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Gluten Free/organic Lip Gloss?


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I was just diagnosed with celiac disease and have read that lipstick and lip gloss can contain gluten. I rarely wear lipstick, but wear gloss every day.

What's the best way to find out if the products I usually use are gluten free? Do companies usually answer emails or do I need to call? Calling is a bit difficult during the day while I'm at work, so I would hope I could get an email answer. Do they usually provide an answer right away or am I likely to get some employee who doesn't even know what gluten is?

The three lip glosses I use most are Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush, Sally Hansen Maximum Plumping Lip Treatment and Fresh Lip Shine. Anyone know if these contain gluten?

There's a whole lot of chemicals in these glosses, but I don't see wheat of any sort listed in the ingredients. I'm assuming gluten could be hidden in other ingredients. What are these ingredients I should look for?

Also, can anyone recommend a good organic lip gloss? No parabens, no petroleum derived ingredients, etc. Aubrey's Organics has a couple glosses, but I don't really like any of the colors. They also come in pots, and I'd like gloss in a tube.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!


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I was just diagnosed with celiac disease and have read that lipstick and lip gloss can contain gluten. I rarely wear lipstick, but wear gloss every day.

What's the best way to find out if the products I usually use are gluten free? Do companies usually answer emails or do I need to call? Calling is a bit difficult during the day while I'm at work, so I would hope I could get an email answer. Do they usually provide an answer right away or am I likely to get some employee who doesn't even know what gluten is?

The three lip glosses I use most are Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush, Sally Hansen Maximum Plumping Lip Treatment and Fresh Lip Shine. Anyone know if these contain gluten?

There's a whole lot of chemicals in these glosses, but I don't see wheat of any sort listed in the ingredients. I'm assuming gluten could be hidden in other ingredients. What are these ingredients I should look for?

Also, can anyone recommend a good organic lip gloss? No parabens, no petroleum derived ingredients, etc. Aubrey's Organics has a couple glosses, but I don't really like any of the colors. They also come in pots, and I'd like gloss in a tube.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

I am new to all of this as well. I have been emailing every company I can think of about products that I use. They are usually surprisingly helpful. I use clinique lipstick and found out that one of mine contained wheat bran under the odd name of triticum vulgare.

They responded to me in the same day when I emailed it was really nice. Since then I emailed about more products I have and they have not responded. I guess my list was a little long!

I use clinique lip gloss. I doubt that it's organic but it is gluten free (glosswear for lips - tender heart) I wish you the best of luck!

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I like Burt's Bees lip sheers. (It's on the company's gluten-free list)

Kiss My Face and Jason make lip glosses as well (can be found at Whole Foods). Jason will clearly list any gluten ingredients. I have not verified the gluten-free status of Kiss My Face...might be worth looking into though.

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