Now here's something to think about that hadn't crossed my mind before the other day... does your lipstick have wheat in it? Suprisingly, a recent purchase of mine did. for those of you that have already thought about this, kudos to you... for some reason, it hadn't crossed my mind to look into lipstick, lip balm, or anything lip related in terms of gluten.
A quick wikianswers.com search suggests that in a lifetime, a woman can consume up to 6 pounds of lipstick/lipbalm/lipwhatever. Now take a second and think about how careful you are about gluten in your food... have you thought about what you put on your lips?
During a recent trip to Sephora, I picked up a tube of Clinique's superbalm moisturizing gloss. It's really nice stuff, but as I learned, it contains gluten/wheat. Not good...
So, as an alternative, I started researching more drugstore brands and was tickled to learn that Covergirl carries a range of lip products that don't contain any wheat or gluten-- I picked up Wetslicks Fruit Spritzers and Wetslicks Amazemint. Check out this link to learn more about wheat and gluten in Covergirl cosmetics. Covergirl is owned by PG so this link sends you off to their site for a full MSDS ingredient breakdown of all the companies they own.
Dr. Hauschka makes a lovely Lip Care Stick that I swear by in the winter months that is also wheat free... as a matter of fact, all of the ingredients they use are pretty great. They post a full listing on their website... check it out here.
Be sure to check out the ingredients list for any and all lip products you use... you might be gluten-ing yourself inadvertently.
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