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Guest Writer - Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff of www.EcoStiletto.com

If you think gluten-free’s just for the things you put into your body, you’re not thinking big enough. At EcoStiletto.com, we regularly feature fabulous beauty products the just happen to be gluten-free!

In keeping with the EcoStiletto philosophy, these products are eco-friendly and never, ever include ingredients found on our Big List of Things That Suck. That means they’re as safe going on your body as what you put into it—which makes sense, considering our skin absorbs 60% of what we put onto it, anyway!

ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP?

There’s day-to-day makeup, and then there’s camera ready. That’s according to all-natural makeup artist Christy Coleman, who has worked with Emmy Rossum and Marissa Miller, among others. She reminded us that just because you’re laying it on thick for the lens doesn’t mean you have to leave your eco-mindedness in the dust.

“When applying your eye shadow, use a concealer as a primer first—this will set it so that it lasts,” Christy said. Free of gluten—along with parabens, talc, mineral oil, or fragrance—Alison Raffaele Cosmetics is known world-wide for its True Concealer, a favorite of Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Keys, that has just been reformulated with pomegranate and goji berry antioxidants in recycled and bio-degradeable packaging.

GET SPOTLESS

The British refer to them, rather charmingly, as “spots.” We call them, somewhat less charmingly, “zits.” Either way, those blackheads, whiteheads, blemishes, bumps and breakouts—which attack us at the most self-conscious stages of young adulthood, flare up during hormonal fluctuations and basically just sabotage us any time they see fit—suck.

Unfortunately, what sucks even more are the intensely harsh and harmful chemicals that go into the most widely used topical acne treatment products. Like triclosan, an antibacterial agent associated with endocrine disruption, organ-system toxicity and, ironically, skin irritation. And polyethylene, a binding and bulking agent that’s also a known organ-system toxin and skin irritant. As for parabens and fragrance—two of the biggest baddies on our Big List—there’s hardly a conventional acne wash, scrub or topical treatment that isn’t loaded with ‘em.

It just doesn’t make sense to us that clear, blemish-free, healthy skin would come from products laden with known skin and organ irritants and toxins. 

But we digress. Gluten Free Beauty founder Kristen Campbell didn’t overcome her acne problems until a diagnosis of gluten intolerance made her realize that it wasn’t just the gluten in her food, but in her hair and skin products, that was sabotaging her complexion. Her Gluten-Free Facial Moisture Serum is designed to help others who share her plight. Oil-based and pH-balanced (with no added fragrance or color of any kind), it restores elasticity and retrains skin to quit overproducing oil, which is the single best way to beat breakouts.

For more great eco-beauty, fashion, lifestyle, celebrity—and sometimes gluten-free—tips, sign-up for EcoStiletto’s free weekly newsletter and be automatically entered to win $250+ in weekly ecoswag giveaways! Next week, two subscribers will each win a $45 Gluten Free Beauty Facial Moisture Serum—get on the list!

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff is a writer, producer and spokesperson who represents stylish, eco-friendly living. She is the founder of EcoStiletto.com and http://www.mommygreenest.com/. Rachel wrote the "L.A. Story" for the Washington Post's Sprig.com and was a reporter for http://www.treehugger.com/ and http://planetgreen.discovery.com/; her work has been featured in SELF, Women's Wear Daily and Daily Variety, among others, and she has appeared as an eco-expert on "CNN Headline News," "Access Hollywood," "Hollywood Green," "Good Day L.A." and "Living with Ed," among others. Rachel and her family reduce, reuse and recycle in Los Angeles.