Their products are all packaged in glass jars with a metal lid, and wrapped in a paper box. The ingredients are listed on the Skin Deep database, and every product receives an overall score of 2 or less.

I’ve been using the Un Cover-up concealer and Lip2Cheek cream blush/lip stain regularly for a couple months now, and I really like the dewy finish both provide to my complexion. The line is created by a makeup artist, so the color selection is modern and easy-to-wear. In addition to the concealer and blush, there is a cream eyeshadow, lip balm, highlighting cream, and lip gloss. The best part is that you don’t need tools to apply this makeup. The formulations are all designed to be applied and blended with your fingertips.

I highly recommend!

The packaging that comes with most make-up can be pretty daunting to me, let alone the crazy chemicals.

One place that I’ve ended up liking a lot is Lush. They don’t do a lot of blush and mascara type products, but they do make several other beauty products and have made a commitment to reducing packaging.

They do package many of their liquid products in plastic pots, but they take them back for re-use. If you turn in 10 you get a free product.

Also, they sell soaps, bubble bars, massage bars (which I like to use as lotion) and some other dry products with no packaging at all. I usually bring my own muslin drawstring bag to carry these products home.

I will say that you do have to watch the ingredient list. They disclose all of their ingredients and sometimes I find stuff I would rather not use or put on my body. But at least with full disclosure I can make that decision.

Lush isn’t technically “cosmetics” but I still think it fits in the theme of the above post.

I’m not really big on wearing much in the way of cosmetics, except when I’m feeling dressy, so I don’t have a good place to get better packaging choices, but I saw some good stuff in comments and in your post I may have to try out the next time the mood strikes :-)
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I wear makeup every so often bc it’s fun. I love my Amy Winehouse eyes when I am out and about. I don’t feel any societal/partner/professional pressure to wear makeup. I used to never wear makeup or shave my legs or do a host of other things bc I thought those things were economic ways to oppress women. I guess I lightened up or unpacked my logic behind those actions and realized I had bigger feminist fights to fight than if my eyeliner contributes to misogyny.