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Part 3: What’s In LovelyMama’s Make Up Bag?

I don’t wear a ton of make up. I know there are parts of the country where women tend to wear more make up than others (*cough* Long Island *cough* and I can say that because I grew up there) and I do wear some… enough to make myself acceptable for public consumption. I do like my girlie must haves and here is whats banging around in my make up bag:

Foundation: I don’t wear a lot of it and I never really did. But as I’m getting older I have rosacea and some flaws and I just need a light overall cover to make me happy. I am using mineral foundation which I have recently read to be less than great due to breathing in particles. But I loathe liquid foundation. Hate it. So I hold my breath and hope I don’t get some funky lung disease from it. My favorite is Alima Pure Mineral Satin Matte foundation after switching from Bare Minerals when I learned that it contained Bismuth Oxychloride which can be an irritant to rosacea sufferers.

I also use SukiColor Liquid Formula Concealer in Flax (which I can’t find on their website right now) for spot treating under eye circles, zits or whatever weirdness shows up. Blends well and has a more respectable ingredients list than most commercial liquid make up.

Blush: I hide from the sun so much so that I need an extra boost (I wear hats and sunglasses all the time) so I use Alima Pure Luminous Shimmer Blush in Dianthus. Dr Hauschka makes a nice blush bronzer too but the cost difference is amazing. $15 for Alima vs $30+ its an easy choice for me.

Eyes: NVEY Eco Organic Eye Shadow Palette in Palette 3. I had a palette of this before which I had gotten as a gift and it lasted me forever. So when I was digging the last of it out I decided it was a worthy investment. It’s $60. Yeah I know. But it lasted me well over a year to a year and a half. So I figure I’m spending that over a course of time on different ones anyway and this is organic. So I splurge. I also have a small Dr. Hauschka Eye Shadow Solo in Shimmering Ivory. But I may try the 4 color palettes they have next time instead of the NVEY. $44 vs $60 on that scale.

Eye Liner: I have a basic black eye liner from Sephora. Nothing green or safe about it. I need to find a better one.

Mascara: I use Tarte Lash Hugger Eco-Friendly Natural Mascara. Tarte uses better ingredients than most and avoids things like parabens, phthalates and mineral oils and is in a recycled tube. It works great… can’t complain. I tried out one of the “natural” brands at CVS and it was awful so I’ll stick with this.

Lips: My favorite topic! I don’t wear lipstick. It’s a pretty rare occasion if I do. I am a lip balm kind of girl and when I get dressed to go out (haha) I am a fan of lip gloss. Although since I started greening my make up I haven’t found too many lip glosses that do it for me. I have a million lip balms including: Badger Lip Balm in just abut every flavor but I love Tangerine and Lavender Orange, Bubble & Bee Lip Balm in both Coconut Lime and Rude Raspberry (which is Certified Organic now), a Burt’s Bees Radiance Lip Shimmer as well as a Burt’s Bees Super Shiny Lip Gloss in Sweet Pink, LuSa Organics lip balm (love) and an Earth Mama Angel Baby Lip Balm which I use at night.

Nails: I know we did a whole round up of safe nail polish but to be very honest – I hate almost all of them. They don’t stay on and yes I used them while I was pregnant if at all but my vanity is at stake here so I ave been using Zoya Polishes for my mani pedis. Zoya is Formaldehyde, Toluene and DBP Free so I feel somewhat better using them.

Anyone have any eye liner or lip gloss recommendations? Hope you enjoyed the peek into my bathroom!

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Categories: Alima Pure, Badger Balm, Blush, Bubble and Bee, Burts Bees, Concealer, Dr. Hauschka, Earth Mama Angel Baby, Eye Shadow, Foundation, Lip Balm, Lip Gloss, LuSa Organics, Mascara, Nvey Eco

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LaVanila The Healthy Lip Shine

Lavanila Lip Shine I am a huge lip product whore. You’ll learn this if you read this site regularly. I own enough lip balms and glosses to write 100 entries. My first one is for LaVanila’s The Healthy Lip Shine lip gloss. Once I learned about all the gunk in traditional glosses I went on a quest to find one that I could use daily that had a safer ingredients list. I haven’t tried much of the LaVanila line because typically I’m not a vanilla-scent person but I was drawn to this one for it’s vanilla grapefruit scent.

This is a great day gloss… it goes with me everywhere. It goes on smooth and isn’t overly heavy or sticky and has a pretty sheer pink hue. Better yet this lip gloss is free of parabens, phthalates, Petrochemicals, Propylene Glycol, Mineral oils, Silicone, Synthetic Dyes, and Sulfates. The tube is 100% recyclable and is not tested on animals!

It comes in a few other scents including Vanilla, Vanilla Coconut, and Vanilla Blossom… all of which are light peachy colors that go on sheer enough for wearing anytime.

Get it here: Sephora.com

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Categories: LaVanila, Lip Gloss