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Thank you for your gf recommendations.

One person sent me a recent summary from this List Serve which is as  
follows (summary 2 will list others):

One person said "Unless you plan to eat or drink something, you don't  
need to worry if a product's gluten free."  I thought this when I was  
initially diagnosed but as I became more sensitive I found that this  
was absolutely not true!  As much as I wish it was the case!  After  
about two years I started reacting to something, couldn't figure out  
anything in my food source and low and behold I switched shampoo and  
bingo, symptoms went away.    If I don't bring my own shampoo to the  
hairdresser, I have a bad day!

Desert Essence organics "thickening" or "shine" conditioners and  
shampoos.  They say gluten free right on the bottle, I get them at  
Whole Foods.

Pantene shampoo and conditioner is great

Paul Mitchell Instant Moisture shampoo and conditioner is GF and it's  
good stuff.  You can e-mail Paul Mitchell and they'll send you a list  
of their products that don't contain gluten.  Instant Moisture is  
what I use.

I use a Neutrogena deep conditioner that comes in a little amber  
color tub. It is marvelous for the off-and-on deep moisturizing and  
it is gf.
I like the L'Oreal Vive shampoos--I know the kind for color treated  
dry hair is gf and it is very nice. The Vive conditioner is nice for  
daily use too. I tend to have dry hair and dry skin and live in ID  
where it is very dry too.
I use a Castile shampoo (pure soap) and Sauvé conditioner and I don't  
have any trouble with them.

http://www.aubrey-organics.com/  Perhaps this could be a resource.

I've just bought Dove Moisturizing Shampoo and Conditioner.
 From what I understand, Dove lists any wheat, rye, barley, and oats  
carefully.

Our daughter uses Suave aloe shampoo because it is mild, and Pantene  
conditioner.  I never liked cream rinses but have started using  
Pantene's because it has a mild scent and leaves your hair still  
feeling clean.  My hair is brittle and I feel it has helped.

I just found this line of shampoos and conditioners called  
Pureology.  It's sulfite-free, vegan, gluten free (from what I can  
tell), and I just bought the stuff and used it and I LOVE IT!  I've  
been trying to find some good salon quality hair stuff that I can use  
and this stuff is awesome.  They have a website.  Any beauty supply  
place in your area will carry it.

We love the Dove shampoos. The one in the dark blue bottle is for   
very dry hair. My boys swim a couple of hours a day -- including our   
celiac child and it is wonderful.
I love the Jonathan products...I luck out and find it at Costco  
occasionally.  Mostly at Ulta, Sephora or Amazon.com.   On Amazon you  
can read the ingredients and notice it is Gluten Free!   I use the  
Shampoo Weightless Smooth no-frizz cleansing crème, the conditioner,  
moisture balm and hairspray....great GF line.  I have curly &  
processed hair in North Idaho so I love the moisture I get from it.
I also emailed Redkin and L’Oreal and they sent me a list of gluten  
containing items in their products.  They must be the same company  
(?) because the ingredient lists were identical!

February 23, 2007

Thank you for your interest in L’Oreal Professional products.

The following list of ingredients that are used in our products, are  
those that contain wheat and other grains.  This list may also be  
used by the celiac patient to identify gluten-containing  
ingredients.  This list gives the standard industry names for  
ingredients as found in the International Cosmetic Ingredient  
Dictionary.

         Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour
         Cyclodextrin
         Dextrin
         Dextrin Palmitate
         Hydrolyzed Malt Extract
         Hydrolyzed Oat Flour
         Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
         Hydrolyzed Wheat Flour
         Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
         Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
         Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein/PVP Crosspolymer
         Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch
         Maltodextrin
         Secale Cereale (Rye) Seed Flour
         Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract
         Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil
         Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Gluten
         Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Starch
         Wheat Amino Acids
         Wheat Germ Glycerides
         Wheat Germamidopropalkonium Chloride
         Wheat Protein
         Wheatgermamidopropyl Ethyldimonium Ethosulfate
         Yeast Extract

All the ingredients we use in a product are listed on the package or  
on the label of the product itself.  Comparing this list with the  
ingredients listed on our products will help you to identify the  
ingredients you would like to avoid. If you would like to request an  
ingredient list for a specific product, please call us at 1 800 345  
5012, Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, ET.

We hope this information is helpful.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Dabney
Consumer Affairs Advisor
Ref # 3966130



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