How to Build Your Makeup Collection?

Having a good makeup collection reflects your choice of makeup and taste in makeup. Building an expertly curated makeup collection in the modern beauty age can leave you feeling like you need a carry-on to haul everything around with you because of the weather and constant touch up. So here we are going to share some of the main products you need to build your makeup collection.

Must have Products in your Makeup Collection:

1. Skin Foundation or Primer:

Skin preparation with primer before applying makeup is the most important part. It gives skin a flawless look and set makeup properly into the face. There are different primers available for different kinds of skins. Select what suits your skin type.

2. Liquid Moisturizer, CC cream, or Tinted Moisturizer:

Liquid moisturizer, cc cream, and tinted moisturizer are useful for skin’s needs. They can serve multiple purposes. It also provides moisture to the skin and gives a smooth texture and provides protection from the external environment.

3. Concealer:

Concealer comes in many textures and coverage levels but the main area to cover by concealer is dark circles, blemishes, and scars. It Is one of the main products to carry in your collection. keep the color in consideration and always choose concealer 2 tones lighter than your skin.

4. Eyebrow Pencil:

Eyebrow pencils should be the most important to have if you like drawing eyebrows thin or thick. It will help in creating an enhanced look.
Eyeliner

Eyeliner enhanced the top lid of the eyes and gives a fresh and bigger look to the eyes.

Eyeliners can be creamy and they will give smokey look by making eyes look fresh.

5. Mascara:

People with small eyelashes simply cannot go without mascara on. Because mascara gives eyelashes volume and a strengthening look.

6. Eyelashes Curler:

After the application of mascara using an eyelashes curler can add up value to enhancing the eyelashes and shaping them. Curlers can make a huge difference while keeping your eyelashes real.

7. Finishing Powder:

Finishing powder is used to set up the makeup on the face and to cover up wrinkles and fine lines. It is best for oily skin which keeps the face oil free.
Bronzer

Bronzer is an essential step for injecting depth, dimension, and natural color into the face so you can further enhance it with blush and highlighter.

8. Brush:

Brush puts that glow back into your cheek after your foundation has stripped your face of excess color.

9. Highlighter:

Highlighters are used to highlight the cheekbones and the jawlines of the face it giving a beautiful shine to the face. It is an important product to have in your makeup collection.

10. Lip Liner:

Before fillers, people use lip liners to give their lips an enhanced shape while making them prominent.

11. Lipstick or Lip Gloss:

Lipsticks are one of the most important products to have in your collection. It can be lip gloss or lipstick. Choosing shade carefully is important because it will affect your face entirely. Lipsticks make your makeup unique.

12. Setting Spray:

If you want your makeup to stay for hours on your face. Then do not forget to apply setting spray to your makeup. It makes your skin shiny and gives it a smooth touch.

13. Tints:

Tints are a multitasking product that can be applied on lips as a lips moisturizer and also can be applied as a cheek blush two give the face an entire blush look. If you are looking for a product that gives you a long-lasting natural face, have some liquid tints.

14. Kajal:

If you are looking for natural makeup after tinting go for kajal. It always seems traditional and beautiful. it gives you smooth, easy partial eye makeup.

List of Makeup Products Containing Natural Ingredients:

Natural makeup products always look better on the face and give you smooth skin here is the listen of makeup products containing natural ingredients.

• Color studio waterproof eyeliner
• Gosh lash sculpting mascara
• Makeup revolution blusher
• Color studio bb cream
• Flormar mattifying bb cream
• Makeup revolution makeup concealer
• Nivea natural fairness eye makeup remover
• Essence now or never long lasting lipstick

Chemicals to Avoid in your Makeup Products:

Sulphates:

They are salts and It contains sulphuric acid which reacts with other another chemical. Sulfate can irritate your skin and eyes. Therefore, before buying makeup make sure the product has less or no amount of sulfates in it.

Parabens:

It is added to a lot of makeup products to keep the makeup fresh and germ-free. However, some studies suggest that parabens enter the skin cells and mimic estrogen which leads to breast cancer.

Phthalates:

They are plasticizing chemicals used for the spread of the products. They are used in nail polish, and perfumes however they are toxic.

Synthetic Color:

Synthetic colors are derived from petroleum or coal tar. Coal tar is made of hydrocarbons, carbon, and water. It can irritate the skin and can trigger cancer cells.

Fragrance:

Fragrances usually have cancer-causing agents and almost every makeup product contains them.

Lead:

Lead is found in lipsticks, eyeliners, and foundations. we are already enough exposed to lead that it is becoming harmful now.

How Do I Know if a Product Contains Harmful Chemicals?

• Read the labels before you buy them.
• SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) and SLES (sodium laureth sulfate) are the common sulfates that you spot on the labels of shampoos and other skin care products.
• Chemicals under methyl, butyl, and propyl classes fall under parabens.
• Toluene is often labelled as benzene, phenylmethane, toluol and methylbenzene.
• PEGs can be spotted as numbers like 100, 120, 14M, 30, 32, 40, 75, and so on.
• Formalin, formaldehyde, glyoxal, and bronopol on the labels of skincare products indicate formaldehyde.
• Diethanolamine is abbreviated as DEA on skincare products.
• Ethanol, methanol, denatured alcohol, and ethyl alcohol are all drying alcohols.
• Mineral oil, benzene, paraffin wax, and compounds that end in -eth is also petrolatum ingredients.
• FD&C or D&C represents artificial colors. F means food and D&C means drugs and cosmetics.
• Look for beauty brands that are transparent and disclose all their ingredients.
• Consider natural brands that are not just safe, but also contain potent ingredients.

Don’t be quick in judging a natural brand as some of the natural, plant-derived ingredients can also turn out to be an irritant for you.
This article will help you build up your makeup box while avoiding harmful ingredients. If any product cause you harm then consult your dermatologist for assistance.