FW: Inquiry to Clinique

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Dear friends

Maybe this is helpful for you too.

I went to clinique and to my dismay I found wheat in their products

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To you

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Dear Ms. Olander,

Thank you for contacting us regarding the ingredients in our products

that

might be unsuitable

for you to use because of your specific condition.

We are attaching a list of grain-derived ingredients, found on our

labels,

which will be helpful in

providing you direction. This information covers products marketed

under

the following

trademarks: Estée Lauder, Inc.; Clinique Laboratories, Inc.; Aramis,

Inc.;

Origins Natural

Resources, Inc.; Bobbi Brown essentials; Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries, MAC,

Stila, and

Prescriptives, Inc.

Consumers will find ingredient listings on our primary packaging

material,

in accordance with

FDA regulations, using names which are standard throughout the cosmetic

and

fragrance

industry. Because of the vast number of raw materials from different

sources, it is not possible

to guarantee that our products are completely free of any of the grains

specified. The denatured

ethyl alcohol in our products is produced synthetically, with the

exception

of the denatured ethyl

alcohol in MAC products, which is derived from corn.

We do not have a list of products that do or do not contain certain

ingredients. However, if you

wish to provide the exact name of each item you are interested in using,

we

would be pleased

to forward the ingredient listing to you.

We trust that this information is helpful to you and are glad to have

been

of assistance.

Sincerely,

Global Consumer Communications

1,523,758

MAC uses corn derived Alcohol Denat. For the remainder of the brands

specified in our letter,

the denatured ethyl alcohol is produced synthetically.

SOY DERIVED INGREDIENTS

GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) EXTRACT

GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) FLOUR

GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) OIL

GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) PROTEIN

HYDROGENATED LECITHIN

HYDROGENATED SOY GLYCERIDE

HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN

LECITHIN

MIXED SOY PHOSPHOLIPIDS

PEG-5 SOYA STEROL

PEG-10 SOYA STEROL

PEG-16 SOYA STEROL

PEG-25 SOYA STEROL

SOY PHOSPHOLIPIDS

SOY STEROL

SOYBEAN EXTRACT

SOYBEAN OIL

SOYBEAN PHOSPHOLIPIDS

SOYBEAN STEROL

TOCOPHEROL

TOCOPHERYL ACETATE

TOCOPHERYL LINOLEATE

BARLEY DERIVED INGREDIENTS

AMINO PEPTIDE COMPLEX

BARLEY EXTRACT

HORDEUM VULGARE (BARLEY) EXTRACT

PHYTOSPHINGOSINE EXTRACT

WHEAT DERIVED INGREDIENTS

AMP-ISOSTEAROYL HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN

DISODIUM WHEATGERMAMIDO PEG-2 SULFOSUCCINATE

HYDROLYZED WHEAT GLUTEN

HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN

HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN PG-PROPYL SILANETRIOL

HYDROLYZED WHEAT STARCH

HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN

STEARYLDIMONIUMHYDROXYPROPYL HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN

WHEAT AMINO ACIDS

WHEAT BRAN EXTRACT

WHEAT GERM EXTRACT

WHEAT GERM GLYCERIDES

WHEAT GERM OIL

WHEAT GERMAMIDOPROPYLDIMONIUM HYDROXYPROPYL HYDROLYZED WHEAT

PROTEIN

WHEAT PROTEIN

WHEAT (TRITICUM VULGARE) BRAN EXTRACT

TRITICUM VULGARE (WHEAT) FLOUR LIPIDS

TRITICUM VULGARE (WHEAT) GERM EXTRACT

TRITICUM VULGARE (WHEAT) GERM OIL

RICE DERIVED INGREDIENTS

HYDROLYZED RICE EXTRACT

ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) BRAN OIL

ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) STARCH

ORYZANOL

RICE BRAN OIL

RICE STARCH

YEAST DERIVED INGREDIENTS

CERAMIDE 2

CERAMIDE 3

MAGNESIUM-COPPER-ZINC GLYCOPEPTIDES

MAGNESIUM/IRON/ZINC/COPPER/SILICON/GLYCONUCLEOPEPTIDES

MAGNESIUM-SELENIUM-COPPER-ZINC GLYCOPEPTIDES

SILICON-ZINC-COPPER-IRON-MAGNESIUM YEAST GLYCOPEPTIDES

SACCHAROMYCES CALCIUM FERMENT EXTRACT

SACCHAROMYCES/COPPER FERMENT

SACCHAROMYCES EXTRACT

SACCHAROMYCES LYSATE EXTRACT

SACCHAROMYCES MAGNESIUM FERMENT EXTRACT

SACCAROMYCES/MAGNESIUM FERMENT HYDROLYSATE

SACCAROMYCES/POTASSIUM FERMENT HYDROLYSATE

SACCHAROMYCES ZINC FERMENT EXTRACT

YEAST EXTRACT

YEAST PROTEIN

RYE DERIVED INGREDIENTS

NONE

CORN DERIVED INGREDIENTS

ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYL SUCCINATE

ASCORBIC ACID

ASCORBYL PALMITATE

CARAMEL

CORN FLOUR

CORN OIL

CORN STARCH

CORN STARCH MODIFIED

CORN (ZEA MAYS) OIL

HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL

SODIUM ASCORBATE

ZEA MAYS (CORN) KERNEL EXTRACT

OAT DERIVED INGREDIENTS

AVENA SATIVA (OAT) FLOUR

AVENA SATIVA (OAT) KERNEL PROTEIN

OAT (AVENA SATIVA) EXTRACT

OAT BETA GLUCAN

OAT EXTRACT

OAT FLOUR

SODIUM LAUROYL OAT AMINO ACIDS

MILLET DERIVED INGREDIENTS

MILLET (PANICUM MILIACEUM) SEED EXTRACT

MILLET PLANT GLYCOPROTEIN EXTRACT

MILLET SEED EXTRACT

PANICUM MILIACEUM (MILLET) SEED EXTRACT