine and tri- ethanolamine. ew. and the common ingredient of sodium lauryl sulfate (not sodium laureth sulfate) has been linked to birth defects in ani- mal studies. (that?s another issue too: testing shampoos on hapless little critters.) synthetic fragrances with phthalates can alter hormone levels. mit in shampoos has been shown to inhibit the growth of nerve cells in rats. (again, ew.) another red flag is any word with paraben in it. research shows they prevent bacterial growth, but they also disrupt hormone balance, which endangers proper de- velopment of the fetus. prod- ucts with vitamin a or retinyl palmitate have been shown to cause cranial defects in grow- ing fetuses. since scientists don?t test