{"id":438,"date":"2008-05-23T09:55:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T08:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2017-05-20T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T11:12:00","slug":"is-your-lipstick-gluten-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/is-your-lipstick-gluten-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your lipstick gluten free?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered about the labelling requirements for cosmetics?  Do you &#8216;eat&#8217; your lipstick?<\/p>\n<p>I was interested to read this comment yesterday on <a href=\"http:\/\/members2.boardhost.com\/glutenfree\">the messageboard<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI recently received an Estee Lauder lipstick in a gift pack  &#8230; Having been ill for the past few days, i happened to look on the ingredients list which was on the box the whole gift was in. Amongst the list of ingredients was wheat bran, wheat germ oil and barley &#8230; The product is Estee Lauder Hydra Luste Lipstick in venetian rose colour. I am assuming that the rest of the lipsticks in this range will also contain gluten.<\/p>\n<p>I have emailed them to highlight this. What is annoying is that gluten wasn&#8217;t actually written on the lipstick itself, but on the box. Therefore if you bought the lipstick on its own, you would never know. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/afterglow1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/afterglow1.jpg\" alt=\"Afterglow logo\" title=\"afterglow\" width=\"244\" height=\"118\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>I was particularly interested in this because a couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to receive two lipsticks to test from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterglowcosmetics.co.uk\">Afterglow<\/a> (also available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterglowcosmetics.com\">in the States<\/a>).  Why did they send me these?  Because they are <strong>gluten free<\/strong>! And organic &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>According to Afterglow, the average woman &#8216;eats&#8217; up to four pounds of lipstick or gloss in their lifetime.  Now that is an astonishing statistic, and if you are someone who can&#8217;t leave the house without their lipstick, this is something that should concern you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/lipstickcolours.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-content\/lipstickcolours.jpg\" alt=\"afterglow lipstick colours - gluten free\" title=\"afterglow lipstick colours\" width=\"220\" height=\"154\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Afterglow sent me Innocent and Autumn to try out, and I can honestly say that I love them (especially the Innocent).  The lipsticks are wonderfully creamy, and the colours are great.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re concerned about eating gluten accidentally via your lipstick, this is definitely a range to investigate.  Not only are these gluten free, but they are organic, and contain jojoba seed oil, aloe leaf gel, apricot kernel, vitamin E and pomegranate and grape seed extracts.  <\/p>\n<p>Now doesn&#8217;t that sound good?  As the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says, &#8216;Use Daily&#8217; shouldn&#8217;t be dangerous advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered about the labelling requirements for cosmetics? Do you &#8216;eat&#8217; your lipstick? 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