Lead free lipstick

Posted by Administrator on February 10, 2009

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One thing you don’t want to be putting directly on your lips is lead.
Yep…lead. The same stuff that has been the root of numerous recalls lately from kids toys, paint, jewelry and other products.

Affordable Mineral Makeup is listed with Campaign for Safe Cosmetics as well as being recognized with PETA & Caring Consumer as being a cruelty free company.

Check out the blog on “get the lead out”. It mentions: More than half of 33 brand-name lipsticks tested (61 percent) contained detectable levels of lead, with levels ranging from 0.03 to 0.65 parts per million (ppm). None of these lipsticks listed lead, a dangerous neurotoxin that can cause learning disabilities, as an ingredient
See the rest of the information here.

Even this story on ABC News was dated Oct 2007 and yet minimal if any progress has been made to get big companies to change. How sad is that?

With Affordable Mineral Makeup, you get natural lip products that contain no lead or other harmful ingredients.
You can also enjoy 10% off all Affordable Mineral Makeup products by putting the word leadfree in the coupon section at checkout. So, you save money and get lead free products!