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Someone said last week that a Cover Girl
representative told her there were no Gluten Free
Cover Girl products.  Here is and excerpt of the
email response I opened in my mail today.  I am a
little perplexed that the company wouldn't
understand that lipstick ends up in the digestive
tract.

Response (Chrisie) - 10/17/2002 01:25 PM
Thanks for your message, Kit.

We know Celiac is a serious disease, so we want
to give you clear information regarding the use
of
our beauty care products.  If wheat and/or gluten

aren't directly added to a product by us, these
ingredients won't be listed on our packages.
Like
many companies, we often purchase the scents for
fragranced products from outside suppliers, and
the components of these substances is proprietary

information belonging to those companies.
Therefore it's possible that a very small amount
(generally parts per million) of gluten may be
present.

We sought advice from physicians; they told us it

would be very unlikely a person with Celiac
disease would have a reaction from a trace amount
of
gluten coming into contact with his skin or hair.

This is because wheat, rye, barley and/or gluten
generally cause symptoms when they're ingested.
Since our beauty care products are designed to be

used externally on the skin, their use shouldn't
be an issue for someone with this disease.

Since gluten sensitivity can vary among people,
it would be best if you consulted with your
physician about the use of all types of
consumable
goods, if you haven't already.  You might even
consider using one of our unscented products that

doesn't list gluten or wheat extracts on the
label.
The majority of our lipsticks- Continuous Color,
Outlast, Smoothers, and Triple Lipstick- are
fragrance-free.  Lipslicks Lipgloss does contain
a
fragrance.

Thanks for getting in touch with us.  I hope this

response has been helpful to you.  For more
information about Celiac, you may want to check
out
http://celiac.com/ and http://celiac.org


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