Healthy alternatives
| Brand name | Product description |
| Coastal Classic Creations | Eye shadow |
| Erth Minerals | Shadows (Easy on the eyes) |
| Honeybee Gardens | Pressed Mineral Eye Shadow |
| Maia’s Mineral Galaxy | Eye shadow |
| Mineral Fusion | Eye shadow |
| Pure Anada | Pressed Eyeshadow |
| Real Purity | Eye Shadow |
| Rejuva Minerals | Multi Purpoose Powder |
| Tropic | Eyes On You Pressed shadow |
DIY
Powders made from iron oxides are the healthiest.
Hello Glow offers us a mineral clay eyeshadow.
You will only need 4 ingredients:
1/2 teaspoon of arrowroot
1/2 teaspoon of bentonite clay
2-3 drops of jojoba oil (or almond oil)
spices: ground ginger, cocoa powder, ground cinnamon, etc. (choice of colours)
Avoid the following chemicals in regular products
Aluminium: neurotoxic, skin sensitizer
BHA: possible carcinogen, endocrine disruptor, possibly toxic to reproduction
Bronze: possible carcinogen, neurotoxic
Dyes (coal tar): carcinogenic, skin sensitizer, photosensitizer
FD&C Yellow n°5 dye: carcinogenic, skin sensitizer, photosensitizer and mutagenic
Dimethicone: eye irritant
Lanolin oil: allergen, skin sensitizer
Mineral oil: possible carcinogen, depending on the degree of purification, allergenic
Parabens: endocrine disruptors
Petrolatum: eye and respiratory tract irritant, sensitizer
Silica: possible carcinogen, irritant to eyes and respiratory tract
Talc: possible carcinogen, irritant to skin, eyes and respiratory tract
Eyeshadows may also contain heavy metals such as arsenic (carcinogen, irritant, sensitizer), chromium, cobalt, mercury (irritant, sensitizer) or lead (possible carcinogen, toxic to reproduction).