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Face Paint the Town Red: Halloween Prep Week

10.14.2009

Submitted by alara on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 11:00pm.

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The Bite:

Sending your trick-or-treater'll out for the night? Make the costume party last and apply safe, planet-friendly face paints. Veggie- and mineral-based ingredients are healthier for your kiddo's skin than regular makeup and won't leave Mama Earth covering the tab.

The Benefits:

Conventional costume makeup can contain toxins like mercury and hormone-disrupting parabens. This stuff has no heavy metals or synthetics so your kid can whoop it up for Halloween safely.
At the end of the night's revelry, toxic chems in makeup end up down the drain, bypassing filtration systems and polluting waterways. Eco-makeup means cleaner water.
Eco costume makeup isn't a shade of mud - there are lots of bright colors to rock your kid's costume.

Wanna Try:

Aretmis Natural Face Paints - pots of paint made with veggie extracts and almond oil; priciest of the lot by far, but also the most vibrant colors ($50/7).
Pink Quartz Minerals Costume Makeup - nontoxic mineral-based makeup that paints on with a little added water; kit includes a white base plus your choice of four colors. Also: alien/mermaid face kit ($17-$20).
Nova Natural Face Pencils - nontoxic, veggie-oil pencils available as a set in primary colors or shimmery, fairyesque hues ($16/6).
Piggy Paint - finish off the costume with formaldehyde-free nail polish in one of a dozen bright shades ($10/bottle).
DIY Bite - whip up homemade makeup and textured effects with stuff in the kitchen and veggie food coloring.

Cash Saver:

Enter code A198 when you check out at Pink Quartz Minerals and get 10% off your order through Nov. 30.

Timeout

Mama Bite Editor Alison wore plenty of greasy stage makeup for high school plays and hates to think what was in it, but it did do the trick. Too bad those painted-on wrinkles are turning real.

Bang For The Bite

If 10,000 Mama Biters opt for eco face paints instead of the regular kind, we'll keep the weight of 58 revelers in toxin-filled makeup off kids' bods.

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