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REDUCE.REUSE.RECYCLE.

Proverb.

The Makeup Mill is back! After a strange 6 months where the Mill doors were closed, we are back in business and will be bringing you monthly posts on a particular theme.

To finish the year we wanted to share all the positive things our Makeup industry is doing to help the global plastic crisis. From recycled plastic visors, to bamboo disposables and reusable cotton pads, everyone is making a concerted effort to be covid safe yet considerate.

Check out all our new posts for tips on how to use what you already have sustainably and ways of making your kit more eco friendly in the future.

See you in 2021! Xx

Reduce responsibly.

Decanting and depotting has become big business in the Makeup world, making our kits lighter and brighter with every pot and palette. Whilst we love a condensed kit here at The Makeup Mat, we are being made aware that it can be adding lots more plastic to the world than there needs to be.

As a way to help you get your condensing kick but also to help stop pumping thousands of mini plastic bottles back into the world, Inglot (and other brands) are using bamboo packaging that is as durable as plastic yet more sustainable and biodegradable than most magnetic palettes on the market.

Freedom System Flexi Eco Palette made of naturally colored bamboo. The extremely handy, pleasant to the touch palettes reflect a simple yet classy design. The unique pattern created by the tree rings makes each palette one of a kind, they are also wipeable and stackable.

Here’s hoping they come up with more products featuring bamboo as packaging!

Check out Inglots entire ‘Freedom System’ and their Eco packaging here:

https://inglotcosmetics.com/freedom-system?start=22

Living in a box. A recycled box.

As part of The Makeup Mills ‘Reuse - Reduce - Recycle’ theme as we burst back onto your screens, we wanted to showcase and highlight some of the small businesses that have not only survived Covid but done it with an ethical and sustainable ethos.

Beauty Reorganised is one such company, created by Makeup Artist Anna Thompson. Its Compartment organisers are made from recycled plastics which can be recycled again! Beauty Reorganised is a zero waste and completely circular business and product.

The organizers are unique and functional, allowing you to chop and change the compartments to suit your needs for brushes, products, combs, whatever you need organised stylishly and sustainably in your kit. They also fit perfectly in your set bag, keeping your kit items upright in transit.

You can choose from three wonderful colours, ‘Chalk to Me’ (pictured above) for those minimalists out there, ‘Juice the cutest’ a pop of colour to brighten any station set up or ‘Ice to meet you’ a cool addition to your makeup kit.

Get yours on pre order now and make your kit not only look good, but feel good too : https://www.beautyreorganised.com/

Give waste the Boot.

The Makeup Mill loves it when a huge corporation gets involved in the bigger picture, often smaller companies are pioneers in promoting sustainable living and shopping but beauty favourite Boots are now doing their bit to help us Makeup junkies cut down on the junk!

Feel good about yourself, do good for the planet and get treats along the way. Everyone’s a winner with Boots recycling scheme.

Why?

Together with No7, Boots are doing their bit to keep our planet beautiful, by allowing you to take empty health & beauty products to their stores to be recycled. Often our Makeup Kit is hard to recycle in our general recycling at home or is very hard to make sense of what can be recycled, so Boots are taking the stress out of it and doing the hard work for you.

How?

When you visit one of their participating stores and bring 5 empty products you get a whopping 500 Advantage Card points - that's £5.00 which can go towards your next purchase at Boots! The empties are then taken to ReWorked where the materials will be washed and sorted, ready for recycling into new usable products as far as possible.

Any remaining multi-material items will be recycled into Stormboard, a composite construction board material, similar to ply-wood, which has a lot of different uses. Organics will be processed through an industrial organics processor. Nothing goes to landfill and nothing is incinerated.

A great scheme for a great cause, we think this would work perfectly for busy Makeup buses at the end of a shoot!

Check out Boots website for more in depth detail: https://www.boots.com/boots-recycling-scheme

The comb RE = Imagined.

Take a pile of recycled plastic, mix it in some cool colour variations, mold it into a comb and you have one of The Makeup Mills kit favourites of 2020 - The RE=COMB.

A brand focused on producing beautiful quality combs & piks for the most discerning of tastes, yet with an ethical standpoint. Stylish, functional and conscious RE = COMB combs are the perfect addition to any artists kit, they come in loads of colour variations which means they are totally unique. (No way that could go missing in a crowd room).

With their new launch of Afro Piks, RE=COMB are set to be the go to Hair brand in 2021, we are hoping to see an entire range soon from tail combs to cutting combs.

Check out their website to see the amazing range and more about their perfectly recycled plastic pronged products: https://www.re-comb.com/

Brush up.

Covid has claimed much of our joy as well as our favourite products and makeup brushes. Due to stricter hygiene regulations and the pursuit of perfect looking kits, Makeup Artists are unfortunately having a ditch their brushes on a more regular occurrence and buy more disposable, throwaway brushes which is adding to the ever growing plastic problem.

