Natural Makeup Blog

Add some cool holographic shimmer with the newest colour in Lauren Brooke Cosmetiques‘ Mystic Series.

Mystic Ice looks white in the jar, but when brushed on the eyelids, the color shifts from turquoise to blue and violet.   It works beautifully alone on darker skin tones or can be applied over darker contour colors for women with lighter skin tones as well.  Try applying with a wet Eyeliner Brush around your eyes for even more dramatic effects!

It’s a mouth full, but what is it and where does it come from?

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is derived from coconut oil.  Coconut oil is different than other plant-derived oils.  It has a very high melting point of around 76 degrees Fahrenheit/24 degrees Celcius, and it consists of many different fatty acids, most of which are Caprylic and Capric fatty acids.

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, or Fractionated Coconut Oil as it is sometimes called, is created by separating the caprylic and capric fatty acids (or medium chain fatty acids) from the long chain fatty acids in coconut oil.  This separation is done physically by a press or centrifuge, so there are no chemicals or solvents used in the process.

Because of this, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is a safe and natural ingredient that can be used in natural makeup and body care products!

Looking for something new and fun this summer?

Try Lauren Brooke Eye Colour’s Mystic Line.  Use alone or over darker shades for a new and exciting look – especially in the summer sun!

Kendra is wearing ‘Sunglow’ Eye Base with ‘Eggplant’ as a contour color in the outer crease area.  For Eyeliner we used an Eyeliner brush and applied ‘Eggplant’ along the bottom of the eyelid and ‘Mystic Tawna’ above it, both wet, as Eyeliners.  To finish, we added Mystic Tawna over the entire eyelid for the color-shifting, holographic effect.

Our Mystic Series includes:

Mystic Amethyst (light purple)

Mystic Copper

Mystic Dawn (soft pink)

Mystic Gold

Mystic Tawna (peach to moonstone color shift)

Mineral Makeup can be quick and easy to apply, but sometimes too much powder can get into the top of the jar and spill, making it hard to control.

Here’s a quick tip to help manage the mess:

1) When you first open the jar, keep the sifter sticker on (If sticker has already been removed, clean the sifter and cover holes with a small strip of tape).

2) Get pin or thumbtack and push tip through several of the sifter holes.

3) To apply your makeup, turn the jar upside down (with the lid still on).  Tap it a few times on the counter to get a small amount through the holes.

When you open the lid there will be smaller, more manageable amounts in the lid to use.   If you want more powder to come out each time, simply add more holes!

We’re blushing pink at Lauren Brooke Cosmetiques!

Introducing our newest cheek colour shade:  Strawberry Parfait!

Soft, sweet, and blushing with color, we’ve added this shade for those who have lighter skin tones – especially those who seem to have trouble with colors turning orange on their skin.  Try it with us and start seeing Pink!  Samples available, just email and ask for a complimentary sample!

If you’ve been noticing more wrinkles around your eyes after applying Powder Foundation, try Lauren Brooke Organic Facial Serum.  This serum combines wonderful skin-friendly oils that help those wrinkles disappear!

A wonderful tip after applying Powder Foundation is to put a drop or two of the Facial Serum on your fingertips and gently tap it under your eyes.  This helps to both moisturize your skin as well as blend the powder so it doesn’t settle in the fine lines and make them more noticeable.  Try it and see!

Most moisturizers and facial serums contain either mineral oil and other petroleum-derived oils, or oils that have been processed or heated during production which causes much of the natural plant nutrients to be destroyed.

Lauren Brooke Organic Facial Serum contains only cold-pressed, Certified Organic natural plant oils and is created without any heat.  This deeply-absorbent oil blend includes several potent oils such as: Rosehip, Borage Seed, Sea Buckthorn, and Pumpkin Seed Oils.  Combined, these oils create a unique and powerful Facial Serum which is anti-inflammatory and exceptionally high in Vitamins C, E, A, Essential Fatty Acids and plant-derived minerals to create deeply nourished, revitalized and balanced-looking skin.

Puffs?  Is there something important about puffs?

Our answer is ‘Yes’.  Why?

Because Mineral makeup can cause respiratory problems, especially if it has Titanium Dioxide in it. On a scale of 0-10 with 10 being the most toxic, the Environmental Working Group has rated Titanium Dioxide up to a 6 in powder products because of studies showing negative respiratory and cardiovascular effects that can even turn carcinogenic when it is in products that can be inhaled.

Because of these dangerous side-effects, Lauren Brooke Cosmetique powders have been specifically formulated without Titanium Dioxide.  In addition, each Lauren Brooke Foundation and Facial Powder comes with a deluxe puff for easy application and to decrease the possibility of any powder inhalation while applying.  So you can be assured that any Lauren Brooke product will be healthy for your skin, your body, and your health!

After finding their skin tone and exploring possible eyeshadow shades on women I’m doing makeovers on, I like to have them just look at the color options and tell me which ones they like.

I have found if you don’t like the color, even if it is supposed to be the ‘right’ tone, you won’t feel as good with it or enjoy wearing it as much.

There is one thing I love to think about from my A.P. English class in High School.  After learning all year long about all the how-to’s and rules to writing with the english language, we were reading poetry from some of the great authors.  A student commented on how these poems didn’t follow the writing and language rules and asked the teacher why these writers could break the rules we had just learned, but we had to write according to the rules.  Her wonderful comment was, ”As soon as you know the rules as well as they did, then you can break them.”

My suggestion to you is similar:  Now that you know the ‘color rules’on finding skin tones and the accompanying colors, you can use them when you want to, but sometimes you just need to find what colors make you smile and wear them!

Once you have compared your skin coloring to color swatches or taken the color season test and found whether you are a cool or warm skin tone, finding eyeshadows that will compliment your own coloring will be much easier. 

When looking for colors to compliment warm skin tones, focus on colors on the upper right side of the colorwheel which includes earth tones like yellows, yellow-greens, corals, and orange-reds.

With cool skin tones, the colors on the bottom left side will work best.  Use colors with blues, plums, purples, blue shade reds, violets, and blue-greens.