Cloe Cabrera

Cloe Cabrera is the fashion and beauty reporter for the Tampa Tribune, News Channel 8 and TBO.com. Watch her style segments Thursday mornings on News Channel 8 Today and follow her on Twitter at Hot Pursuits @CloeCabrera.

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Beauty products as terrorist weapons? This is no MacGyver episode.

Posted Sep 30, 2009 by Cloe Cabrera

Updated Sep 30, 2009 at 02:34 PM

I made my own bath bombs once—they’re like bath fizzies, a giant alka-setlzer for your bath . They fizzle in your bath releasing moisturizers and wonderful scents that turn bath time into a deliciously relaxing experience; not to mention super fun. It’s sort of like taking a bath in champagne. You just need items like baking soda, corn starch and fragrant oils and citric acid to make it work. If you use too much citric acid, the worst that can happen is more of a ... instead of a fizzle.

So imagine my disbelief when I read about the guy trying to make a bomb—one that would make a real blast—using common hair cair and beauty products. Authories say Najibullah Zazi planned to do a lot of damage with products like clairoxide, sold to color hair, and acetone to remove nail from beauty supply stores.

Investigators say 24-year-old Zazi was going to use the chemicals to to detonate homemade bombs on New York City commutor trains. He’s pleaded not guilty. But if he is found to be guilty, you have to wonder what he could have done with that kind of talent working in a beauty salon. Who knew beauty products could be a real danger?