A List of Lead-Free Lipsticks (lipstick--that forgotten indulgence)

In my bachelorette days, and even my new bride days, I was a committed lipstick-wearer. In fact, I've worn lipstick since I was thirteen years old--a strange combination with the basketball I used to carry around school. Nothing like a tomboy wearing dark mauve lipstick to confuse the boys. Anyway, since having a baby, lipstick has become a luxury, something I get on my lips only occasionally (about as often as shampoo finds its way onto my hair these days). When it does, I'm usually wearing an Aveda lip stain or something similar. When I mentioned this to Beth, she asked, increduously, "Does it have lead!?" To my shame, I didn't know the answer. I hadn't had time to figure out the answer. Bad mama.

So, in service to all those harried moms, businesswomen, or combination of both, I hereby provide a crib sheet to those lipsticks on the market with the least amount of lead in them. The list is courtesy of The Daily Green and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (linked to the left).

13 lipsticks reported by Campaign for Safe Cosemetics to have negligible (less than 0.02 parts per million) amounts of lead.

Brand - Product Name/Shade - Parent Company

Avon - Ultra Color Rich Cherry Jubilee - Avon

Body Shop - Lip Colour Garnet - L'Oreal

Body Shop - Lip Colour Garnet - L'Oreal

Clinique - Long Last Lipstick Merlot - Estee Lauder

Dior - Replenishing Lipcolor Red Premiere - LVMH

Estee Lauder - Maraschino - Estee Lauder

MAC - Matte Lipstick Viva Glam 1 - Estee Lauder

Revlon - Superlustrous Love That Red - Revlon

Revlon - Superlustrous Bed of Roses - Revlon

Revlon - Colorstay Lipcolor Red Velvet - Revlon

Tarte - Inside Out Vitamin Lipstick - Tarte

Wet N Wild - Mega Colors Cherry Blossom - Markwins

Wet N Wild - Mega Colors Cherry Blossom - Markwins