What your stylist doesn’t know about hair products could make them, and you, sick

The Sacramento Bee
by Jennifer Arce

Did you know that manufacturers of professional cosmetics are not required to disclose their ingredients? Unlike consumers, who can look at ingredient labels on their store-bought cosmetics, hair and nail salon workers don’t benefit from the same disclosure.

Salon workers use professional-grade products day in and day out, breathing in fumes, handling products and exposing ourselves as well as our clients to unknown chemicals. Our health pays the price — bloody noses, rashes, headaches and blurred vision.