How Much Lipstick Do Women Eat Over a Lifetime?
Posted Dec 15th 2009 by Dana Oliver

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.

Wouldn't that pretty much define lipstick?

People will do anything to spread fear and promote themselves it would seem.

CHIC0 said:

Well that video got me thinking....ewwwww

alright chico...just go get another tube ...dont scrape from the bottom...thas just nassy.

you can actually get more than one color then you wont have to feel guilty about throwing it away when it aint functional no mo.

Then how much do men eat when they kiss their partners all the time? Guess we have to get that 'soap opera' stuff that won't come off even with sandpaper.

myfavorite said:

wha the...?!?!

this thread is for YOU. it says WOMEN eat lipstick. not men!


besides...i don't need make-up.
i'm what the consider a natural booty..beauty.

OK OK!!!!!

i usually use lipgloss...it has flavors and mineral oil is good fo ya.

myfavorite said:

Not a big fan of lipstick either.....but I have to have my gloss. I like the natural lip color, but the gloss keeps my lips from looking and being dry....slight emphasis on them. I'll do a tinted gloss sometimes, but never actual lipstick...especially not matte.