They're still training people at my local college to use talc. I think its only a cancer risk if its inhaled!!

Well, I would never change a baby's nappy without throwing on some good old fashioned Johnsons Baby talc .

I really do think this is a world gone potty ! Everything nowadays is just so darned PC or risky to Health & Safety Laws. For goodness sake! I went to M&S coffee shop and the staff refused to give me my latte on a saucer as they have always done for fear the tall latte cup would slip on the saucer and spill hot coffe over someone ....... new health & safety laws . PULLEEEEZE!

I totally agree about the world going PC mad.

The reason that stopped using talc years ago was simply because I couldn't stand the mess and it did make me cough a bit.

I don't actually believe any stories of this and that giving you cancer. I have lost friends to lung cancer who never smoked and I believe that when your number's up, your number's up. It's all mapped out for us.

Back to the talc, if it works for you.....go for it. We should all be working the way that suits us. xxx

The only wax on the market that should be using talc underneath is gigi strip wax but this is not your normal everyday talc it is specially formualted without the moisturisers which doesnt create the dust effect and only a very fine sprinking should be used and the reason it is used is to stop grazing and adhersion of wax to the skin.

Oil is used on some of the new third generation waxes (eg berins, lycon, perron rigot, harley) this is to stop adhersion of the wax to the skin to enable you to go over the area more than once. However caron because it is the latest technology available on the market today, you do not have to use any oil or talc but are still able to go over the area 3-4 times and make the skin soft to the touch and save you money as you dont have to buy extra talc or oil as part of your waxing kit.

Anyway, if talc is so dangerous why is it still used in so many beauty products - its the second highest ingredient in Dermalogica's Daily Microexfoliant, so it can't be that bad surely?!

Well up until recently there were no warnings on cigarettes and you can still smoke them and damage your health and you can still drink and damage your health. But regardless of this why use talc when oil works better. Plus it's the application of talc to underarms that may be the concern plus inhalation so not a problem in a facial products where it is no longer in the powder form.

Actually, you can use oil under Gigi strip wax, I have been using it for years. Until I switched to Berins.

Can the oil be used under warm wax or is it just hot wax that this method works for?
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You can use it under warm too hun. Just blot with the tissue after you have applied it xxx

Thats just stupid!!

Well i know atleast 4 colleges in Leeds that are teaching waxing using talc what they gunna do go fine all them!

Actually, there is a lot of concern about companies using talc in their products. Companies that use talc are being boycotted, makeup containing talc is being crossed off the 'to buy' list. Mineral makeups are so popular b/c the 'natural' ones contain NO talc. The fact is there are over 1000 ingredients banned for use in beauty products in Europe (inc talc) and only 10 ingredients banned in the USA, UK & Oz ...

... aside from that, I was talking to my brother last night who is a chemist and he was explaining that yes talc does have finer particles and can be breathed in to our lungs and clog up our respiratory system (which is what asbestos does), but my brother was telling me, you need to be exposed to particles so fine you can't see them and for long and constant periods of time before any damage occurs.
True cornflour has a heavier ratio and is less likely to have invisible fly away particles that we could breath in.
I guess, the beauty industry regulators would rather be safe than sorry which is why they've banned talc - b/c remember once upon a time people thought asbestos was safe

I use a light oil myself... but even then perhaps we'll see a thread on here in 30 years time saying olive oil's not safe ha ha

...Apart from certain high street brands of mineral makeup. Always check the label, I say.

sounds like they are just trying to cover themselves just incase hun. I would use whatever you feel comfortable with.
If we stopped doing,eating and using all the things that can cause cancer we wouldn't eat and just stay in bed!!

I do a lot of sugaring and can't use talc as it breaks down the sugar so I use corn starch.

baby organic talc is made from corn so not chalky dust and better for babies and clients
hope that helps
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