What's in my makeup bag?

I talk a lot about ingredients and how important it is that you are aware of what you put in your body. But did you know that you also need to be careful about what you put ON your body as well?

Our skin is like a sponge, absorbing anything that we put on our skin- YES LADIES that means all your makeup, skincare/beauty products and sunscreen! These chemicals get into our bloodstream and build up in our tissues over time. (You can read more about toxins in my blog post here)

There was a study done in the UK and published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Applied Toxicology that stated "chemical found in deodorants, face cream and food products is discovered in tumours of ALL breast cancer patients." This study investigated five different types of Paraben concentrations in breast tissue samples from 40 different women who had undergone a mastectomy due to breast cancer.

Parabens are chemical preservatives that are found in most beauty and makeup products and they are just one of MANY chemicals found in your beauty products that you should be avoiding. Check the list of the Dirty Dozen and if your beauty product contains one of these throw it out!!

This is why it is so important to buy good, quality, natural beauty products, including makeup! Drop that drug store makeup and step up your makeup game. Lets be honest, it looks better and you will feel better (by avoiding all those toxic chemicals!)

THANKFULLY this is where Tarte Cosmetics comes to the rescue and why I am in love with this makeup brand! All of their products are free of parabens, mineral oil, phthalates, sodium lauryl sulfate, triclosan, synthetic fragrances and gluten! and have you ever used any of their makeup? It's AMAZING! I can't praise it enough.

My Non-Toxic Makeup Essentials as pictured above:

Tarte maracuja C-brighter eye cream

Tarte Pure Maracuja Oil (this stuff is INCREDIBLE for dry skin)

Tarte CC in light 

Tarte BB tinted primer in Light

Tarte Amazonian Clay full coverage airbrush foundation powder in fair light neutral

Amazonian Clay full coverage foundation in light sand

Tarte Maracuja creaseless concelear in light

Tarte smooth operator amazonian clay finishing powder

Tarte lights, camera, flashes mascara

Tarte Power Couple Amazonian Clay Blush & Bronzer Duo

Anastasia perfect brow pencil

 

The finished product! 

(in this picture for my complexion I only used the CC, BB, concelear & foundation powder)