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Side-By-Side Comparisons of Mineral Makeup
They call them mineral make up. They call them pure. They say they have only "good things" in them. Is this true? And how do they compare in price? Let's compare apples to apples. I've listed all the well know brands of mineral cosmetics, compared their ingredients, their cost, and their actual cost per gram. Although each company offers several products such as foundations, blushes, eye shadows, etc, I've chosen the most popular - foundations - as a basis of comparison. I've stacked them against Purely Cosmetics to see how each holds up against the other.
Any ingredient marked in bold contains a non-pure, non-earth mineral. Some even worse: parabens are preservatives that are thought to be linked to breast cancer and early aging of the skin. Bismuth oxychloride is a filler that is a by-product of lead and copper processing and is irritating to the skin. You'll even see carnuba wax - isn't that what they use on cars?
This is lengthy, but you'll find some real eye openers. Your favorite mineral makeup is most likely listed here, as I've compared Bare Escentuals, Jane Iredale, GLO Minerals, Sheer Cover, Laura Mercier, Youngblood, BeLeeVe, L'Oreal, and Neutragena to Purely Cosmetics.
Net weight: 6gm Cost: $18.00 Cost/Gram: $3.00
Ingredients: Mica, titanium dioxide, iron oxides, zinc oxide. May contain ultramarine.
BARE ESCENTUALS:
Net weight: 2gm Cost: $25.00 Cost/Gram: $12.50
Ingredients: Titanium dioxide, bismuth oxychloride, mica, iron oxide, zinc oxide. Products have expiration dates.
JANE IREDALE:
Net weight: 10.5gm Cost: $42.00 Cost/Gram: $4.00
Ingredients: Titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, mica, bismuth oxychloride, zinc stearate, dimethicone, boron nitride, stearic acid, pomegranate extract, may contain iron oxide, carmine, ultramarine.
GLO MINERALS:
Net weight: 10gm Cost: $37.00 Cost/Gram: $3.70
Ingredients: Phytonadione, green tea extract, tocopherol acetate, retinyl palmitate, ascorbyl palmitate, ethylparaben, propylparaben, methylparaben, mica, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, bismuth oxychloride. May contain iron oxides.
SHEER COVER:
Net weight: 1.5gm & 4gm Cost: $13.00-$20.00** Cost/Gram: $8.67-$5.00
Ingredients: Zinc oxide, boron nitride, bisabolol, aspalathus linearis leaf extract, bismuth oxycholoride. May contain titanium dioxide, mica iron oxides.
** Only sold in kits; priced based upon going Ebay bids. Products have expiration dates.
LAURA MERCIER:
Net weight: 9.6gm Cost: $35.00 Cost/Gram: $3.65
Ingredients: Zinc oxide, pearl powder, mica, bismuth oxychloride, titanium dioxide, iron oxides.
YOUNGBLOOD:
Net weight: 10gm Cost: $34.95 Cost/Gram: $3.50
Ingredients: Titanium dioxide, bismuth oxychloride, mica, iron oxides.
L'OREAL BARE NATURALE:
Net weight: 10gm Cost: $14.99 Cost/Gram: $1.50
Ingredients: Titanium dioxide, talc, boron nitrate, dimethicone, carnaba wax, cetyl dimethicone, trimethyloxysilicate, trisocetyl citrate, alde baradensis leaf juice, tocopheryroyl, panthenol.
BELEEVE:
Net weight: 10gm Cost: $25.00 Cost/Gram: $2.50
Ingredients: Titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, iron oxide, bismuth oxychloride, boron nitride, cyclomethicone, green tea extract, mica superoxide dismutase, catalase, apple extract, horseradish, phospholipids, retinyl palmitate, tocopheryl acetate, lavender, sandalwood, geranium, ylang ylang, patchouli, rosemary, sage.
NEUTROGENA MINERAL SHEERS:
Net weight: 5gm Cost: $13.00 Cost/Gram: $2.60
Ingredients: Mica, bismuth oxychloride, iron oxides, titanium dioxide, polymethylate, retinyl palmitate, tocopheryl acetate, ascorbic acid, pantothenic acid, soybean flour, silk powder, zinc stearate, sodium dehydrocetate, methylparaben, propylparaben.
Hmmm... Car wax, carcinogen, expiration dates, and horseradish. These are "pure"?
Jamie Reynolds has been in the medical and
cosmetics fields for over 10 years. After comparing many different mineral
makeup products, she decided to start her own product line,
Purely Cosmetics to provide both quality and value to the customers.
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