Is your makeup bag a toxic wasteland? Have you heard of most the ingredients contained in your various makeup products? No need to fear! You can begin to infuse more eco-friendly items into your makeup bag so that you’ll enhance the earth by using earth-save products and enhance your body, too, with natural ingredients. Here are a few ways to make your makeup bag eco-friendly.
1. Switch your lipstick
Lipstick
brands typically load in lots of chemicals to their products. It’s easy
to get swept away by the dazzling array of colors, but you’ll discover
that there are some eco-friendly brands that deliver some great shades
using only safe and even vegan-friendly products.2. Shop ingredient lists, not brands
Marketers are savvy when it comes to selling their merchandise. The company’s marketing gurus are not the product’s manufacturers. Moreover, just because a marketer knows how to create great packaging and logos, doesn’t mean they would use the actual product themselves. Be sure that you look past the pretty trimmings and read the label. Shop for your cosmetics only after you understand ingredients; if it’s not natural, be skeptical and do some research.
3. Take out products with synthetic scents
When
it comes to makeup, you don’t really need any scent at all. Moreover, a
synthetic fragrance doesn’t do your body or the planet any good. You’ll
be better off including a vial of natural scent in your makeup bag. You
can reduce your exposure to potential toxins simply by choosing
fragrance-free products or products made with all natural fragrances.4. Blush
Coastal
Classics Creations is one of the few brands that rates a 0 for
toxicity. Their products, according to the EWG Cosmetics Database are
perfectly free. Moreover, since you can order them online, you don’t
even have to drive around hunting for them. All natural ingredients make
their blush lines the perfect choice. This is definitely the blush you
want to add to your eco-friendly cosmetic bag.
5. Eyeliner
Beauty
Without Cruelty makes eye liner pencils in various colors. Their
products are not only safe, but they do no harm to animals. This company
was founded in 1963 in England and has been part of this non-toxic
movement before it was a trend. Yet even as trends go, this one should
last as it’s healthy for you and designed to be healthy for the earth
too. The company also produces a dazzling array of other cosmetics too.
Choose their kohl black eye liner and you’ll always have great eyes
without harmful ingredients.6. Lip balm
Lip
balm is something many women wear all the time–even when they’re just
sitting on the back porch or lounging at the beach. Because this is an
item that’s used daily, it should be ultra-healthy with absolutely no
health risks associated with its ingredients. Look for products that
contain completely natural ingredients like Badger’s Natural Lip Balm
Care with natural additives like orange and lavender. You’ll find these
products work just as well as their toxic competitors.7. Nail polish
The
key to healthier polishes is to choose water-based products. There are
few products that score an innocuous 0 when it comes to nail polishes.
Are you sure you want to polish your nails anyway? Nail polish is big
business, but that doesn’t mean your makeup bag has to participate. Dip
you nails in a lemon and they’ll come out clean and white.8. Powder
All-mineral
powders are an effective and safe way to go. There is a myriad of
facial powders that won’t harm your body with unsafe ingredients. If you
tend to wear a lot of powder, it’s even more important for you to
choose only the safest products. Just because cosmetics are approved to
be sold, doesn’t mean they’re ingredients contain no risks. Therefore,
when you wear a powder that has no risks at all, you reduce your risk
for harm.9. Mascara
Your
eyes are important to your life and they require the most delicate of
products. Look for mascara-makers that rate a 0-risk for harmful
ingredients or ingredients with the potential to do harm. Don’t settle
for anything less than the safest products when it comes to your
eyesight. It’s great to look beautiful, but that’s the least important
thing for your eyes.10. Eye shadow
Rejuva and Coastal Classics make mineral-based eye shadows that are known to be safe. These shadows carry 0-risk with them so they’re great for you and even good for your daughter to use. Enhance your beauty naturally and only keep naturally good products like these in your makeup bag. You’ll better safeguard your health and you’ll still be able to maintain your beauty!
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