Does Your Mineral Makeup Irritate Skin?

Answer: Although no mineral makeup brand can guarantee to be completely irritant free, however, we certainly feel the minerals and botanicals we selected to use in our powders are rated to be safe and are FDA Regulated and Certified for cosmetic use.  We also adhere to safety requirements for ingredients as legislated by the Cosmetics Directive of the European Union.

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Care Of Your Mineral Makeup

Many consumers of mineral makeup products feel they are pretty much indestructible and will last forever, and for the most part this is true.

Dry powders are inert, don’t have a propensity to grow bacteria, and are relatively a clean application depending on what form of mineral makeup you use.  However, proper care of your mineral cosmetics is important in order to maintain the benefits the minerals offer for the skin and face.

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Are Your Mineral Makeup Brushes Really Cruelty Free?

Synthetic Hair Mineral Makeup Brushes

Our mineral makeup brushes are only made from the finest synthetic fiber for providing the softest touch to skin, making application gentle and soothing. They are not your usual Taklon synthetics since these have a stiffer feel and don’t possess the soft application that our mineral makeup brushes provide. The use of the new innovation of velvetized synthetic fibers also makes these vegan friendly and excellent for picking up mineral powders. Animal hair makeup brushes are no longer necessary.

The Reality Behind Marketing “Cruelty Free” Makeup Brushes

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Can I Sleep In Your Mineral Makeup?

Mineral Makeup Brands Promoting As A Bonus Feature

There are many mineral makeup companies which make the claim, “so gentle and safe, you can even sleep in it.”

Though this may seem like a bonus point for making an argument for using mineral makeup products, and one could chock this up as a supposedly added benefit, when in actuality this is never recommended no matter how gentle and safe a mineral cosmetic brand claims theirs to be.

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Why Doesn’t Your Mineral Makeup Have Preservatives?

Sterling Minerals is a loose mineral makeup powder and contains inert ingredients of inorganic minerals.  We then combine them with our organic botanical extracts, including cold pressed Jojoba Oil which is a natural anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant.  This is also why it is included in our foundations and Evening Rose Veil.  Jojoba will literally meld with the mineral makeup foundation and provides a nice protective barrier on the skin.  Since our mineral makeup products are comprised of dry inert powders, bacteria simply cannot grow.

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