Tip of the Day: Get the Lead Out of Your Lipstick
Get the lead out of your lipstick this Valentine's Day.
Last year, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported that up to 61% of lipsticks contained lead. This report led the FDA to say it would conduct an independent investigation. Well, guess what? That hasn't happened. Complicating the issue, lead is not a listed ingredient, making it impossible to just read the labels in the store in an effort to avoid or minimize your exposure. Further compounding the issue, according to EWG, lead helps the color stay on longer, a desirable quality for lipsticks.
What to do? The safest option is probably going without lipstick altogether. If you can't live without it, here are a list of 13 lipsticks that were shown to have negligible lead levels, from the testing done by Campaign for Safe Cosmetics a year ago:
If you would like to send a message to the FDA via the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, see here.
Last year, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported that up to 61% of lipsticks contained lead. This report led the FDA to say it would conduct an independent investigation. Well, guess what? That hasn't happened. Complicating the issue, lead is not a listed ingredient, making it impossible to just read the labels in the store in an effort to avoid or minimize your exposure. Further compounding the issue, according to EWG, lead helps the color stay on longer, a desirable quality for lipsticks.
What to do? The safest option is probably going without lipstick altogether. If you can't live without it, here are a list of 13 lipsticks that were shown to have negligible lead levels, from the testing done by Campaign for Safe Cosmetics a year ago:
- Avon' s Ultra Color Rich Cherry Jubilee
- Body Shop's Lip Colour Garnet
- Body Shop's Lip Colour Garnet
- Clinique's Long Last Lipstick Merlot
- Dior's Replenishing Lipcolor Red Premiere
- Estee Lauder's Maraschino
- MAC's Matte Lipstick Viva Glam 1
- Revlon's Superlustrous Love That Red
- Revlon's Superlustrous Bed of Roses
- Revlon's Colorstay Lipcolor Red Velvet
- Tarte's Inside Out Vitamin Lipstick
- Wet N Wild's Mega Colors Cherry Blossom
- Wet N Wild's Mega Colors Cherry Blossom
If you would like to send a message to the FDA via the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, see here.
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