[Prairie Girl]

I emailed The Body Shop and OPI to ask about their lotions and which do not contain gluten. These are the responses that I got and I thought I would share them with you all. The Body Shop's response is not overly helpful though as the ingredient lists really do not help a lot for those who don't know what the big names of everything are.
Anyways, here is what they said :

Body Shop
Dear Courtney,

Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, we currently do not have a
compiled list or database that we can query for specific ingredients in
all our products.

Please know that an item not containing gluten may have come from a
vendor that produces products that do contain gluten in the same
machine. Therefore, there may be a very small trace left behind in the
machine after cleaning. Depending on the severity of your reaction this
trace amount may not affect you, where another person may have a very
bad reaction. Gluten is not tested for due to the fact that is used
intentionally in some products.

All our product formulations are subject to careful evaluation by
independent external safety assessors and adhere to strict criteria.

Customers concerned about an allergy should carefully read the product
label to ensure that the product contains no ingredients they are
allergic to. We include a full ingredient list on our products, which
would identify a known gluten ingredient in the product. Please know
that the ingredients to all our products, in addition to being listed on
our products, can now be obtained from the website www.thebodyshop.com.
Once you have selected the item you are interested in, click on the "All
Ingredients" tab found below the product.

I hope you find the level of service provided to you via this
correspondence satisfactory. If you are not satisfied please feel free
to contact me at, 1-800-263-9746 ext 5667.

Sincerely,

Tieren

US Care Center Admin Team



OPI:

Gluten Free?

The following OPI products contain hydrolyzed wheat protein, which may have traces of gluten:

Acrylic Nail Base Coat
Designer Series Base Coat
Natural Nail Base Coat

Start to Finish basecoat, topcoat, and nail strengthener
Start to Finish, Formaldehyde Free Formula

Nail Envy, Original
Nail Envy, Matte
Nail Envy, Dry & Brittle
Nail Envy, Sensitive & Peeling
Nail Envy, Soft & Thin

At this time, all other OPI products are free of wheat, barley, rye, or oat extracts, and should therefore contain no gluten.


If anyone has any other information to add about Body Shop or OPI lotions, please share! Or any other body lotions for that matter!

[Mtndog]

Courtney- Thank you for doing this! I called OPI today about their Natural Nail Strengthener be cause I bought some after SWEARING I had read the ingredients in the store and saw that it was one of their few strengtheners that did not contain gluten. I MISS Nail Envy so much! Even when I wasn't absorbing, my nails were still good (huh- Now that I think about it I was probably eating chips of nail Envy!)

So I'm glad to see that it's not on their list. The woman I FIRST talked to when I called said it would be ILLEGAL for her to tell me the ingredients. A technician had to do it Yeah- because I'm going to STEAL their proprietary formula and make it in my bathtub

I LOVE Bath and Body Works body creams. Not all of their stuff is gluten-free- I know the shower cream has oats in it but everything is CLEARLY labeled- they won't hide any ingredients. The vanilla is so yummy!

Also, many Neutrogena moisturizers 9and products for that matter) are gluten-free but as always, read the label.

[abbysmom]

Hi! I'm new here, this is my first post. I have been reading and learning so much from this forum. I just got off the phone with someone from Bath & Body Works a few minutes ago. She told me that they cannot guarantee their products to be gluten-free because the Fragrance in them is bought from an outside source. (Side note: Wouldn't it be wise for a company to know all the ingredients? That just doesn't make sense to me that they don't) She also said that if they did add gluten to a product (wouldn't tell me which ones, so NOT helpful) that it would be labeled, most likely with the LATIN name of the ingredient. Just thought I would let you know. Hope it helps!

[mparker9]

I just got off the phone with Sally Hansen, and all of their nail polishes are gluten-free except for the Maximum Growth plus line.