ALLERGIC TO LIPSTICK?

When it happens, it can take the form of a rash or hives. Or it may result in cheilitis, which is an inflammation. The thing to remember if you should react to a lipstick is that it’s not necessarily caused by a new product or a new ingredient. Women can suddenly develop allergic-type reactions to products they have been using for years. In some cases, the sun is the real culprit, creating the environment in which your lips can suddenly become sensitive to an ingredient in the lipstick you wear. If you do find yourself developing an allergic-type reaction to lipstick, here are some ingredients that might be responsible: fragrance, guanine, lanolin, oleic acid, D&C Red # 21, D&C Red # 27, D&C Orange # 5 and benzoin.