I believe in suffering for beauty, but only to an extent. You've all probably heard about the out-there ingredients used in the name of looking good. Some of them are (or were) dangerous, if not deadly. Others give me the heebie jeebies just thinking about them. And then there are the ones that are just plain indecent. So, let's test your knowledge regarding the ick factors of beauty. Take my quiz below; the results may shock (and disgust) you.
Woot--7/8! Also, have you ever seen pictures of actual diatoms found in diatomaceous earth? They're absolutely beautiful.
http://www.bio.miami.edu/dana/pix/diatoms.jpg
Ah, so many pretty pictures to look at as a biologist 
5 was easy because I know Marchesa Casati used it for her eyes.
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6/8, not bad for guessing! Em1282, the diatoms ARE beautiful!
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6/8 oh well, I'll do better next time.
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Buy non-animal tested. Check your personal care products at caringconsumer dot com.
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Ok that is just gross thinking about what sick things get put into the creation of makeup and beauty products. UGH!!!
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I didn't know about the ground up beetles until the other night when one of my girl friends was explaining her allergies to red dye. It *almost* made me want to run to the bathroom and scrape
off my purple eyeshadow 
I knew #5 because of the movie 'Perfect Stranger' with Halle Berry.
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0/8 lol
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So I possibly have bull cum in my hair today. Sick!
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ew..ground up beatles?!
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I knew about ambergris, hence the name, didn't know about bull semen but it doesn't really bug me.
Carmine is also a PAIN to get out of anything if you're doing research. I've learned to wear utter CRAP out in the field, because bugs stain things to the point that even bleach doesn't always help.
And diatoms are indeed lovely...I'm actually doing research on copepods (one of the ones I work with is rainbow colored!), and I find lots of them in my samples. So pretty...like living snowflakes.
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6/8! absolutely gross.
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Definitely gross.
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Ick! But I'm thankful we live in this age, at least we didn't put things that are paralyzing or causing mental problems. So much for 'natural' stuff... Oh and I only get 3/8.
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Wow, I can't believe I'm one of only six to get a perfect score to far! Bella, where do you come up with these questions and answers? I couldn't believe the bull semen and dynamite answers!
Crazyness... this is a case of the less I know the better off I am.
6/8 not bad.
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7/8.
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6/8
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Kohl also caused blindness if it got in the eyes.
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Jul 05 2009
Jessica Simpson
6 out of 8 -
1The first 2 I got wrong but I needed to warm up!