That’s a question that’s starting to be asked more and more as time goes on. You have fluffs of powder in the air, molecules so small they sink into your skin deeply, and is it, could it, be doing anything bad to you? Is there a danger down the road?
The answer? We just don’t know. Right now some scientists are speculating there may be a problem based on past small-particle inhalation, butl, to date, no double blind studies have been done, or if they have, are inconclusive, at best.
The answer? Safety is always a good idea. Don’t stick your nose in your mineral makeup (why?). When opening jars, turn your head to the side. Use a mask when working with mineral makeup and making your own. I’m not talking application. This is when you press pigments, create your own colors, etc. Just use common sense. My Makeup Forever HD Powder makes a huge puff. Good for HD, bad for lungs. If you don’t need HD powder, don’t use it. Makeup Forever makes other powders and those are wonderful. MAC makes nice high-end powders that are larger, as well as some that can work with HD.
Think about the size of the particles and press some of your own makeup, so the particles don’t waft into the air. Besides, you won’t use nearly as much product, with the waste. Every puff of mineral makeup in the air, is less for your loveliness.
Beauty with a lower cost of future problems is always a good thing.
I read an article on how you should dress and behave over forty. No wearing anything too young for you (yes, I agree with that, but age is mental and you can show off good stems) and things I got furious at. You’re, apparently, not supposed to use bright eyeshadows. It’s a whole universe of soft browns and gentle color that’s as boring as a Christmas without gifts (or whatever gift type thing you celebrate, or do). In other words…we’res the fun in that? Why? What’s so magically horrible about forty that we are supposed to hide in the background and get old. I refuse.
Okay, that does not mean I’m a tart and going to look the part. It means that color is part of who I am and always will be. I know not to wear a dramatic eye with bright red lips, but come on here, people, to dull down my face would mean dulling who I am. I just discovered how much I love color. Not all the time, but bright, bold, “look at me,” color is not breaking the law, no matter your age.
I didn’t stop living at forty. I’m not going to stop being who I am, and looking the part.
like you have no lists already. I have enough lipstick to last a lifetime. I even have one of my Grandma’s lipsticks from the ’30’s that is still good. Totally wrong on me (orange red), but I cherish it. I don’t know what’s in it, but it smells fresh and is smooth as silk.
I’m going to have Gene try to widen the page today, so there’s more room and less blank space. I adore, love and worship this fantastic template, but I can barely read it without reading glasses. Okay, I can’t read it without reading glasses. It’s time to give up and get bi-focals. Lord, help me.
If you’ve not gotten your hands on a copy of Kevin Aucoin’s, Making Faces by now, shame on you. Yes, it’s very, “Dallas in the 80’s” but the basic tips are still solid today and anyone can learn from him. Plus it’s a gorgous book. He has been gone for a few years now and it was a great loss to the artistry and style of the world’s most lovely women.
I put this on my other blog, yesterday, but it truly belongs here. It does not matter what you look like. This blog and my channel aren’t about being a model. They are about being the best you that you can be with the tools you take with you. My tools, everyone’s are just something to think about. You don’t have to be like anyone else. You as you are is more than good enough. Please watch. My son, who is autistic, cried from joy with me as he watched.
