7 All-Natural Makeup Products You’ll Love

By Stephanie Schoenster

Long gone are the days when applying makeup meant touching your skin, eyes and mouth with unpronounceable chemicals and preservatives. A growing number of cosmetic companies are taking a page from food companies and jumping on the all-natural bandwagon.  Today’s long-lasting and luxurious eco-chic makeup products prove that all-natural brands can go, umm, head to head with conventional beauty products. You’ll feel and look more confident knowing you’re helping your skin and the planet. Not sure where to start? We did the (beautiful) work for you—here are seven of our favorite all-natural beauty products:

1. Mascara: Physician’s Formula Organic Wear 100% Natural Original 

This mascara gives a nice natural boost to lashes while all ingredients are 100% natural and 70% organic, so there’s no need to worry about harming your eyes, or the earth.  It doesn’t flake or make you look like a raccoon after you wash it off. Available at drugstores, $9.95.

2. Eyeliner: Suncoat Sugar-Based Natural Liquid Eyeliner 

This eyeliner is made with a natural sugar-based binding agent, instead of the synthetic plastics found in conventional eyeliner. There are no synthetic dyes or chemical preservatives—just earth pigments enriched with Vitamin E. Good tip: The rubber tip creates finer lines than a brush. (Available online; $16)

3. Foundation: Nature Brand/ Bella Mari TALC Free 

Talc, a nanoparticle, is a substance that many try to avoid, especially in light of two recent court cases where juries awarded $130 million to some cancer patients, believing there is a direct tie between talc and cancer. Some all-natural products still use talc in their products despite the controversy. Nature Brand/Bella Mari makes a talc-free foundation suitable for all skin types and is available in 20 different shades. It’s chemical free, cruelty-free and made with organic, plant-based ingredients. (Available online; $24)

4. Eyeshadow: 100% Pure Fruit Pigmented Pretty Naked II Palette 

Can you imagine using an eyeshadow and blush that is actually good for you?  100% Pure’s simple palette has the perfect colors of blush, highlighter, and eyeshadow to draw out your face’s best features. Each color easily blends into the skin and is 100% natural, packed with antioxidants, vitamins and beautiful colors from fruits, seeds, flowers and vegetables. You will be beautiful inside and out.  (Available online; $45)

 

5. Blush: Honeybee Gardens

Honeybee will bring out your inner beauty with an instant healthy, natural glow.  This soft, rosy blush uses a blend of seeds from the Maracuja plant, so it’s full of anti-oxidants plus anti-inflammatory properties that will leave you looking youthful. And, almost best of all, it’s made from pure mineral pigments that are easily blendable and long-wearing.  (Available online, $14)

6. Lipstick: Noyah

Noyah carries a line of beautiful naturally pigmented lipsticks to add a pop to your pout. Coconut oil and shea butter work together to create a creamy, smooth long-lasting finish. They come in a range of shades from a vibrant red to a flirty pink, perfect for different occasions from work to party.  (Available online; $18)

7. Lip Gloss: Real Purity 

Pucker up with these luscious, smooth glosses.  Macadamia, avocado oil and aloe vera oil will soften your lips and provide moisture, while mango seed butter and beeswax add shine. The gloss comes in one deep mauve shade, a bright berry shade, and the classic clear. (Available online; $10 and up)