Healthy alternatives
BeautyCounter – Skin twin featherweight foundation
Coastal Classic Creations – Natural Minerals Powder Foundation
Fitglow Beauty – Vita Active Foundation
Honeybee Gardens – Pressed Mineral Powder Foundation
ISOI – Bulgarian Rose Cover Fit Foundation Pact
La Mav – Anti-Ageing Mineral Foundation
Mad Hippie – Concealer
Maia’s Mineral Galaxy – Mineral Foundation
Mineral Fusion – Liquid Foundation
Paul Penders – Hand-Made Moisture Foundation
Real Purity – Foundation
Rejuva Minerals – Foundation
Tropic – Mineral Foundation
W3ll People – Narcissist Foundation Sticks
DIY
Do you want a foundation that suits your skin and is healthy and natural?
Here is a simple recipe based on 3-4 ingredients (available here):
- 2 coffee cups of arrowroot
- Cocoa powder
- Cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder
- 2 teaspoons of Kaolin clay
Mix the arrowroot with the bentonite clay, in a non-metallic container, then add the colourings (cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg) according to your complexion.It is also possible to replace the bentonite clay with jojoba, sweet almond or olive oil.
Other recipes are available (The Natural Beauty Blog, Wellness Mama)
Ingredients to avoid
- BHT: possible carcinogen, endocrine disrupter
- Dyes (coal tar): carcinogenic, skin sensitizer, photosensitizer
- Mineral oil: possible carcinogen, depending on the degree of purification, allergenic
- Isopropyl myristate: skin irritant
- Starch acid octenylsuccinate, aluminum salt: neurotoxic
- Parabens: endocrine disruptors
- Synthetic fragrances: allergens
- Phenoxyethanol: irritant, allergen
- Propylene glycol: irritant, allergen
- Silica: possible carcinogen, irritant to eyes and respiratory tract
- Talc: possible carcinogen, irritant to skin, eyes and respiratory tract
- Triethanolamine (TEA): skin, eye and respiratory irritant, respiratory and skin sensitizer