arrrgh!

[rm]

I have an audition NOW that I can't wear makeup to, because I've just discovered my lipstick of choice isn't gluten free.

I. hate. this. shit.

It is expensive and humiliating.

ETA: And I'm going to have to buy a whole range of gluten-free makeup and lug it to every set I go to and hope it covers what they want me in.

Comments

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

There's wheat in lipstick? I thought it was all whale and endangered cute baby animals.

Sorry, I'll quite being a bastard. Here, I will use my google-fu for good and not evil. Links to products, possibly shampoo and conditioners in there somewhere.

[nisaa.livejournal.com]

I never even thought of dietary concerns of makeup before. Sorry to hear about the lipstick, but I admire your conviction to do the gluten-free thing all the way.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Two words: Bare Escentuals. I see from a celiac message board that all their makeup is gluten free.

and

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

apparently also MAC - here, read this thread.

Re: and

[rm.livejournal.com]

Well, I get a MAC discount for being SAG, and MAC is used on set a lot, so that's double good news.

[shayguevara.livejournal.com]

I think that most Burt's Bees products are g-free. If you are not exhausted after your big day today, give me a call to celebrate the audition.

http://www.clanthompson.com/res_info_lists_show_items.php3?category=Soaps%2C%20Cosmetics%2C%20Personal%20Care%20Items%2C%20etc.&category_id=7

[rm.livejournal.com]

Trivia: there's a particular burts bees lip balm that I swear will heal any wound better than neosporin.

And yup, I shall call tonight.

[melebeth]

I'm curious about the gluten makeup/hair products issue in general (although not in lipstick, because I know I end up injesting my lipstick on a regular basis.) Do you get enough absorption through the skin that it causes a problem (because I would have assumed it was a digestion not a contact issue), or are you being extra-cautious?

[rm.livejournal.com]

I'm being extra cautious in part because gluten ingestion, if I'm a true celiac and not just wheat-allergic (something I won't know until I have insurance) causes permanent damage to the intestine. It's not like if I fuck up, I just don't feel well -- it permanently hampers my health a little bit at a time.

I've also had some skin issues that have coincided with this thing and now seem to be abating, so at least for right now, I'm going the whole hog with it.

[melebeth]

*nod* Thanks for the info. I like to know and understand things. :)

[delchi.livejournal.com]

http://www.glutenfreemall.com/ ( On line shopping )
http://celiac.com/ ( Various stuff , listings, etc.. )

As passed from a friend of mine who is likewise on the same path.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Glad you've got that sorted out - and glad to hear you have a MAC discount, 'cos that's what I was about to suggest. There are a few MAC lipsticks that have gluten, however.

Here's a good resource for cosmetics and gluten:

http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=104616