Rain on your wedding day, ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife….and putting on lip gloss right as you read a new article on MSNBC saying lip gloss invites skin cancer.
Behold my new definition of ironic, followed by my newly invented dance of panic. No lip gloss? Is this bad joke? Benefit just came out with a whole new line of Her Glossiness colors and I haven’t even had a chance to wear Talk To My Agent in front of actual agents. Please!
Turns out, buried at the end of the article are scads of disclaimers (aren’t they always?). Only a few doctors link the magnifying shine of gloss to increased sun exposure and therefore increased risk. Guess what? All those docs say a broad-spectrum SPF takes care of this issue.
Still, I’m sure I’m not the only girl who flipped over this, and there’s a good chance I wasn’t the only one wearing gloss when that flipping happened. So starting today, I’m launching The S.O.G. Campaign: Save Our Gloss!
Here’s why you should join: Layering extra SPF on your lovely lips is smart no matter what gloss you're wearing. Plus! Unlike the presidentials, my campaign is scented.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The S.O.G. Campaign: Save Our Gloss!
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I saw this on the news last night, too. I understand the rationale behind the ultra-shiny gloss...in essence, the Dermatologists interviewed are saying it's like putting baby oil on your skin to accelerate tanning--something our mother's generation did with wild abandon and are now paying the price for it. But, are they taking into account that many of these super shiny glosses actually contain tiny glittery particles that, by reflecting the light, also scatter it? Clearly I'm not an expert on this; just thinking aloud. In the meantime, I'll be doing what I alway do every morning - applying my Clarins UV Plus SPF 40 all over my face (lips included). And, when I'm outside, using a gloss that contains sunscreen.
The theory is that high-shine glosses act like magnifying glasses in the sun - baking lips twice as badly if you're not careful with the SPF.
I think it's too soon to tell if this will be another "antiperspirants cause cancer" myth. And the article definitely reminds us that no studies have confirmed the lip gloss-skin cancer link, and not all dermatologists agree that gloss poses a risk.
Like you, I'm not throwing out my glosses anytime soon, but I AM doubling up on SPF on my face and lips.
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