每日口說挑戰化妝品對身體好嗎？ (Is Makeup Bad For You?)

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What’s up, VoiceTubers? Leila here.

"I can’t go outside without putting on my face." Remind you of anyone you know? The first time I heard someone say that, I had no idea what they were talking about. Then I found out there are people who take makeup so seriously, who wear cosmetics so religiously, that they never go outside without having first made up their face.

But whether your bathroom is filled with makeup products or not, the fact that eyeliner, mascara, lipstick, and more are touching some of the most sensitive parts of your body, I have to wonder–what’s in all these products?

If you’re curious, be sure to check out today’s video. It goes over some of the scarier ingredients previously used in history and some of the current ingredients, which brings us to the Sentence of the Day:

The oils are primarily castor oils, extracted from a bean which contains the protein ricin—one of the most toxic substances on this planet which has been used as a biological weapon.
口紅使用的油是蓖麻油，這種油是從含有蓖麻毒素的豆中萃取出來的，也是其中一個被用來製造生化武器的劇毒物質。


Pronunciation tips:

primarily - KK: /praɪˋmɛrəlɪ/ IPA: /praɪˈmer.əl.i/
extracted - KK: /ɪkˋstrækt/ IPA: /ɪkˈstrækt/
substance - KK: /ˋsʌbstəns/ IPA: /ˈsʌb.stəns/
Blend words - one of, which has, used as a


Vocabulary:

primarily (adv.) KK: /praɪˋmɛrəlɪ/ IPA: /praɪˈmer.əl.i/
mainly
主要地
i.e. Once in a while, I’ll go all out, but my daily makeup routine is primarily a tinted moisturizer with sunscreen and some lip gloss.
偶爾，我會認真畫全妝，但我的日常化妝程序主要是潤色防曬和一些唇彩。


extract (v.) KK: /ɪkˋstrækt/ IPA: /ɪkˈstrækt/
to remove or take out something
取出；拔出；提取
i.e. I quit using canola oil because I’m not comfortable with the idea of using hexane to extract the oil.
我不再使用菜籽油了，因為我不喜歡它使用己烷來提取油的方法。
Note:
This is one of those words that we say differently depending on the part of speech. So, when we use it as a verb, we say (KK) /ɪkˋstrækt/ (IPA) /ɪkˈstrækt/. As a noun, we say (KK) /ˋɛkstrækt/ (IPA) /ˈek.strækt/.


protein (n.) KK: /ˋprotiɪn/ IPA: /ˈproʊ.tiːn/
one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish, or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and be strong
蛋白質
i.e. The myth that you need to combine rice and beans to make a complete protein is based on a book from 1971, and the author herself even retracted her statement ten years later.
需要將米飯和豆類結合才能製成完整蛋白質的錯誤觀念是源於 1971 年的一本書，作者本人甚至在十年後撤回了她的陳述。




Today’s video reminded me of when I first started wearing makeup. Like many American girls, I started playing around with makeup as a teenager, but even then I wasn’t a huge fan. I had some lip stuff and some eye stuff, nothing major, and because I wasn’t a big user of makeup, my supply lasted years. I had heard that you’re supposed to replace your makeup products every six months, but honestly, I thought that was just stuff that companies say to get you to buy more of their products.

Then, I learned about all the bacteria and microbes that collect and breed in makeup. Think about it. Every time you pull out that mascara wand, apply it to your eyelashes and then put it back in the little tube, the wand is pulling bacteria from your eyelashes and shoving it into the rest of the mascara in the tube. And then you put that bacteria back on the next day? Over how many days, weeks, months, or, in my case, years?! GROSS! I threw out absolutely everything I owned.

So, my dear VoiceTuber, if you’ve learned nothing else from this episode, please, for your own health, think about replacing your makeup products. If you’re putting this stuff around your eyes, mouth and on your skin, it’s worth thinking about, at least more than not at all.

What about you? Are you a big fan of makeup? Are you good about regularly replacing your stuff? Let me know in the comments. And as always, hit that record button when you’re ready with your sentence. Catch ya next time.

耍廢了幾天，還是覺得回來錄音比較踏實…

The oils are primarily castor oils, extracted from a bean which contains the protein ricin—one of the most toxic substances on this planet which has been used as a biological weapon.

☺The oils are primarily castor oils, extracted from a bean which contains the protein ricin—one of the most toxic substances on this planet which has been used as a biological weapon.
口紅使用的油是蓖麻油，這種油是從含有蓖麻毒蛋白的豆中萃取出來的，也是其中一個被用作生化武器的劇毒物質。
【心得】辣椒吃幾根，嘴巴就又紅潤又豐厚，省錢又天然;)
■primarily [praɪˋmɛrəlɪ] (adv.)首先；起初、原來；首要地、主要地；根本上
■extract [ɪkˋstrækt](vt.)用力取出；使勁拔出、抽出；採掘；提取、提煉榨取；吸取；蒸餾取得；設法得到；摘錄；選用(例子、章節等)
(n.C or U)萃取物、精華、提取物、精、汁[(+of)]
(n.C)摘錄；引文
■protein [ˋprotiɪn] (n.C or U) 蛋白質
■ricin [ˋraɪsɪn] (n.U)蓖麻毒素，蓖麻毒蛋白(從蓖麻籽中提取的有毒粉末)

The oils are primarily castor oils, extracted from a bean which contains the protein ricin—one of the most toxic substances on this planet which has been used as a biological weapon.