Comments on: Foundation Week, Day 1: Your Epidermis Is Showing

By: Liisa

Liisa — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:21:00 +0000

To join in on the actual conversation about foundation, Jane Iredale is a great brand for all-natural and non-toxic makeup. I currently use their Glow Time Mineral BB cream as my foundation, and I love it! I have dry skin, so the creamy formula works really well for me. It covers well, blends great, and matches my very pale skin perfectly. When I have it on, I can't tell I have it on except that my skin looks so much better! Jane Iredale also has a huge range of mascaras (I use their lengthening formula and I love that too), foundations, eye shadows, eye liner, etc. So switching to natural products doesn't mean settling for a lower-quality product. You just have to find the right products! (I think it's fun, kind of like a treasure hunt!) As for sunscreen, I use La Roche Posay's Anthelios 50 Mineral Ultra Light Sunscreen Fluid. I put it on over my moisturizer but under my foundation. I mix the tinted and non-tinted so it's not whitening. I use a 100% mineral sunscreen instead of a chemical sunscreen because chemical sunscreens are dangerous (they increase the amount of free radicals in your skin as they break down) and cause my sensitive skin to burn and get all red and inflamed. It's so important to do your research before you buy. Some products by mainstream and luxury companies are completely safe, and some products by natural brands are totally toxic. One company often has products that are on both ends of the spectrum.

By: Liisa

Liisa — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:04:00 +0000

Actually, safety in makeup is NOT a given. You may not know this, but there are no laws regulating what goes into personal care products such as makeup, hair products, and skin care products. And many companies use ingredients in their products that cause cancer, nervous system damage, organ toxicity, reproductive harm, and all sorts of terrible things. While mainstream and luxury brands are especially bad, many companies that brand themselves as "natural" also use dangerous ingredients in their products. And there is NO government oversight over these products. So there could still be lead or arsenic in your makeup, and it would be legal. This is a very serious safety concern, especially for people who use a lot of beauty products (like I'm sure many ITG readers do!). Since I learned about this, I have gradually switched all of the products I use to natural products that do not contain dangerous ingredients. Please check out http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/myths-on-cosmetics-safety/ to know more.

By: kat

kat — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:02:00 +0000

Ikea Bookshelf! I laughed out loud so hard.

By: makeitwork

makeitwork — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:02:00 +0000

Fabulous article Molly- love your writing!

I am a foundation fiend! The golden moment is when someone asks if you're wearing foundation (on those days you've spent a good chunk of time priming, brushing, buffing etc) I might sometimes claim I don't... my bad.

My top three:
1. Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturier (a foundation-like coverage, it makes my splotchy skin look natural and flawless)
2. Estee Lauder Invisible Fluid Makeup (lasts all day, feels like nothing, and covers the galaxy of acne on my cheeks)
3. Maybelline Fit Me (I'm a bit of a makeup snob, but this foundation is light and beautiful, and lasts all day. Can be a bit shiny without translucent power though).

Bottom three:
1. Lancome Photogenic Lumessence (whilst it has the most beautiful doll-like finish, after a couple of hours I can actually feel its heaviness as it traps any fluid escaping from my skin. So uncomfortable I have to wash it off.)
2. Estee Lauder Double Wear (whilst this has a cult following, for me it always ends up looking like a solid clay mass)
3. Maybelline Super Stay Makeup. (Same thing as doublewear- has the consistency of glue, a strange grey-ish colour once it settles in, and leaves me with a bounty of pimples. boo!)

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:56:00 +0000

I love ITG too, but was surprised by the comments that make-up is totally safe now.... lead in lipstick is hardly a thing of ancient history and MANY (actually, MOST) brands still contains toxins and unsafe ingredients.

By: Christine P

Christine P — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0000

I use Revlon Colorstay and was a certified makeup artist for 7 years. ( I still do weddings and use Colorstay on all my brides). It does last, and it lasts perfectly. Don't spend more money on makeup than you have to. Drugstore brands are already practically putting high end brands out of business, because the quality is improving and the price is right.

By: Miss Y.

Miss Y. — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:59:00 +0000

I'm not sure if what you're saying is entirely true because high end and drugstore brands are often owned by the same companies and share large parts of the technology, ingredients etc. Just like many luxury clothing brands are made in low-cost countries nowadays, or only had a small part of the production done in their resident country just to put it on their label...

By: mccubcakes

mccubcakes — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:31:00 +0000

i have a silly question - but i never know if i SHOULD wear foundation. like you said, all those counter ladies pile it on and i just dont trust them. how do you know if you should...??

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:06:00 +0000

Yes! ITG, thank you for getting Detective Molly Young on the case. (I feel like quoting the Olsen x Olsen mystery agency.) I'm a huge fan of her writing, always sparkling and humorous, never pandering. In fact, ITG is one of the few beauty websites with such a positive yet not dumbed-down tone.

Thank you guys! And please cover Jemima Kirke and Audrey Gelman for your next Top Shelf posts

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