MODA have come up with a great incentive for those artists who need to throw away their brushes and restock, with their ‘Renew & Recycle’ program, which allows customers to recycle their used Makeup Brushes and when they repurchase brushes from MODA they get a whopping 30% off their entire brush purchase!

The program is super simple and takes very little time at all, they are also accepting ANY brand of Makeup Brushes!

So before you dump those brushes and replace with shiny new ones, please check out the following link to see how easy this is to do and how much of a difference it makes : https://modabrush.com/pages/moda-renew-and-recycle-program

On a Roll.

Whilst the Makeup world has been depotting, decanting and downsizing, we at The Makeup Mill have been looking at Covid friendly products that don’t add heaps of plastic and paper to our industry’s ever growing pile of non recyclable waste.

One such product we came across that keeps your station clean & sanitary BUT does not need to be thrown away after each use like conventional couch roll, is The Makeup Mat.

Made from BP Free Silicone, the Makeup Mat is rollable, wipeable, transportable and most important RE usable. It is heatproof, waterproof and holds up against most products, including the dreaded acetone. Its roll proof rim prevents any accidental spills reaching your actor and keeps your products firmly in place.

It comes in its own travel bag, so you can just roll it and go. Did we say it comes in 10 stylish colours? From gorgeous grey to popping pinks, every Artist is covered.

Not only does The Makeup Mat look super hygienic and professional on your station, it will last a lifetime.

Check out The Makeup Mats Instagram for how to purchase :

https://www.instagram.com/themakeupmat/

Sometimes you just need to step outside. Get some air. Get back to it.

Alan Cohen

We are BACK!

The Makeup Mill has opened its doors once more, blown away the cobwebs from the keyboard and is ready to share some of our top tips, favourite products and shows featuring fantastic Hair, Makeup & Prosthetics.

Thanks to our loyal readers for your patience.

TMM. xXx.

They make the mask, they make the monster mask...

..they’re set to be a graveyard smash!

The arrival of Crypt Studios has got us so excited its got us singing ‘The Monster Mash’ all around The Makeup Mill!

Crypt Studios is an exciting new company for all us monster makeup enthusiasts as we will soon be able to get our hands on their awesome range of masks, props and other cool creations. Owner of Crypt, FX Artist Alex Harper, hires some of the UK’s top FX sculptors and artists for the beautiful bespoke commissions you see above. Crypt are knocking it out of the park when it comes to creating top quality products and designs.

We can’t wait to see what other creepy creations Crypt Studios have in store for us.

For more information just get in touch via Instagram or email : [email protected]

Cheeks on fleek!

Ever since Angelina sported those sky high cheekbones in Maleficent and Gaga chiseled our screens with her angular features, cheekbone prosthetics have been in high demand but have often been hard to find. Well not anymore...

As part of our small business round up this week, we came across the wonderful JessfxStore, a one stop shop for ready made pieces and bondo moulds including their best selling cheekbone pieces which are seemingly flying off the shelves!

Jess is a one woman prosthetic making machine and makes all her pieces from sculpt, to mould, to make. All her pieces are made to be interchangeable so you can create your own fantasy creature, injury fx or a combination of the two.

Using industry standard materials and methods, the pieces and moulds made by Jess are top notch, so not only are they great for makeup enthusiasts, they are perfect for using on set too!

Pop over to Jessfxstore now before those cheekbone pieces are all out and all you’ll be able to do is dream of those cheeks being on fleek!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/jessfxstore

We’re Hooked!

Supporting small and local companies has to be one of the best things to come out of lock down, The Makeup Mill is so inspired by the small businesses thriving and appearing during such a turbulent time that we had to share some of our favourites with you.

One such company that we are hooked on is ‘Two Hooks’ who have just launched with their totally new range of reusable crocheted cotton pads! They will be a lovely addition to your actors personal makeup kit or as part of your own skincare regime. Made from 100% cotton and coming in a lovely range of neutral shades these little crochet creations are a must have as part of your eco lead skincare regime.

The ‘Face Scrubbies’ come in a soft and tough finish, so perfect for those who like a gentle cleanse and for those who love a deeper skin detox.

Head to Two Hooks Etsty store now to check out their lovely little products:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTwoHooks?ref=search_shop_redirect

Safe Sets

The Makeup Mill walls are like the walls of an Oxford University Graduate, full of certificates in safe working practices and hygiene in preparation for getting back on set soon (we hope).

To ensure you and your actors, clients, models and muses feel confident in the chair after months of keeping a safe distance, having these certificates is a great way of instilling that confidence in you and them.

What is great about Safe Set’s Certificate is that their programme is designed to communicate the most current health and safety information relevant to our community of filmmakers, producers, crew, and industry professionals. The materials in these guidelines have been reviewed by medical experts and sourced using reputable, science-driven resources.

