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Clean Beauty with Cassandra McClure


Welcome to the Clean Beauty Podcast with your host, Cassandra McClure. A Professional award winning Makeup Artist & industry expert in Silicon Valley sharing enlightening conversations on the beauty business, clean and green alternatives and exclusive interviews with women who are changing the world with their passion projects, products and influence! Join us!

Dec 11, 2018

 
Annie is a former editor at PopSugar. She is now a Mom, a journalist (she has interviewed Michelle Obama!) and the creator of  Safe Makeup Project website.
 
In this episode, Annie talks about her journey into Clean Beauty and how, while at PopSugar, she worked on a 90 day “beauty cleanse” project complete with interviews with beauty industry experts and representatives from the FDA. What she learned affected her deeply. She made some immediate changes in her beauty routine and felt a profound responsibility to educate the public and decided to launch the Safe Makeup Project website.
 
In 2016, while pregnant, she learned that certain products used by an expectant mother can affect her child later in life (allergies, skin conditions). Her drive for more Clean Beauty education strengthened and her goal for this site, is for it to become not only a trusted and educational resource, but a Clean Beauty community.
 
The Safe Makeup Project (launching soon) will be a site for trusted sources, what products are safe, what products work, where to buy – whether in a drug or department store. She will cover topics like the difference between green, organic, natural and clean products, what ingredients are trending and how effective they are – or aren’t.
 
Annie will be writing about products that she has tested personally. She will be interviewing beauty experts, including yours truly, and is developing clean beauty shopping guides.
Tune in to the episode to hear all that Annie has to offer – too much to write here!
 
"I feel passionate about educating women about the ingredients in and regulations around the personal care products. And believe women can have style and substance at the same time." - Annie, www.safemakeupproject.com/

https://www.instagram.com/anniegabillet

What Happened When I Tried Nontoxic Makeup For 90 Days
https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/Best-Non-Toxic-Makeup-42307799

Nontoxic French Pharmacy Products You Can Buy on Amazon

https://safemakeupproject.com/natural-beauty-guides/nontoxic-french-pharmacy-products-you-can-buy-on-amazon/
 
Pregnant? What You Need to Know About Safe Makeup
https://safemakeupproject.com/makeup-ingredients/what-makeup-is-safe-for-pregnant-women/
 
I Tried a Bunch of Natural Sunscreens, And This Is My Absolute Favorite
https://safemakeupproject.com/reviews/the-best-natural-sunscreen/

Klorane Floral Water Makeup Remover with Soothing Cornflower (1 on EWG): a 3-in-1 micellar cleanser, toner, and eye makeup remover and also alcohol-free.


Avene Thermal Spring Water (1 on EWG): give yourself a spritz of this before you leave the house or in the middle of a long day to soothe, soften, and calm your skin. It might just be water, but beauty professionals swear by this.

Derma-E sunscreen: Gets a 1 on EWG, meaning it includes safe ingredients.

White film rubs away easily. Plays nice with makeup, including liquid foundation. Very lightweight. Not greasy, but also doesn’t leave skin dry. Can use body sunscreen on the face as well, meaning you just need one product (the only difference in ingredients between body and face products is that the body version includes sunflower seed oil). Effective at preventing sunburn.

 
RMS Beauty Luminizer X Quad: This combo includes RMS’s cult-classic Living Luminizer, as well as three other shades. The Champagne Rosé shade is one of my favorites. I put it on my cheeks and my eyes and feel subtly glamorous, if that’s even possible. (1 on EWG)
 

RMS Beauty Buriti Bronzer: If you have fair skin, this cream bronzer will make you look like you just spent a few hours by the pool, and you don’t have to risk the sun damage. For darker complexions it will probably perform more like a highlighter.  Buriti oil can nourish the skin and make it supple, and the bronzer blends in smoothly. While it looks sparkly in the pot, it has no glitter to it when applied. (1 from EWG)

Lily Lolo’s mascara adds both length and thickness. It gives that dramatic pop I need to finish my look. The brush gets a lot of product on it, making it a little messy to apply. But I like that you can add more coats to build up the effect. It did not fall down under my eyes during the day.

Juice Beauty Phyto-Pigments Flawless Serum FoundationThis liquid foundation penetrates the skin nicely and creates a silky texture. The coverage is light to medium, but it did diminish the dark spots I have on my cheeks.

 

 

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