What ingredients should I look for in beauty products

[blukii]

How do I know what ingrediants to look out for when purchasing shampoos, soaps, make-ups, laundry detergents, etc.?

Someone told me that some make-ups contain oils that are "glutened". How do I know this? I also heard vitamin e that they put in certain products to enhance the nutrition of it contains gluten because it came from wheat...but it is just listed on the products as vitamin e.

Where can I find this kind of info? All the websites I've gone to have only said to avoid food products...but the forums speak of other things as well....where does everyone get this info?

Help me please...I am so overwhelmed.

Brooke

[aklap]

Hi Brooke,

Ultimately, the best thing to do is call or email the company and ask them. I have seen the info on Vit. E as well.

For GF Cosmetics lists you can check these:

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

http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/display.asp?webtag=celiac&msg=39520.1

Sorry this is so confusing. Please...hang in there...it does get better!! Give youself about 2-3 months to get confortable. It took me 1 year to be fully "at one" with being GF

Maybe some of the gals here can address this issue better. Since I am not female...cosmetics are not something that I know a lot about. hehehe
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[NickisDragon]

I don't wear makeup so those I don't know about. I DO know that a lot of the best working skin care and moisturizers contain wheat protein and/or colloidal oatmeal. Those will be stated in the ingred. list. (I had to give up my OIL OF OLAY TOTAL EFFECTS )
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Nicki

B-Day: January 18
DX: October 2005