mineral-makeupMineral makeup got its start in the early 1970s, as the first emphasis on going “green” and living closer to nature began. While many other makeup companies also use various minerals as part of their product, they also all used artificial ingredients such as chemicals, dyes and perfumes.

The first mineral makeup companies used only all-natural ingredients. However, as with any other product, once it moved out of the hands of the small companies who made the makeup as a labor of love, and into the mass-market, quality began to go down, and so today, there are some mineral makeups that have ingredients you might not suspect or want.

Typically, the best mineral makeups are the ones that incorporate as few minerals as possible. If  you read an ingredient list and don’t recognize half of the names you’re seeing, make sure you look them up in your handy-dandy dictionary so you know what they are.  (Frankly, you should do this with any product you use on your skin.)

In order to know what you’re buying, you will need to read a mineral makeup review or two or three. There are many websites that provide these reviews. Of course, you will want to read a mineral makeup review on a neutral site – one that is not paid by the company under review.

There are two things of interest in these reviews. First of course is how the makeup actually works – does it look nice on your skin, is it easy to apply and so on. The second thing is, was the makeup tested on animals, or does it contain animal by products as binding agents. For those people who live a vegan lifestyle and don’t’ wish to use animal by products of any kind, this could be a concern.

For example, there is an ingredient called ”magnesium stearate”, a waxy substance used in some of the larger brands of mineral makeup. This ingredient is a by product of slaughtered cattle (and is used in quite a few products, including some vitamins.)

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