Clean Beauty Makeup Hacks

One of the many things we’ve learnt in recent times is how much can be achieved with a little extra time up our sleeves.

Multitasking Beauty

As restrictions begin to ease and we fall back into our old routines, we’re working to hold onto a few of the newer habits we’ve picked up of late. One such habit? Beauty multitasking. Now that we know what can be done when we afford ourselves the time, we’re relying on a few clean beauty multitaskers to save us time, energy and beauty bag space. Our new favourite clean beauty makeup hacks will help you get the most out of your beauty products, pep up your complexion on-the-go and make you look like you’ve had the deepest, most restful sleep of your life - even after a sleepless night!

We’ve compiled a few of our very favourite clean beauty hacks below.

Customise your foundation in just two steps

Some days you want full coverage, some days you want no coverage at all. But what about those days in between? Rather than purchasing multiple foundations, tinted moisturisers and powders to ensure you have every possible coverage and finish at the ready, create a custom base using only two products – our Smooth Affair Primer and your base of choice (we love using the Glow Time BB for this). Simply mix your primer with your foundation until the product is as sheer as you’d like it to create a custom coverage tinted moisturiser. The more primer, the sheerer the base, or use no primer at all for a full coverage finish. Don't forget - make sure you apply the foundation with your clean makeup brush, learn more about brush hygiene here

A makeup touch-up- without any makeup

Now that restaurants are back open, after work drinks are back on. But is your makeup still looking fresh enough to take you from desk to dinner? If you find that your makeup is looking a little dull at the end of a long day, simply keep your favourite jane iredale Hydration Spray in the fridge. A spritz of cool POMMISST, D2O, Balance or Lemongrass Love will cool you down on a warm day (or a cool day spent parked beneath a heater) as well as making your foundation look fresher, your skin dewier and your cheek colour more vibrant! A quick spritz really can breathe new life into your makeup. Check out our list of handy tips to staying hydrated in the winter time here.

Cheat your way to a full night’s sleep

If your eyes are looking bleary and bloodshot after a restless night, instantly brighten your eye area with a white or pearlescent eye shadow – like our Highlighter Pencil in White Pink or PurePressed Eye Shadow in Oyster. A tried and tested makeup artist trick, softly applying a light reflecting shade to the inner corners of the eyes, the lower lash line and the brow bone will brighten and widen the eye area, making you appear wide awake and well rested.

Create your own intense eye shadow shade

Want to get a little more intensity out of your existing eye shadows? Rather than rushing out to buy a brand-new collection of liquid shadows, create your own intensely pigmented shades by mixing your favourite powder eye shadow with a spritz of your favourite jane iredale Hydration Spray. Your eye shadow will look richly pigmented and multidimensional, plus the addition of hydration spray will keep your look in place for longer.

Make your products work overnight

We love a product that can multitask while you sleep. For longer and stronger eyelashes and brows, apply the PureLash Lash Extender and Conditioner as an overnight brow and lash treatment.

Top up your SPF without smudging your makeup

We all know how important year ‘round sun protection is, but it can be difficult to top up your SPF over your makeup before heading out to lunch without having to reapply your makeup! The easiest way to give your skin a little extra protection is to lightly dust a mineral powder containing broad spectrum SPF of 15 or higher over your makeup during the day. Try our PurePressed Base Mineral Foundation applied with The Handi Brush – the perfect combo for on-the-go applications, touch ups and the perfect size for your handbag!

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Words and images by @gemkwatts

Must-have Vegan Makeup Brushes

People underestimate the importance of good quality makeup brushes and the difference it can make to your makeup application. Investing in and looking after your makeup brushes will definitely pay off with not only amazing application but not having to replace them often is also good for the hip pocket. 

Quality, Vegan Makeup Brushes

The jane iredale brush collection is just that, amazing quality that will give you a beautiful effortless makeup application every time you use them. Our non-animal hair brushes are made of synthetic fibres of Takulon and Naturon, which are a superior, cruelty free, 100% vegan, alternative to animal hair and are still beautifully soft and luxurious to use.

One of the distinguishing features of a good quality brush is the standard and type of the fibres used, how it is shaped and attached to the handle by the ferrule. Our superior quality makeup brushes are hand tied, which means that the fibres have been hand-moulded to the desired shape and cut at the ferrule end (the metal collar between the brush head and handle).

Essential Brushes for your Makeup Kit

We asked jane iredale National Educator, Erin Voyer to share her top eight, must-have makeup brushes. Here's what she had to say...

As a Makeup Artist with over 25 years’ experience I can tell you that these are by far some of the best brushes I have ever used. With so many wonderful brushes, each with their own unique purpose it was hard to pick my top eight in the jane iredale makeup brush collection.

1. Blending/Contouring Brush – My favourite brush in the collection, this brush is an amazing multi-purpose brush that can be used for various makeup applications and is not limited to just one type of makeup. It has the same amazing application abilities for both powder and liquid products. Both blend beautifully on the skin and leave a soft airbrushed finish. It can be used for primer, liquid foundation, powder foundation, contouring and highlighting and even blush application.
   
   
2. Foundation Brush – The Foundation Brush is another fabulous multi-functional brush in the collection and can be used for a variety of applications including applying primer or liquid foundation. The smaller head of the brush also makes it perfect for smoothing concealer around the eyes or blending foundation around the nose. My absolute favourite use of this brush is to apply our In Touch Cream Blush. Used in a patting motion, it blends the blush softly and seamlessly whilst adding a glow to the cheeks.
   
   
   
3. Angle Liner / Brow Brush – This small but mighty brush is my favourite to use when applying any liner from the jane iredale collection. The firm and tapered fibres make it perfect to apply liner and get a sharp, accurate result every time, even a wing. The same great results are given when used for brows and can be paired with either our GreatShape Brow Kit or build it up with our Eye Pencil in Taupe to get a beautifully sculpted brow.
   
