Organic Lipstick

Do you like eating lead, parabens, colors and fragrances?

That's crazy, isn't it? But most women do just that. Not intentionally, of course.

They think they are just putting a bit of lisptick on their lips...

At the end of 2007 Campaign for safe Cosmetics tested popular brands (thirty three of them) for lead. A shocking 61% tested positive. And the offending brands included such major players like L’Oreal, Cover girl and Dior Addict.

Now how do you like that? That’s lead we are talking about. On our mouths. A proven neurotoxin that builds up in our systems…

And it is not like lead is the only worrisome part of lipstick. Oh no. Not by a long shot.

When was the last time you checked your lipstick label for ingredients? How many from the avoid list do you see on your brand? Chances are, unless you are already buying organic lipstick, that you’ll see quite a few of the offenders.

Personally, I find it absolutely shocking. While it might be possible (but not probable) to stretch the imagination and buy into the claims that it is OK to add harmful ingredients to skincare products, cause supposedly they won’t penetrate (Yah, right!), what possible excuse can be given to adding carcinogens to lipstick? Something that by default comes in contact with the mouths and is eaten?

Please, stop the insanity. Don’t eat petroleum byproducts. You are not a car.

Organic lipstick is a much safer choice. Luckily there are companies that offer purer options. Let’s encourage them.

And hopefully, in a not too distant future the world will stop it’s madness and we won’t have to play label detectives all the time.