Bare Minerals; it's everywhere. Infomercials ,QVC; but is this product really worth all of it hype.
The answer is NOT REALLY!!
The premise for the company is advertising 100% all natural mineral makeup. So good you can sleep in it. The truth is not all of its claim to fame is true. While bare mineral is made of up of natural minerals, if you look closer at the ingredients label you will find that that is not necessarily the case.
One of the main ingredients in their mineral powders is the use of Bismuth Oxychoride . This is unfortunate because the majority of women with sensitive skin, acne and roseacea will find that products with this ingredient will irritate their skin. Bismuth Oxychloride is a synthetically prepared white or nearly white finely crystalline, odorless powder . It is the by-product of lead and copper refining. It rarely occurs in nature. It is used in many brands because of its highly reflective properties which is then advertised as able to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Also it does have a shimmer effect, but does not resemble the most natural looking glow.While the ability to reflect light does make this possible, there are other ways to achieve it.This ingredient is a cheap inexpensive filler. It is very heavy element that needs to be forced into the skin otherwise it can slide of the wearer's face. Hence the buffing action needed to apply the makeup. While it does have binding qualities which will allow it to "stick" to the skin, again there are natural ways to achieve this.
Mineral makeup brands that do not use this ingredient are noticeably lighter in feel and blend with less effort. The use of Mica can produce a shimmer effect and a achieve a more natural glow than the use of bismuth. Mica is a transparent mineral which is mined from the earth . It can be sparkling or completely matte. Due to the sheer, translucent effect of the mica mineral, your natural skin tone shines through. The shimmery properties of mica which reflects light from the face, help create an illusion of a smoother, softer and more radiant skin .
Also if you take a look at the many products they sell other synthetic preservatives and fillers are used:
1. Bare Escentuals bareVitamins Skin Rev-er Upper
Methylparaben, Propylparaben.
2.Bare Escentuals Radiant Lip Gloss
Isopropylparaben, Isobutylparaben Butylparaben
Blue 1 Lake , Yellow 5 Lake , Yellow 6
Red 40 Lake , Red 6 Lake , Red 7
Red 27 Lake , Red 28 Lake , Red 30
Red 21, Bismuth Oxychloride
These are just a few...DON'T BE FOOLED by the hype. Do your own research. Use what you feel is best for your skin.
2 comments:
Hmmm... Is this the MAC variety? I looked up their mineral makeup range and.. well, not going there.
Bare Minerals made me break out terrible! I continued to use it thinking it had to be something else since it was supposed to be all natural but when I ran out my breakouts improved significantly. When I reordered skin was a mess again so no doubt it was the BM make-up.
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