All About Makeup: The Clean Beauty Edition
As an esthetician, a makeup lover, and someone who does makeup artistry professionally, I get asked about makeup a lot. And, I love that! I decided to stop carrying a popular mineral makeup line this past year, and I definitely have some clean & organic makeup to recommend as an alternative.
Ilia Eyeshadow Palettes
I plan to have several posts about makeup - for you to be able to refer back to as a resource. I’m going to take a deep dive into my experience with brands, categories of products, colors/shades, reviews, and more.
To start, I want to share my top recommendations for someone looking for a wonderful site to shop. My favorite website for makeup shopping is The Detox Market. I love this site for several reasons: 1) They make it easy for you to buy clean and non-toxic products because that’s all they carry. 2) They have SAMPLES OF EVERYTHING!!!!! I love this! I don’t know about you, but I am in makeup shopping rehab. I used to buy waaaayyyyyy too much makeup - the wrong colors, stuff that I never used, products that did not live up to the hype or performance. The samples at Detox Market aren’t free, but the cost is negligible (in my opinion), and I have saved myself hundreds of dollars by trying before buying.
The Detox Market Sample Bags
As you can see above, I circled in red, where on nearly every single product page, you can SAMPLE IT. You can put together collections of 3 generous product samples for around $10. When I feel a makeup buying binge coming on, I head straight to Detox Market and fill my cart with samples. I usually end up buying 9-12 (or 3-4 sets of) samples. This is a great way to try shades of foundation, concealer, expensive beauty/makeup/skincare anything, and then see if it’s worth it and if it lives up to your expectations.
I will leave you with a quick list of some of my favorite clean beauty brands (many of these brands are also found on the Detox Market):
Ilia Beauty - Personally, I love their eyeliners and eyshadows.
Kjaer Weis - I love their lipsticks, Invisible Touch liquid foundation, lip/eye pencils. Many love their cream foundations and blushes.
W3LL PEOPLE - I love their powder bronzers and blushes - you can find their products at some Whole Foods and Targets.
Honest Beauty - my FAVORITE clean mascara found at Target. I layer and layer and layer the primers and mascaras for a great result!
Honest Beauty mascara
Thanks for reading along! Reply to this post if you have any questions or blog post requests. And please let me know your favorite clean beauty finds!
XO, Allison