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Friday, September 3, 2010

The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010

Posted by Arlene Sherman, President on August 7, 2010

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You know, I’m fairly new to the cosmetic industry, having bought the Affordable Mineral Makeup Company just 6 weeks ago.  I didn’t know a whole heck of a lot about the industry. I just bought my cosmetics like millions of other women, just like you, thinking the products were OK’d by good old Uncle Sam.

The first thing I found out was that I was wrong.  And not just wrong, but wildly wrong and completely ignorant about being put in harm’s way by an industry that is self regulating and that absolutely, positively uses toxins in their products. With friends like these…

Do you know that the existing law, on the books since 1938, states that the FDA cannot even call for product recalls even in cases where products were found to contain illegal levels of toxins. I think you should read this last sentence again. All I can say is “you’ve got to be kidding me!”

Not that I don’t think this is horrendous, but worse yet, some of this toxic stuff is in baby products. Really. Learn more about safer cosmetics right here:  watch the just-released video The Story of Cosmetics right now on Affordable Mineral Makeup.

So now, Congress has in front of it a bill to insure that personal care products are free of harmful ingredients. Geez…wonder if it will pass.

Sure I am trying to get my company up to the next level of success, but truth be told, Affordable Mineral Makeup is free of toxins, chemicals and we do not use anything that is tested on animals.  It is the biggest no-brainer since we started using our brains. Stop, stop, stop using cosmetics that are loaded with toxins.  How dare any company care so little about the health and well being of us?  Check out your cosmetics at www.safecosmetics.org and stop helping these companies continue to harm us so they can make a buck.  We can do it.  Let’s.

Safe Cosmetics Campaign

Posted by Administrator on October 5, 2008

Affordable Mineral Makeup™ is a signer of the Safe Cosmetics Campaign


We have have pledged to not use chemicals that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects in their products and to implement substitution plans that replace hazardous materials with safer alternatives in every market they serve.

Sadly, many major cosmetics companies, including BE, OPI, Avon, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, Revlon, Proctor & Gamble and Unilever have thus far refused to sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics.

How Affordable Mineral Makeup™ is green

Posted by Administrator on



Affordable Mineral Makeup™ is eco friendly:

~Our web server is green.

~We purchase Carbon Credits via a sister site of ours to offset the carbon footprint generated from shipping orders.

~While we do ship all orders via USPS Priority mail, you can reuse the boxes as long as you’re shipping priority (I’ve used the same one back/forth to someone now for over 6 months! so it can be done. Additionally, if we were to ship using any other method we would have to use more shipping materials to protect your order which would be less green than priority boxes).

~USPS has posted new info regarding the eco factors of the priority packaging via http://mbdc.com/c2c/overview.php and http://mbdc.com/usps

~We do not send out catalogs.

~We are a paperless office.

~We print on recycled paper.

~We use organza bags and other green packaging for most orders (other than for samples and select others which have to be shipped in poly bags — we are still moving towards locating quality bags that are green to use in lieu of the poly bags for samples)

~We are moving towards use of greener sifter jar containers (locating quality green ones is an ongoing task).

~We provide product that is natural and contains no chemicals thus offering green product and no chemical backlash to the environment.