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)
Ingredients to avoid
- Aluminium: neurotoxic, skin sensitizer
- BHA: possible carcinogen, endocrine disrupter, 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).