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I find it really hard to choose a mineral makeup brand because there are just so many available. Bel wrote a tip in the acne & makeup page about a great new line called Inika, which she thinks is the best mineral makeup she’s tried yet.

Sorry Bel, but I was thinking ‘Oh yeah, another one’. But they do have a very convincing website. I LOVE it how they say their products are vegan friendly …although to be honest, I kind of thought all cruelty free makeup brands where? What ..do they put milk and eggs in them? Here’s some text from their website:

It is our mission to introduce the world to a new era in cosmetics, one where you don’t have to compromise color or performance, to be kind to your skin and gentle to the earth.
We have created pure and natural mineral cosmetics that are 100% certified Vegan and Cruelty Free and many of our ingredients are certified 100% Organic. Inika do not use potentially harmful chemicals, toxins, talc, bismuth oxychloride, parabens or GM ingredients.
Inika cosmetics are made of Australia - quite literaly made from the very rocks that form our land. Inika is so pure that it is actually good for your skin.

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I’ve been looking for one of these for AGES. I was reading the Organic Beauty Experts blog today and she had a great article about a new nail polish brand - Priti which apparantly is safe to use because it’s soy based and contains no formaldehyde, toulene or dbp. The nail polish remove is also made from soy, which err ..just sounds healthy.

This nail polish is great for pregnant women, kids and well just anyone that doesn’t want to put any more toxins into their body. That’s me!

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I’ve just created a makeup and acne page in High on Health. You can view it by clicking here: http://www.highonhealth.org/makeup/

I wanted to show you my technique of applying mineral makeup that I’ve been using over the past year or so. It did a really great job at covering my acne when it was really bad. I also went from severe acne to clear skin while using this makeup almost every day so I think that is some indication that the makeup does not cause breakouts! which is really awesome

Please let me know if you have any additional makeup tips, I’d love to hear from you. I’m not a makeup artist (ssssshhhhh! I should really have got my makeup artist friend Nic to show you these tips) but this technique has been working so well for me I thought, oh well …it’s definitely great information that I can pass on.

So, enjoy the video series … In the future I’ll be adding any additional makeup and acne information that I find to that page. http://www.highonhealth.org/makeup/

Fran

Hello beautiful people (that means all of you)!

A High on Health reader, Jon, gave us a great tip. You can get free samples of mineral makeup for a limited time only, from Everyday Minerals. All you need to do is pay for the shipping, which costs US $3.97, International $5.05. Thanks for the tip Jon! To get your free sample, just click on this link and click on the ‘free sample makeup kit’:

http://www.everydayminerals.com/g?t=kits

The kit includes these items. You even get to choose what colors you want!

• 3 Foundations
• 1 Blushes & Face Colors
• 1 Concealers

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I asked my makeup artist friend Nicole Shelley for some advice on mineral makeups - why natural mineral makeups are better than other makeup brands and why they’re so good for acne sufferers. She replied with this article …

Hopefully we’ll be getting a lot of advice from Nic in the future, she has stunning skin!

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As our consumer markets shift towards natural, organic and ethically sound options, it is no surprise that the cosmetic industry is following suit, with some huge successes.

I am a makeup artist based in Brisbane, Australia and have been following the mineral makeup trend that is sweeping cosmetic counters. Brands such as L’Oreal and Inglot have all released mineral based cosmetics, in liquid foundation or powder form. Mineral Cosmetics have been dubbed the next big thing in the beauty industry.

Why Use Mineral Makeup?

The minerals used in most forms of mineral makeup are Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide and Iron oxide. Zinc Oxide has been known to have anti inflammatory properties, and Titanium Dioxide and Iron oxide have natural sunscreen capabilities.
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