Gluten in Personal Care Products?

                                        Gluten Free Personal Products?

I promised awhile back that i would get to the personal care products that i use that do not contain gluten. Before i give you a list i want to explain why i do not use products that conatain gluten even though i'm not going to ingest them.

I know that there are many people including doctors that feel that if you don't ingest a product even though it has gluten you should be fine. I on the other hand have gotten so sick from gluten i didn't want to take a chance. Not only that,  i noticed a huge difference when i removed gluten from my personal product use. You see, even though i had cut gluten out of my diet i still didn't feel well. I was still dealing with a body rash and my hair was still falling out. I was also still dealing with body acne. Once i removed the gluten from my personal care products i got relief in all of these areas. I'm not the only one who has noticed a huge difference in how they've felt after using personal care products without gluten. If you have time to check out other bloggers and chat rooms of people with celiac disease you will see just how many people agree they feel better cutting gluten out of their personal products as well.

It only makes sense that we would have reactions to things that go on our skin when our skin is a huge organ. We actually absorb things that we put on our skin in as fast as 26 seconds. Makes you think, doesn't it? 

Now of course as with anything else there will always be those who refute this. There are still many doctors and scientists that say that gluten cannot be absorbed through the skin and that we don't have to worry about gluten in our personal care products. I on the other hand prefer to go by my own experience and those of others that i have talked to and read about and how they feel better staying away from gluten in their products. 

Having said all of this one of the areas that i believe is especially important to keep gluten out of is our lipsticks. Ladies you cannot deny that we inevitably eat some of our lipstick throughout the day regardless of how hard we try not to, so this is an area i say we definitely cannot afford to compromise.

Now, i am going to share with you some of the personal care products that i use. I would also like to point out that i have started using fragrance free products. I started using fragrance free products when i started having even more problems with my thyroid. When you have thyroid issues you may notice that your allergies get worse. You will also learn that toxins in your environment can aggrevate thyroid function even your cleaning products and chemicals in your drinking water can do this. For these reasons and so many others it is important to be careful with many ingredients in all of your products. Some ingredients to watch out for other than gluten include pthalates, chlorine, flouride, triclosan, latex, dyes and parabens. There is an interesting article on parabens that one of the blogs that i follow published. It stresses how parabens are linked to cancer in humans, you can read that article here.

With all of this information i knew i had to find companies that i trusted and that were just as conscious about these matters as i was.

Here are some that i found and use and trust.  All of these companies have fragrance free and allergen free products. Many of them are organic and many don't just watch out for gluten but corn and soy as well.  yay!

Dessert Essence-  I use their toothpaste and dental products.  I also enjoy their fragrance free shampoo and conditioner.  Side note:  My very, very picky husband has even started using these same products and actually likes them.  : )

Gluten Free Savonnerie-  I love their body soaps and lotion.

Dakota Free-  I enjoy their soap and their moisturizer that i also use on my hair when it is dry.

Hugos Naturals-  I use their fragrance free lotion.  They have a line of products that are certified gluten free.  Warning:  If you are extremely sensitive with fragrances i would make a note when purchasing from their website for them not to include the free gift of decorative soap with your package.  I have come across that soap the hard way.  Im still trying to get the smell out of my linen closet 6 months after i threw it away. Ugh

As for makeup products i use here are some great companies as well:

Red Apple Lipstick-  I love this company.  They are 100% gluten free and paraben free and take great care to keep any toxic ingredients out of their products.  They currently make lipsticks, glosses, eyeshadows, lip pencils and i believe there is talk of mascara soon to come.  They do their products in small batches to keep the integrity of their products.  Check them out, you will love them!  Oh and please give my blog a shout out if you purchase their products.  Thanks!

Afterglow Cosmetics-  They are also 100% gluten free.

Beauty Secrets Mineral Makeup-  www.allnaturalmineralmakeup.com- I use their foundations and concealer

Cowgirl Dirt Cosmetics-  I use their mascara.  They are also organic.

FYI-  I started to make my very picky husband an organic hair gel/pomade.  I make it using beeswax.  He loves it and his coworkers loved how his hair looks and they asked for some as well.  I also make a very strong deoderant for him from natural and organic ingredients and of course they are 100% gluten free.  If you're interested in purchasing my products just contact me and i'll discuss the details with you.

My hair gel/pomade:  Its great for curls.  My husband has curly/wavy hair we live in a humid area which causes even more hair issues.

My hair gel/pomade is named - "I Bee Waxin"- $5.00
My deoderant is named- "Bee Stink Free"- $5.00

Something to look out for when buying your gluten free personal products is to verify that the vitamin E they use which is also called tocopherals is derived from a source other than wheat.

I hope that this post helps take the pressure off of looking for some trusted gluten free products.  If you find the information helpful please pass it on.
Thanks so much!!