   
   
4. Crease Brush – The fluffy and soft Crease Brush makes eye shadow application a dream. It can be used when applying colour all over the lid or used to apply your favourite jane iredale PurePressed Eye Shadow into the crease and beyond. The handle of the brush is the perfect length to allow control of the application of colour and will disburse and blend it beautifully for amazing results. Don’t forget this gorgeous brush can also be used to contour parts of the face, such as the sides of the nose. As the fibres are tapered you can gradually build and blend colour, so you’re left with a subtle natural look. An absolute must in your brush collection!
   
   
   
5. The Handi Brush – This brush is another small but mighty super brush in the collection and is a definite favourite of mine. Not only because of its compact size, which makes it perfect for the handbag and travel but the flat design of the brush gives you a beautiful application of PurePressed Base Mineral Foundation every time. It disperses the powder evenly and never leaves a powdery build up anywhere on the face. 
   
   
6. Sculpting Brush – This has fast become a firm favourite of mine. This brush has so many purposes, but I tend to find I use it for applying primer to the eyes, whether that be Smooth Affair for the Eyes or our gorgeous Eye Sheres. It picks up and smooths just enough product across the lid and blends it beautifully, giving it the perfect base to start eye shadow application. I also reach for it when I have to blend concealer around the eye area or clean up the edge of an eye shadow application. A definite must for those who love to do eye makeup application. 
   
   
7. White Fan Brush – The soft fan brush can be used in many ways and is a definite must in anyone’s makeup brush collection. For those new to contouring and highlighting, this brush will give a soft result and help to build confidence in your application. Paired with our GreatShape Contour Kits, it can be used to apply all three colours, for sculpting the face, highlighting the cheekbones and to even add a soft hue to the apples of the cheeks.
   
   
8. Eye Liner / Brow Brush – This unique brush is a must for this who love to do a Smokey Eye. This double ended brush is fantastic for adding liner under the eyes and then “smoking it out” with its rubber smudger on the other end. I find I use this one when I want intensity under the eye and often pair it with our Mystikol Powdered Eyeliner or Eye Pencil to add that dramatic look. The square design of the brush makes it perfect to get right under the lower lashes and colour can be taken right into the inner corner for a “full on” effect. 

View our full collection of vegan makeup brushes here.

MASTER FUSS-FREE BEAUTY WITH A FUSS-FREE MAKEUP KIT

We’re spending the bulk of our time indoors at the moment, and our isolation beauty routine is about striking the perfect balance – we want to look great and feel polished, but we want our routine to feel fuss-free and simple. 

ALL-IN-ONE BEAUTY KIT

We firmly believe that beauty should be fun and never a chore, which is why we’ve curated the ultimate clean beauty kits. A well-curated makeup kit is compact and portable, and although we aren’t able to travel at the moment, a great kit means everything we need to create an easy, beautiful makeup look is in the one spot. It’s important to allow our skin to breathe and be free from irritants during the current climate, given the impact stress and uncertainty can have on the skin, which is why we’re reaching for clean formulas and natural ingredients.

Our Pure & Simple Makeup Kit is the ultimate all-in-one beauty companion, housing all you need to create an elegant, pared-back mineral makeup look. Choose your kit based on your complexion, and rest assured that the cheek, eye and lip shades within have been hand selected to suit your colouring. Each Pure & Simple Makeup Kit contains two PurePressed Base Mineral Foundations to deliver flawless coverage with a weightless finish, a PurePressed Blush to give the cheeks a healthy flush, two PurePressed Eye Shadows to enhance the colour and shape of the eyes, and a Just Kissed Lip and Cheek Stain to deliver a wash of colour and moisture to the pout and skin.

For those new to mineral makeup who wish to discover just how beautiful their skin can be, our Starter Kit is the perfect complexion set. Available in four shades, this clean base collection includes a Smooth Affair Primer to brighten and hydrate clean skin, Amazing Base and PurePressed Base to each deliver the finish of a foundation, the coverage of a concealer, the protection of a sunscreen and the benefits of skincare in one sweep (applied using the kit’s Handi Brush), and a POMMISST hydrating mist to set your base and plump the skin.

MAKEUP KITS TO SIMPLIFY YOUR BEAUTY ROUTINE

Fuss-free beauty really comes down to simplifying your routine and beauty collection down to just the products you know you can rely on. One such product? Our GreatShape Contour Kit. Be it a day at the desk or a date night, the clean highlight, blush and bronze powders in this palette will work for every look. The kit itself includes an easy-to-follow, illustrated application guide (perfect for those new to clean beauty), while the powders can be used to create endless eye looks – not just to sculpt the cheeks.

Those who do prefer a separate eye palette will love the PurePressed Eye Shadow Kits. Available in seven colour combinations, these clean eye shadow palettes each combine five eye shadow colours that have been hand selected to work together, which means you do not have to spend any time deciphering which shades work with one another – they’re genuinely foolproof to use, making them the ultimate addition to any fuss-free makeup collection.

No makeup look, no matter how low fuss, is complete without full, sculpted brows. Rather than rustling through your makeup bag to find a handful of fiddly, complicated brow products, invest in an easy-to-use brow kit, like our GreatShape Eyebrow Kit, to sculpt perfect brows in mere seconds. This clean brow kit includes a botanical brow wax to add three-dimensional fullness to fine brows and keep existing brows in place, and a water resistant, mineral-rich brow powder to add colour.

Beauty should be fun, not fussy. Create a polished makeup look with complete ease by reaching for one of our clean beauty kits.

Words and images by @gemkwatts