Pretty ugly.After a day of being dabbed by fingers, the try-on makeup at store counters turns ugly. Researchers at Rowan University Rowan University is a public university located in Glassboro, New Jersey comprising 49 buildings. There is also a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School with the mission to train public school teachers. in New Jersey analyzed store samples to see what people's dipping digits left behind. The most common find: Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus au·re·us n. A bacterium that causes furunculosis, pyemia, osteomyelitis, suppuration of wounds, and food poisoning. Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus pyogenes (staf-ee-lo-KAH-cus OR-ee-us). This single-celled organism, which lacks a nucleus, is commonly found on human skin. But if it gets into the eye the bacterium bacterium /bac·te·ri·um/ (bak-ter´e-um) pl. bacte´ria [L.] in general, any of the unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms that commonly multiply by cell division, lack a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, and possess a cell can cause conjunctivitis conjunctivitis (kənjəngtəvī`təs), inflammation or infection of the mucosal membrane that covers the eyeball and lines the eyelid, usually acute, caused by a virus or, less often, by a bacillus, an allergic reaction, or an (pink, infected eye), says lead researcher Elizabeth Brooks. Another stomach-turning discovery: Some makeup contained E. coli--a bacterium in faces that can spread if people don't wash their hands after using the restroom. Now that's a bad makeover. MAKEUP TIPS Can't resist trying on makeup? Stay safe; Wash off the cosmetics immediately; avoid eye makeup; and steer clear of high-traffic days, which have a higher percentage of makeup contamination. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the graph, which is the worst day for a makeover? [GRAPHICS OMITTED] |
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