Have you have ever thought that your skin looks drier or more textured after you have applied makeup? Most of us forgo powder because we have realized that it settles into areas of of our face that we would rather ignore. What we probably haven't realized is that the ingredient that we need to avoid is talc. Talc absorbs moisture, whether it is your skin's own natural moisture or moisture that sells for $150.00 an ounce. Interestingly enough, most of our Pediatricians have warned us not to use talc on babies because it can irritate their tiny respiratory system. Curiously we haven't made the connection to our makeup, which is mostly colored talcum powder! Actually it is talc that is colored with FD&C (Food,Drug and Cosmetic) colors. If we avoid these ingredients at the grocery store, then perhaps we should avoid them at the cosmetic counter too. Just like we read the labels at the grocery store and buy organic when we can, our cosmetics need to be as pure as possible too.
Definitely our skin absorbs what is placed on the surface, think transdermal patches for administering medicines.
Perhaps some of us have made the connection and have replaced our cosmetics with Mineral Makeup. Talc is a mineral too, so it can be an ingredient in 100% pure Mineral Makeup. All mineral makeup is not created equally, minerals for cosmetic use, are graded on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being pharmaceutical grade. Not all cosmetic makeup companies purchase the purest and best, the 10's.
You can find pure, clean 100% pharmaceutical grade cosmetics with the full range of colors and products without looking too hard. In our salon, we use jane iredale mineral cosmetics. Many clients have told me that I have made shopping for cosmetics fun again. I thank them and I thank Jane Iredale. The jane iredale site had a lot of great info and you can always check out the colors or products at Amir Salon, 703-319-9420.
Gone are all of the imported, 'luxury" brand of cosmetics that were probably poisoning me and were nothing more that dyed talcum powder.
