What are mineral cosmetics and why choose them?
If you are thinking of a more natural way to apply makeup, you could try mineral cosmetics. Let's see together what it is and why there is so much talk about it.
Mineral or natural cosmetics?
These two terms are often used as synonyms, but this is not exactly the case. Mineral cosmetics (or at least, those that we can really consider such) contain exclusively mineral substances reduced to a very fine powder. It is therefore always a natural cosmetic. However, a natural cosmetic is not always also a mineral cosmetic. Natural cosmetic products, in fact, must contain at least 95% of natural ingredients, which can be, in fact, mineral powders, but also oils, extracts, butters and so on. The remaining 5%, then, can also be made up of synthetic products.
Make-ups that bear the wording "minerals" are cosmetics composed solely of mineral powders, obtained from the pulverization and micronization of stones or earth. At the end of specific technological processes, these mineral cosmetic powders are refined and reduced into tiny crystals which adhere to the skin without clogging the pores, thus allowing it to breathe, and obtaining an excellent filling effect in covering imperfections and leaving the face with a all natural. Mineral cosmetic powders have been known to man since ancient times as a material supplied directly from the earth and then reinvented by modern cosmetics, which has slowly eliminated all the chemical components, leaving only the natural ones.
A true face makeup mineral-based, to be considered as such, it must necessarily be in free powder and composed only of minerals such as Mica, Titanium, Zinc, Sulphur, Silicon and clay, such as the famous Clay-based face mask, but silicones, animal fats, parabens, emulsifiers or petroleum derivatives are often added to these elements.
Mineral Cosmetics: Pure mineral products that let the skin breathe without occluding it: no silicones, petrolatum, nano-particles; composed solely of powders obtained from the pulverization and micronization of stones or earth. Not tested on animals.