Sheer Cover Makeup Is The Best Thing To Use To Cover Acne.
You probably know by now that bare mineral make up can help your skin look younger, softer, and smoother without subjecting it to artificial chemicals. What exactly is in mineral makeup? To answer this question, we consulted Ann Swiftborne, who helps to formulate sheer cover makeup. She told us about the five most common ingredients that mineral makeup contains.
Titanium Dioxide is an ingredient that is a white powder that will protect your skin from the sun. This is because it will create a thin impermeable layer between the light and your skin. It is probably the same stuff that your mother put on your nose when you went to the beach as a child. It is 100 percent natural and perfectly safe to use.
Iron oxides are natural compounds commonly known as rust. As iron metal oxidizes (rusts) in the presence of air and water, the iron oxides appear in deep, rich, red colors. Sheer cover makeup uses these iron oxides in small amounts to add red, pink, taupe and brown colors to your face.
Mica: these minerals have a natural mirror-like sheen. When used as sheer cover makeup, they help your complexion become luminous, smooth, and creamy. These minerals also help improve the texture of creams, powders and mineral liquid foundation, ensuring that they do not clump or drip.
Kaolin: Kaolin is simply a kind of smooth, white, natural clay found near lake beds. It is used in makeup because it helps color cling to your face, making the makeup more durable so that it can last all day. As if that weren't enough, kaolin absorbs oil, so people with oily complexions really find that this compound can clear up their skin. Kaolin is also a good substance to use on an everyday basis, since it prevents the formation of oiliness and acne in the first place.
Zinc oxide offers protection for your skin from the sun, similar to titanium dioxide. But in addition, zinc oxide is also excellent at soothing skin and reducing redness caused by inflammation, and thus is a very good natural remedy for serious acne and the skin condition rosacea that causes skin to redden.
As you probably already know, bare mineral make up is a great way to help your skin look smooth, soft, and youthful without subjecting it to dangerous chemicals. But what exactly is in that mineral makeup you use every day? We spoke to Ann Swiftborne, chemist in charge of formulating sheer cover makeup, to find out about the five most common ingredients in mineral makeup. These minerals, called Mica, shimmer with a natural gloss. As sheer cover make up, mica softens your complexion, leaving your skin smooth, creamy and glowing. Preventing clumps and drips, these minerals also enhance the texture of mineral liquid foundation.
Published October 7th, 2007