It takes moments to complete and is full of great information and you get a shiny new certificate to add to your collection.

Well what are you waiting for? Head to : https://practicesafesets.co/certificate/ now!

Simply Scrummi

With ‘disposable’ being the word on the street when it comes to hygiene at the moment we at The Makeup Mill thought we would love into finding more eco friendly ways of keeping sets safe.

Scrummi’s range of gowns and towels are an eco friendly & vegan alternative to many other similar one use products on the market. They are super absorbent and durable, so you can wash your actors hair with confidence that the Scrummi towel wont turn to tatters when wet. Scrummi source all their materials in the EU and ensure they are following the highest environmental standards.

So whilst we all want to be super sparkly clean on set, we need to keep a keen eye on our disposables consumption and use as many eco alternatives as possible.

We think these products are simply scrumptious and we think you will too.

https://scrummi.com/

We loved watching...

...Mid 90′s.

Written and directed by Jonah Hill ‘Mid90′s’ follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.

Its a step back in time to the early 90′s showcasing greasy center partings, scrunchies, blue eyeshadow, body glitter and that classic brown lip look we all have thankfully left in the 90′s where it belongs. Through the eyes of teenagers it shows a lovely mix of hair and makeup design by Jacqueline Knowlton, touching on some 80′s looks on the adults with cooler skater hairstyles on Stevie's gang and more mainstream 90′s haircuts on others.

Its got a lovely real and raw feel to it with a few hard hitting skateboarding scenes for us FX Makeup Artists out there that love a lot of gore!

Makeup Department as per iMDB:

Christi Cagle ... key hair stylist

Lori Guidroz ... hair department head

Jacqueline Knowlton ... makeup department head (as Jacqueline Marie Knowlton)

Tara Lang ... makeup artist

Liz Mendoza ... key makeup artist (as Liz Mendoza Kellogg)

Rita Troy ... hair stylist

Erin Walters ... makeup artist

James Freitas ... additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Up to date certificate*

Just a gentle nudge to let you know, if you haven’t all ready that Barbicide are now running online COVID19 Certifications, alongside their Workplace Hygiene courses.

The tests are super informative and a real reminder of workplace practices we should adhere to day to day with the Covid 19 certification really honing in on specific practices for the virus. It is free to take and you get a handy printable certificate, perfect to pop on your station to remind your actor, client, model or muse that you are following the most hygienic practices you can to keep both of you as safe as possible.

Click here to take the test, dont worry its not as tough as the entry test to Oxford : https://barbicide.com/certification/

Clean is beautiful*

With all the talks around kit cleanliness out there recently, we are all even more keen to clean our kits but there has been a company out there for some years now fighting the corner for safe Makeup application and that’s The Pro Hygiene Collection.

They want makeup to still be creative, inspiring and fun by taking the worry out of keeping your kit and products clean and sanitized. The Pro Hygiene Collection® is a complete range of specially-designed hygiene and sanitizing products for makeup, tools and accessories and is ideal for both personal use and by makeup and beauty professionals, helping keep you and the industry professionally clean.

In a nutshell Pro Hygiene is:

Made in the UK

Independently laboratory tested and proven effective against 99.99% of bacteria, providing the best possible protection

Easy, convenient and effective

Quick drying

Used on brushes, products and hands.

Check out the full range of products and more information about the advantages of using their brand here on their website : https://www.theprohygienecollection.com/

Alcohol Alternative*

We at The Mill know that lockdown has meant that most of us have upped our use of alcoholic beverages and the same could be said of our increased use of alcohol based hand sanitizers.

We are chugging the champagne as much as we are slapping on those sanitizers but our hands are starting to suffer the consequences, just like our heads are from that extra glass of Friday fizz!

We at The Mill are so pleased to see so many antibacterial hand sanitizer alternatives on the market, to tick most consumers boxes (Whatever those boxes may be) and one such product, that will help your hands, is the AHD ‘Spray and Go’ Hand Sanitizing Spray.

The nitty gritty:

This anti-bacterial hand sanitizer contains a dilution of quaternary ammonium chloride (quat), a widely used disinfectant in the medical world, known for its effectiveness against germs, bacteria and viruses; no smell and long shelf life.

Use this handy spray to instantly sanitise hands, clean tools and equipment or as a general surface cleaner. No rinsing required.

In a nutshell:

- Use against Viruses, Bacteria and Fungus. - No alcohol or bleach.- Doesn't irritate the skin - Fragrance-free. - Use on equipment, surfaces and furniture to disinfect and clean - Virucidal, Bactericidal, Fungicidal

There is an extensive range of products made by AHD stocked at The Makeup Armoury and other professional stores, check them out by following this link: https://www.themakeuparmoury.com/products/antibacterial-hygiene-disinfectant-spray-250ml-1

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