Erth Mineral Makeup

We are pleased to have expanded our site to include pages containing information on the locations where you can now find Erth Mineral Makeup in retail stores!

Below is a link to our retail store listings.

http://www.lushbrush.com/retailers.htm

V. Blanchette

We have some new & excellent review for customers to review before purchasing our mineral makeup. We will be listing them here as they are published:

http://nyspender.blogspot.com/2008/04/erth-mineral-makeup_12.html

Just wanted to add some information to clarify what exactly goes in to our mineral makeup.

Of first note, all of our makeup is manufactured/mixed, packaged & sealer in our lab. This means that we do not purchase from a supplier & therefore know exactly what's in our product. Because batches are also hand-crafted, each batch is tested against our color chart to verify match.

To list the most important, here are some of the ingredients that our NOT in our mineral makeup:

talc- absolutely no talc is used in any of our mineral makeup

bismuth oxychloride- used by many "leading" mineral makeup companies, we have chosen not to use this filler due to concerns over skin irritation

nano-particles- as our earlier blog entry notes, we use no "nano-particles" due to concerns over inhalation & lung health

parabens &/or sulfates- not used

Hope this helps answer some of the many questions we've had with regard to this issue.

V. Blink
Owner
Erth Mineral Makeup

Our organic skin care line is celebrating it's first year on the market. These wonderful skin care products are 95-100% natural as opposed to most commercial skin care lines which are 95-100% synthetic and are offered with only natural fragrance, if any. We are also continually striving to offer you more & more natural products by attempting to eliminate synthetic preservatives, parabens, & sulfates whenever & wherever possible.

Our line of products were also hand-picked to work well with our mineral makeup line!

Try & enjoy!!

In the next few weeks we will be expanding our line with 2 new blusher colors- one in apricot and another in a deeper red.

Please keep checking back to our site at: Mineral Makeup

Erth Minerals has recently discontinued the use of zea mays (corn starch) in our 2.0 & 5.2 foundation formulations.

Although we appreciate zea mays for the smoothness it adds to mineral makeup, we feel we can use other alternatives to achieve the same results.

Erth Mineral Makeup has recently introduced our sample kit in global colors for African American & Asian women called Kit B.

Our new colors have been developed with the help of our clients & after much time in research & development.

Find them here at:

Kit B

We have had many questions from concerned consumers as to whether or not our products contain nanoparticles as they have been shown to be of concern with regard to lung health. Our products DO NOT CONTAIN NANOPARTICLES.

What is a nanoparticles? According to Wikipedia nanoparticles any particles with any dimension less than 100 nm.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, "Animal studies have shown that some nanoparticles can penetrate cells and tissues, move through the body and brain and cause biochemical damage. But whether cosmetics and sunscreens containing nanomaterials pose health risks remains largely unknown, pending completion of long-range studies recently begun by the FDA and other agencies."[1]

Although the Chronicle admits that health risk due to cosmetics is "largely unknown", we at Erth Minerals have made the choice to not use raw materials containing nanoparticles to ensure the safety of our staff & of our clients.

Best,

V. Blink

1. Keay Davidson. "FDA urged to limit nanoparticle use in cosmetics and sunscreens", San Francisco Chronicle.

Here are some of the wonderful reviews we've received from bloggers!

http://cinnamonkitten.blogspot.com/2007/07/product-review-erth-minerals-moth-veil.html

http://talkingmakeup.com/?p=424

http://www.beautyblognetwork.com/blog/2007/07/01/erth-mineral-makeup/

http://www.iconique.com/flash/style/beauty-minerals.html

http://stellarbeauty.net/category/foundation/

http://talkingmakeup.com/category/foundation/

http://www.vivawoman.net/2007/06/23/flawless-look-with-mineral-foundation/

http://dorischua.com/index.php/2007/08/21/my-mineral-makeup-reviews/

http://www.blog.makeupmoxie.com/reviews

http://misstified.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/01/mineral_makeup_.html

http://cinnamonkitten.blogspot.com/2007/07/draft-product-review-erth-minerals.html