Combat dry, peeling lips with this dermatologist-approved routine: After brushing teeth, gently exfoliate lips with a clean, wet toothbrush to remove flakes. Immediately lock in moisture with petrolatum-free balms like Dionis Goat Milk Lip Balm or vitamin E sticks (avoid Vaseline/ChapStick). Finish with Line Smoothing Lip Gloss containing sunflower oil and brown algae to hydrate while reducing fine lines.
TALC. It is a four letter word. And talc is an ingredient that you should avoid. Here’s why:
Talc can be drying to the skin.
Sensitive skins can (and usually do) have adverse reactions to talc.
Talc can "scratch" the skin.
And If talc is not processed properly, it may even contain some asbestos in it!
Green is the new Black! HUNTER is a gorgeous rich hunter/forest green and it looks spectacular on any and every eye color! It REALLY does! It intensifies green eyes, brings out the gold and amber tones of brown and hazel eyes, and highlights blue eyes (SERIOUSLY!) How does it do this? Because Hunter is deep in color, it does all this with out over powering your natural eye color… In fact it actually enhances your natural eye color!
How can mineral makeup contain talc? I did not think this was possible? Talc can be drying to the skin.
Sensitive skins can (and usually do) have adverse reactions to talc.
But apparently the folks at bareminerals feel differently!
Is there Teflon® in my makeup? When folks think of Teflon®, they think of nonstick cookware… But not cosmetics! PTFE is trademarked as Teflon®, and although it was originally developed for cookware, it has been found in some anti-aging products and cosmetics. Mommy Makeup products do not contain any PTFE.
There’s a saying... "People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing".Think about it... More than anything else, this saying should apply to your beauty products!
When I shop online it frustrates me when a website or brand does not share the product’s ingredient listing! I find this A LOT with the big beauty brands and all I can think is "What are you hiding?
"Why do I need to wear blush in the summer with a tan?" As much as we may enjoy a tan look, tanning really is not good for your skin. We all know about the sun’s damaging rays and skin cancer warnings. Bronzer gives you a tan look without the sun damage.
During the summer months, most of us wear less makeup. BUT we want the makeup we DO wear to last and not melt away at the first sign of a hot, sunny day...
So, here are some easy, breezy step-by-step tips to avoid a summer makeup meltdown.