Do you need Gluten-free makeup?

     There are so many categories of makeup now, from organic, to vegan, to low allergen, and now we have added Gluten free to the already confusing and heady mix. Is this a step too far, or a necessary one?

Go to www.coeliac.org.uk for help

     If you are a coeliac, putting a product containing gluten on your skin shouldn't really be a problem, as wheat/grain sensitivities are generally located in the digestive tract, but if you've been advised to go gluten-free for health reasons, then you might want to consider using gluten free makeup, to avoid any possibility of accidentally ingesting something that might affect you adversely. 

     It makes sense to use a gluten-free lipstick, at the very minimum, as a certain amount will be absorbed. It's also a really good idea to make sure that you always wash your hands after applying makeup, so that you don't get anything allergenic in your mouth inadvertently.

     To be on the safe side, though, it is probably worth considering making the change, as it will be safer for you and your health, and there are some really great Gluten-free makeup ranges around nowadays, so you don't need to feel that you are missing out. I am an Organic Makeup artist, using Dr Hauschka makeup which is certified Gluten-free, so safe for anyone with wheat sensitivities.

Gluten-free Colour Correcting Powder
from Dr Hauschka

     If you are not a coeliac, or don't suffer from a wheat allergy or sensitivity, then you might think that there is no need for you to consider this subject, but if you live with a coeliac, then perhaps it might be as well to make the change, for their sake. 

     After all, lips are for kissing and you don't want to make anyone feel unwell after kissing them, do you? You want the people around you to feel comfortable, in which case, gluten free products are the way forward. 

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Should I have made a New Year's resolution?

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution? I am afraid that I didn’t, as I don’t like being forced into things, but it did make me think about the way we all talk to ourselves and how being kinder when we do that helps us so much. In fact, we probably wouldn’t need to make “resolutions” if we were kinder to ourselves, I think. Notice how I used that word would there? I am totally convinced that we should eliminate Modal verbs from our inner dialogues, because they are some of the ones which cause the most aggro: “I should diet/ I must drink less/ I would exercise more/I ought to work harder but…”  why do they so often get juxtaposed with but, do you think? Probably because we are still rebelling against the “should/would/could/must” that we heard from our tiniest moments: “you must clean your room/you should work harder/ you could have won that/you would have succeeded if you had done x, y or z”. We are naturally questioning and thinking people, so we questioned those statements, and when we hear them again we still question them as the emotions return subconsciously 

Modal verbs generally express theoretical possibility, likelihood, obligation and permission, all of which can be great things, but not if they are imposed on us against our wills. This also means that when we use them, we are not necessarily committing to a course of action and thus they can be delaying tactics. Not a particularly useful attribute for a resolution, I feel.  Interestingly, these verbs are defined as not “inflective” but “defective”, and I don’t think we should be using defective* words against ourselves, or anyone else!

I prefer to hear people say: “I enjoy eating healthily”,” I choose to exercise and enjoy it” “I am happy drinking less” (alcohol, not water!) ”I am enjoying taking care of my skin”.  Positive affirmations like these are easier for the brain - which is a very literal being - to process and cope with. Modal verbs cause confusion and might mess up your resolutions. Perhaps, if we stopped using them, to ourselves and others, life would be easier and more pleasant. Maybe we should?

*For sticklers: actually this just means that they don’t have an infinitive form, but I thought it was significant anyway.