While Comora products are made entirely of natural active ingredients, there are some products that just don’t mix with Comora products. Moisturizers full of artificial chemicals and scents will hinder the detoxification properties of the Comora Beauty Bar and there are certain types of makeup that will negatively interact with the Beauty Bar’s ingredients and create skin issues instead of healing them.
Though we haven’t had many reports of this happening, we do want to caution our customers that in a small number of people the mixing of mineral-based makeup with use of the Comora Beauty Bar will create a negative reaction that prohibits detoxification.
Research shows that one of the main ingredients in many mineral makeups is bismuth oxychloride, a chemical that gives mineral makeup its shimmer and adheres well to the skin. When used on its own, many people have reported reactions to mineral makeup because of this ingredient, finding that it irritates the skin and clogs pores.
As we always tell our customers, you never want to use any type of product that will clog the pores on your skin. Whether that’s moisturizer or makeup, it will hinder the detoxification process that the Comora Beauty Bar initiates. But in the case of mineral makeup, we’re learning that its use not only hinders the process, but will actually prohibit it, making the use of the Comora Beauty Bar almost pointless.
If you’ve noticed any kind of reaction similar to this, and have determined that it’s not merely part of the curing crisis, then we encourage you to stop using your mineral makeup immediately. Try washing with your regular cleanser, followed by an application of the Comora Beauty Bar each night for a week and we think you will notice a difference.
I have been using the bar for some time and have used mineral makeup for years so I’m curious if you use the bar to wash off the makeup in the evening and use a natural moisturizer would that still nullify the bars benefit? I’ve been pretty happy with my results thus far even with the combination. And yes, my make up did have the ingredient you mentioned. What types of things should I be looking for?
Dear Rhonda,
It is only a very few people that have a problem when using the bar and a mineral make-up. We are not sure whether it is the mineral content or people having a reaction that involves other ingredients than the minerals themselves. It is the latter that makes more sense to me.
I gather from your letter that things are working out well for you using the mineral make-up and the bar. Unless there is another reason, of which I am unaware, I would continue doing exactly what you are doing. Why change when it is working !!? Please do not consider that I am being flippant with your question but coming from a research background I rarely changed a system that was working unless there was clearly a better way forward.
Returning to mineral make-up – there are certain brands such as Mineral Evolution that do not add extra ingredients to most of their products. We have not had anyone complaining about unwanted reactions when using our bar and these cosmetics. This strengthens my thought process that it is not the minerals that are causing the problem.
Please get back to me if you have further questions or comments
All the best
Jeremy