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

[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. :)