We know this much: We want to stay away from nano particles (I have clients who also find Bismuth Oxychloride irritates their skin, while CSD gives it only a 1)
and yet we still HAVE to protect our skin from harmful UVA/UVB rays; So can we find a way to do this as safely as possible? I’d recommend using liquid or creme sunscreen products, or my all-time favorite product, “The Tinted Moisturizer”. It’s got skin care, sun care, and a light glow in one product. 100% Pure’s tinted moisturizer is great for you since for it’s fruit based, rather than mineral based, but you’ll still have the physical sunscreen. Personally, I think the risk of skin cancer probably outweighs the risk of inhalation or absorption on this one. Here’s the ingredient list: Pigments of Peach, Apricot, Carrot, Pomegranate, Goji Berry and Tomato, White Tea, Cucumber Juice, Aloe Juice, Acai and Pomegranate Oil, Vitamin E (a-tocopherol), Vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate), Chamomile and Lavender wax, extracts of Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Grapefruit Seed, Goldenseal and Cinnamon, Lavender Essential Oil. SUNSCREEN ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: 15% Titanium Dioxide and 10% Zinc Oxide

To avoid titanium altogether, you might steer clear of mineral lines, and stay within “color” categories. Titanium will usually be found in foundations and powders (Titanium and Zinc are also used as lightening agents.) To even out your skin tone, you might be able to use a clean liquid concealer and mix it with a bit of moisturizer to make your own titanium free tinted moisturizer/foundation. I’ll do some more investigating on this front. Thanks for the nudge!

i am having a hard time finding really natural makeup in san francisco (just went to pharmaca and all their products, including hauschka have black-list ingredients).

i would love makeup help (not a bride, that was 20 years ago) but need to know about organic lines/toxin free besides parabens.

thank you so much!

I found your blog at random and I have to pay you a big compliment for your honest and in-depth approach to find the most natural skin care and make-up products. Especially, I enjoyed your article about fashion magazines and what they claim “natural” and “organic” – as that’s something which is bugging me, too (first I wrote letters to the editors, then I simply stopped reading those magazines).

Keep up the good work!

Nadine

P.S.: You’re wrong concerning Dr. Hauschka’s concealer shades . They are not embracing the German population. We have many pale girls over here and even the lightest shade is far too dark for them (I speak first-hand, although I love many other Hauschka products and live near the headquarters, the concealer is rather, well… mediocre).