Natural mineral make up tips and advice

What is Mineral Make-up?

Quite simply, it’s made from crushed natural mineral pigments derived from the earth. Green People has cleverly combined the minerals with plant oils and natural ingredients like Beeswax and Cupuaçu Butter to create a highly effective natural make-up range.

Mineral make-up is perfect for every skin type, even those with skin conditions like rosacea. The minerals' silky lightness provides natural, full coverage without clogging pores. Minerals reflect light off the skin, giving the illusion that it’s smoother and flawless by minimising pores and evening out wrinkles and fine lines - for a softer, more youthful and radiant appearance.

Beware! Many high street "mineral makeup" brands add tons of chemical ingredients, so it’s no longer pure, no less potentially irritating and no closer to improving your skin than any other foundation you pull off the shelf.

Why use Green People’s Eco Mineral Make-up?

• 3 in 1 - our mineral pressed powders work as a foundation, powder and sunscreen all in one!

• Matching the shade with your skin is easy – it blends seamlessly and the minerals reflect and diffuse light to allow your natural colour to shine through

• There’s no chemical ‘nasties’ - free from Parabens, Synthetic Fragrances, Petrochemicals, Silicones, Phthalates, Artificial Colours, Not Tested on Animals

Application Tips:

Face – Concealer – Apply using your ring finger. Pat on the skin and gently blend moving from the outside corner to the inside corner of the under eye area. Take special care not to stretch the skin!

Mineral Powders - Apply with a brush for a natural coverage and remember to build the base up rather than putting lots on at once. Apply in a buffing motion starting at the outer edges of your cheeks moving inwards, across your forehead and then down over your nose and chin.

Eyes – Smokey Eyes – Apply Fondant shadow starting at the lash line and extending just over the crease. Use Cream shadow to highlight under the eyebrow. Blend Espresso shadow from the outer corner of your lid, blend half way across the eye and up to the crease. For a more dramatic effect use the thin applicator to apply Espresso under the lower lashes. To finish the look apply Volumising mascara to both the upper and lower lashes for full, voluminous lashes.

Lips - starting at the center of the upper lip glide lipstick outward towards one corner. Bring the lipstick back to the center and run it outward to the other corner. Repeat with the lower lip. Blot with tissue to remove excess colour and even out the texture.

Green People’s Advice for Caring for Your Skin

Getting the right base for your skin type is all you need for healthy, happy skin. Green People recommends combining our gentle, organic skin care products underneath the pressed powders. Why not try the following?

Make-up Safety Tips

• A foundation sponge or brush mops up any excess oils and impurities from your skin. Wash your foundation sponge after each use to stop any bacteria from growing – why not, have several spare so you always have a dry one to hand

• Cleanse and condition make-up brushes once a week with Green People’s, natural soaps or shampoos. Rinse and follow with conditioner rinse again, remove excess water and dry flat on a towel for super soft bristles

• Avoid pumping your mascara as it pushes air into the tube which promotes bacteria growth. Replace mascara every 3 months or immediately after recovering from an eye infection

• Never leave the lid off your lipstick as it encourages bacterial growth and always avoid sharing with friends as diseases like cold sores can be passed on through lipsticks

Alarmingly, just one in 10 of us opt for chemical-free products when toiletries shopping. Approach your cosmetics with caution – always read the label. The following list is just a few of the chemicals found in high street make-up products:

Did you know…

• Lipsticks can contain crushed beetles! ‘Carmine’, ‘Cochineal’ or CI 75470 is a red pigment used to create a vivid red lipstick - consider this, it takes 70,000 insects to make one pound of cochineal dye!
• Mascara may contain Mercury! legally allowed as a preservative, it can accumulate in the body over time, toxicologists worldwide recommend avoiding it wherever possible.
• Foundation alone can harbour 24 different chemicals! Amongst them Polymethyl methacrylate which adds a soft and smooth feel but worryingly is linked to cancer, disrupting the immune system and causing skin allergies.
• Propylene Glycol a known skin irritant found in foundation, lip products, eye shadow and mascara alters the structure of the skin by allowing synthetic chemicals to penetrate and enter the blood stream.