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How Much Lipstick Do Women Eat Over a Lifetime?

by Dana Oliver (Subscribe to Dana Oliver's posts)
Posted Dec 15th 2009 at 12:00PM  
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Poutrageous! On average we eat 4-7 lbs of lipstick over a lifetime. Photo: Flickr

We love to indulge in our favorite shade of lipstick. We even go to extremes, just to scoop up the last bit trapped within the crevices of the tube. But we never would have thought our obsession would lead us to consuming anywhere from four to seven pounds of lipstick within our lifetime.

We love lipstick, but not that much.

RAW Natural Beauty recently produced a provocative video to inform beauty mavens that the average woman may ingest up to seven pounds of lipstick in a lifetime. YouTube actress Stevie Ryan is featured in the short film getting glam--seductively applying red lipstick and then fanatically devouring the waxy matter and tons of other beauty goods on her vanity. Um, gross!

According to Glamour Magazine's June 2002 "Beauty Quickie Tip," "women inadvertently (but harmlessly) eat 4 lbs of lipstick" in a lifetime. But the latest science shows that no level of lead is "harmless."

Cosmetics are not subject to FDA approval before hitting the shelves
(minus those products that contain color additives), and the administration is also not authorized to recall hazardous cosmetics from the markets--leaving companies like RAW and advocacy groups to get us to question what exactly is the lipstick that we're eating so much of.

Check out the video below and leave a comment on whether you'll now think twice before layering on lipstick.

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Filed under: Beauty, Makeup
Tags: cosmetics, eating lipstick, EatingLipstick, FDA, lipstick, natural makeup, NaturalMakeup, RAW Natural Beauty, RawNaturalBeauty, Stevie Ryan, StevieRyan
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pj, 12-15-2009, 4:41PM

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pj

The campy video short goes too far, becoming illogical, which lessens the intended communication.

It does not alter my own preference for lipstick. Generations of women have worn lipstick without noted effect to their health.

The makeup industry should help fund a non-associated study to determine if concern is warranted.

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Karen, 12-15-2009, 5:06PM

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Karen

Cosmetics are absorbed thru our skin, so it is just like eating them (perhaps worse, as our stomach acid can't reach them thru the skin). Menopause and menstrual problems are unknown in the "undeveloped" world, and Americans have a 20% infertility rate, so perhaps American women do have a "noted effect to their health"-it's just not linked to our cosmetic use. And then there's sunscreen!

And jlw, there are studies of the additives in cosmetics and their effect on the human body-google your particular cosmetic's ingredients.

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jlw, 12-15-2009, 4:56PM

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jlw

Some other faction should help fund a non-associated study to determine if concern is warranted. Never trust a hyena that tells you you're safe.

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keely, 12-15-2009, 5:17PM

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keely

lol that was so provocative. i wonder if years from now they're going to find something harmful in the lipstick, not just lead. i'm more of a lipgloss gurl myself....
:D

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Frankiee (:, 12-15-2009, 5:29PM

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Frankiee (:

hahah the lipstick was real,
the other makeup was made out of white chocolate. :p
it's still a gross site though.
Stevie is absolutely beautiful.

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vicky, 12-15-2009, 6:16PM

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vicky

I

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igh, 12-15-2009, 7:05PM

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igh

Hope this doesn't post twice. Forget the commercial who sings the song?

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Rschmid, 12-15-2009, 7:58PM

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Rschmid

Etta James is the singer

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Sharanne Wick, 12-15-2009, 7:37PM

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Sharanne Wick

This was disgusting! There is an eating disorder called pica. People with this condition compulsively and voraciously consume non-edibile things. They are to be pitied, not mocked.

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Audrey, 12-15-2009, 8:09PM

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What's with all the spam, people? I thought the video was extremely well made and got its point across. Especially the 7 pounds of lipstick plopping down at the end. The one thing I would like to know, however, is what they are trying to get us to do? If there was a more natural lipstick alternative for the regular stuff containing lead. Because, I'm not gonna lie, I'm not giving up lipstick.

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lani, 12-15-2009, 9:18PM

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Dang!! Not that starved for lipstick!! Now if we ate it like that, we would have a problem.....I think that we are all pretty safe, though.....Loved the song!! Etta James, totally cool......Oh, I really don't think that the video was trying to mock, people with that illness...It's just a funny , gross one about.."Lipstick"...that's all.....

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Thecutestkitty, 12-15-2009, 9:26PM

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There's no way I'll ever ingest that much. I teach kindergarten. I put my makeup on at 7 a.m. and never have the time to reapply my lipstick. On the other hand, that Bigelow Mentha lip gloss in the squeeze tube is tasty and refreshing!

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Roger Corning, 12-15-2009, 9:58PM

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Roger Corning

Loved it!! I love lipstick on women, it's sexy and smells so good.

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Cheryl, 12-15-2009, 10:39PM

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Absolutely GROSS! But, there's much more things worse however, depending on what it is, we put into the mouth!

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Wassup A$H??, 12-15-2009, 11:06PM

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Wassup A$H??

ew. i barely use lipstick or lipgloss. just a little foundation and eye makeup is plenty for me

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dumb, 12-15-2009, 11:10PM

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dumb

I do not think that is gross you guys are jackasses.

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Tabby Loid, 12-16-2009, 12:17AM

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Now this has to be the STUPIDIEST piece of crap you'e ever run! Further evidence that AOL only hires incompetent and ignorant writers.

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elizabeth, 12-17-2009, 9:04AM

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Although I agree that lipstick should all be free of any harmful chemicals, I can't understand how women will worry so much about that and so little about what is in the foods they eat.

The foods that most women buy in the grocery store are a lot more harmful than anything that the cosmetic companies put in our makeup.

Btw... long lasting wear lipsticks have much higher lead lvs than the 'regular' kind.

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Maricia12, 12-16-2009, 12:41AM

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That was way over the top, stupid in fact.

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Linda, 12-16-2009, 1:22AM

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If anyone is truly concerned about this as a health issue, check your brand at safecosmetics.com the Skin Deep database maintained by the Environmental Working Group. It compiles medical and research studies and rates ingredients, companies and products. My company, Zosimos Botanicals (www.zosimosbotanicals.com), offers handmade organic lipstick without lead or any toxins. No need to give up the product, just the mass produced crap!

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