Then she should write to the New York Times (and the biochemist quoted):

"To stoke the students’ curiosity for cosmetic ingredients, Dr. Huang simply invoked the gross-out factor.

"'Cochineal beetles, if you squish them, give you a beautiful carmine red that is used in some lipsticks,' she said. 'Why would you want to eat that, right? It's gross.'"

Those biochemists, they know nothing .......