What’s the Real Danger of Red Lipstick?

Gwen Stefani rocks her signature red lips. Although reports have surfaced that lip gloss may increase your chances of skin cancer somewhat (by reflecting the sun’s damaging UV rays), your lipstick does not seem likely to harm you, even when it does not say lead-free.  According to William I. Manton, professor of geosciences at the University of Texas at Dallas in the December 2007 Allure magazine, “The danger is negligible.”  In fact, even though the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics ordered an independent test of 33 lipsticks... read more