First there was the bismuth oxychloride mineral makeup ingredient issue, that makeup brands like bareMinerals, Sheer Cover, Jane Iredale, and 93% of small business mineral makeup companies used as the main ingredient.  WebMd put a foot down to that, as did consumers telling the facts that bismuth in mineral makeup was deteramental to the skin.

Second, there was the debate on mica in mineral foundation makeup and this is still an ongoing debate as some users claims are allergic reactions.

Third, and this list goes on and on, is the fact that so many mineral makeups have all sorts of ingredients, some unnatural, some with unnatural ingredient names, like Nylon 12, though in fact is natural, vitamin E, and that it can go through the skin causing problems with gluten free diets, etc.  um.. no it can’t, unless you eat your skin care,  but as you can see the list is never ending.

Mineral foundation makeup is the guru of makeups when it comes to natural SPF levels, and this is the season where women should wear an SPF of at least 15.  Most mineral foundation makeup brands offer either Zinc Oxide, or Titanium Di0xide in their listing of ingredients.  A Mineral Foundation with both ingredients or derivatives of, must have zinc and titanium dioxide as ingredients in the first 5 on the back ingredient panel to be useful.  If they are lower than the 5 listing than they may only be 1% of the formulation, an SPF of 1 which is pretty useless.

Chemical foundation makeup with SPF’s can be good if you do not have allergic reactions to the ingredient used for the SPF.  Many consumers over the years were not able to wear conventional foundations or any sort of SPF on their face, due to breakouts that included severe cystic acne.  Newer cosmetic ingredients have changed helping cosmetic companies by not having products that caused problems due to the SPF ingredients.

All in all, it’s important to choose a product with broad spectrum SPF for your face and body.  The skin cancer organization have many useful tips and lists mineral foundation as a wonderful cosmetic product.

Rae Switzer – EpiDermalogy Labs, LLC – Raesin Images – Colour ID Minerals Makeup

Mineral Makeup Blog Information

Hi Everyone,

We hope you’re having a great Holiday Season so far. Orders as shipping as soon as they are received, and we’ve had to reorder our mineral makeup brush sets that are on sale. Twice now, due to the high volume we’ve been selling. Everyone that bought one, thank you and there is an extra freebie in your package. Those of you that are regular customers know how I like to put free items and upsize products as a surprise. I love when I get free things, so I know you all do to

On another note, the Mineral Makeup Blog has been up and down since we moved the website. The move went very smoothly and my friends and helpers at McAfee Secure and IX did a great deal of work for me since we here are busy with other things. So thank you guys and gals that work at IX and McAfee. Everyone can now see our site McAfee sticker as we, like Bare Escentuals, Sheer Cover, and other major mineral makeup companies are part of the McAfee Seal of Security!

But… the mineral makeup blog suffered by being changed to another blog, our MineralMakeup blog. So let me see if I can redirect you all. Try http://www.RaesinImages.com/MineralMakeup and all the news and reviews, on mineral makeup brands including our own are now on there. A bit of a mix up with data bases, but I know you all don’t care, and Google will catch up too.

Happy Holidays everyone!! Remember stay warm, drink eggnog, dry or wet, and get some relaxation in when you can

Sincerely,
Rae Kat Switzer
Mineral Makeup Blog on Raesin Images