How to be eco-friendly with your makeup

Looking to make your beauty routine more planet-friendly? From excessive, non-recyclable packaging to its lack of transparency over ingredients and ethical practices, the beauty industry isn’t exactly known for being particularly eco-friendly. It’s been a longtime coming, but thanks to an increased awareness beauty is finally waking up, with more consumers demanding cleaner, sustainably packaged beauty products. But how do you make your beauty routine more sustainable and eco-friendly?

BEAUTY LESSON: CONTOURING 

The phrase “how to contour” is searched over 30,000 times monthly. Heres a fun fact for you makeup lovers the concept of contour dates back to the 1500s when actors used chalk and soot to define their faces on stage. Luckily for us, times have changed and there are tons of contour products on the market now that are easier to use. Here's our step-by-step process on how to contour your face using our mineral bronzer. This is a common mistake, We see these girls on Youtube or Instagram contouring their face, try it on ourselves and actually we don't like the way our face looks...this is usually because we have contoured for their face shape not our own. When we contour we are creating the illusion of shadows, creating a shadow under our cheekbones it makes it appear slimmer and makes the cheekbones appear more prominent.

BEAUTY LESSON: HIGHLIGHTING

Do I need to wear primer?

Primer, is it really an essential part of your makeup routine? Does it really make a difference? Yes! Primer is up there at the top with essential makeup products that you need in your kit. In this blog I will be sharing benefits of wearing primer with you!

A simple & natural Mineral Makeup routine

Sometimes we wake up and we just can’t be bothered to do a full face of glam makeup. Other times we sleep through our alarms and have 10 minutes to do your makeup! In today's blog I am going to be telling you how you can achieve a beautiful natural look that is quick and simple.

How To Apply Mineral Blusher

Blusher, surprisingly a product that many people miss when applying makeup. Blusher is great for putting colour back into your cheeks and brightening up your whole face! NCInc’s Mineral Blusher is a multi purpose formula that can be used on the apples of your cheeks or as an eyeshadow shade. Follow my simple tricks to achieve the perfect blushed look!

Mineral Makeup Tips For Older Skin

In today's blog I will be sharing some tips and tricks to leave you with flawless looking makeup for mature skin. Finding a makeup routine that works for aging skin can be difficult, especially with new makeup and makeup methods coming out it’s difficult for all ages to keep up! I hope that these tricks will help you!

How to reduce the appearance of pores.

After taking off your makeup or washing your face have you looked at your pores? You may notice they are small or more noticeable. While in the skin care isle you may have noticed toners that will shrink your pores, sadly that's not possible! However using the right products and methods you can reduce the appearance of them. In this blog I will be giving you a helpful tip to achieve smaller looking pores!

How to highlight your face using NCinc’s Highlighter

Highlighter is the finishing touch that completes a makeup look with a shimmering glow. I’m sure that most of you have tried many different types of highlighter; Jelly, pressed powder and even liquid drops! But have you ever tried loose powder highlighter? You may be thinking that applying loose powder after you have applied a full face of makeup will be a challenge. Follow my easy guide and you will have no problems!

How to apply Mineral Eyeliner

Mineral eyeliner is different from other eyeliners because it comes in a loose powder form. How do I apply loose powder eyeliner? The application of applying mineral eyeliner will take a little longer because you will be using smaller strokes. After a bit of practice and following my guide you will be an expert in no time!The first thing to remember is to take your time! Because you are working with powder you won’t be able to just quickly apply it to your lash line. The best brush to use is a flat angled brush to achieve sleek neat lines, before you start you will need to dampen your brush. The damp brush will help the mineral powder to adhere to your brush for an easier application!