Okay so here is my vice - I wear makeup! I will not say I love make up, because I do not, my drawers are not full of makeup and I do not like hoarding various shades and types of makeup. I have one eyeliner, one mascara, one foundation, a few eye shadows and a couple of lip sticks. Since I deal with people on an everyday basis in my line of work, I find that I enjoy a well kept and elegant appearance. I am not saying one needs makeup for that look, but it definitely works for me.
I have worn makeup since my teens and over the past few years I have been successful at incorporating healthy foods, and less toxic and as natural as possible personal products and cleaning products into my life. One area which I have been unsuccessful in was make up. It was not that I did not try, but no local stores carried any healthier alternatives. It was even hard finding Burt’s Bees products in most stores. Anything I researched online was not worth it no matter how “naturally” they labelled themselves, as once I saw the ingredients, I was greatly dismayed.
Then it happened, a few weeks ago I came across a web site called Future Natural. I was skeptical at first, but then as I researched their products further I honestly could not believe that make up could be made with such natural, non-toxic ingredients. I was used to looking at my usual labels with grimaces at the numerous unpronounceable ingredients, all of which of course included the notorious parabens! Well here was Future Natural and they were different. The following is a line from Future Natural to quickly understand what they are all about:
