A DOSE OF PRETTY BLOG

When you put makeup on, you usually aren’t thinking about how the ingredients in the makeup can affect your body. It’s easy to go the convenient route-- if everyone else is doing it, it must be safe, right? Often, we find ourselves buying whatever is readily available on supermarket shelves without thinking too deeply about why those products are stocked in such large numbers. It makes sense; makeup belongs on your skin, not in your skin. Right?...

A mineral makeup kit is hands down the best way to transition into clean beauty. We’ve talked a lot about why non-toxic makeup is important, but there’s still a lingering stigma that it’s all just hype and not worth the big ol’ price tag that’s usually attached to it.At Southern Magnolia Minerals, we actually make a point of keeping all of our mineral makeup affordable because we believe in how much of a difference it can make. We don’t thin...

If you haven’t heard by now, conventional makeup is full of unnecessary ingredients that can speed up aging, irritate your skin, and hurt our planet’s ecosystems when they get thrown away or get mixed into our water system.Non-toxic eyeshadow is one of those clean beauty staples that are a good investment if you don’t have the budget to overhaul your entire makeup collection because eyeshadow can be one of the worst offenders as far as its effec...