• Makeup

    How to get started making your own mineral makeup!

    May 7, 2024 - By 

    Creating your own mineral makeup is both simple (and so inexpensive) and can also be a bit of trial and error, but if you take good notes, and experiment you can successfully make your own mineral makeup! I learned how to make my own mineral makeup by purchasing “Make It Up: The Essential Guide to DIY Makeup and Skin Care” by Marie Rayma. I also purchased and love Make Your Own Pure Mineral Makeup from Amazon. I found that this set of specialized measuring spoons to be super helpful as well! I only use them for formulating makeup. I highly…

  • Skincare

    Creating your own diy beauty products is easy!

    April 29, 2024 - By 

    Let me get you started! You will need to have a few basic ingredients that can be used in many different recipes to create your own diy skin care and beauty products. It can seem overwhelming at first, but I’m here to take you step by step through the process! I’ve been making my own soap and skin care products for several years. I’ve made mistakes and learned where to find the best resources and ingredients.Start small and figure out if you really enjoy creating your own products or not. Don’t be tempted to buy more ingredients to “save” money…

  • Skincare

    10 Harmful & Common Ingredients in Skincare and Makeup Products

    April 11, 2024 - By 

    It’s important to read labels, ingredients and to do your research if you really want to carefully choose products that you use on your skin and the effect that they have on your body long term. In Canada all labels are written in INCI (International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient) which are systematic names internationally recognized to identify cosmetic ingredients. So just because you don’t necessarily understand or are able to read an ingredient, this is why you need the INCI decoder. Here is the INCI decoder that I use to find out exactly what is in a product. You only need…

  • Bath and Beauty

    Are you ready for a new safe cosmetic line?

    April 10, 2024 - By 

    Let me introduce you to Beauty by VRAI! VRAI means truth! I’ve been waiting for this brand new line of safe cosmetics for over a year. When I heard that it was in the making I was definitely looking forward to it’s production and now it is here! New products will be released throughout the coming months and years, so there are many good things to come! You can discover all about the ingredients that these new cosmetics are made with here at a website called VRAI IQ https://www.vraiiq.com/ I am a Beauty by VRAI advisor. I’ll be sharing all…