Make up products / ranges free from MCI / MI are listed below.
100% Pure
Natural Fruit Pigmented Makeup — including primers, lipsticks, bronzers, concealers, powders, foundations and much more. (Use MIFree15 for 15% discount.)
BaeBlu (US)
Almost 100-strong collection of make-up products — lipsticks, eye liners, blushes, concealers, foundations, and more — which are free from artificial colours / fragrances, formaldehyde releasers, parabens, phthalates, sulphates, silicones, talc and triclosan — as well as isothiazolinones.
Barry M
Their Nail Art Pens, which came in four colours, were previously the only products to contain MI, but these have now been discontinued, and the brand has been fully MI-free for several years. You can browse products on Amazon here.
Beauty Counter (Canada / US)
Make up which is also free from parabens, PEGs, SLES / SLS and many other ingredients. See their Never List.
Dusty Girls (Australia)
MooGoo Skincare’s make-up range — including foundation, blusher, bronzer, tinted cream, lipsticks and other lip products, and much more.
Green People
All their make-up is MI-free — as are the rest of their skincare products.
IDUN Minerals (US) / IDUN Minerals (UK)
A Swedish brand of make-up notable for being completely nickel allergy safe, having claimed to have eliminated nickel traces from its products, to such low levels that reactions aren’t possible. MI-free too, of course, and ticks plenty of other boxes.
Jane Iredale (US) / Jane Iredale (Canada) / Jane Iredale (UK)
Only use natural preservatives in their products, and confirmed free of methylisothiazolinone. As well as a solid collection of eye make-up, also boast some strong bronzers, blushers, and a popular cheek and lip stain, plus concealers and foundation. Renowned for their best-selling Smooth Affair Facial Primer & Brightener. Also available online at Amazon here.
L’Oreal Paris
A statement on the UK site — posted on our Facebook page — confirms that all leave-on products are MI-free (this may not apply outside the EU) so would imply that mascaras, lipsticks and eye liners, for example, are safe. (Warning: many L’Oreal haircare products, especially, contain MI.) (L’Oreal Paris’ search function previously included product ingredients, but no longer appears to, so the situation outside the EU, or for other products, is uncertain.
Napoleon Perdis (Australia)
Primer, foundation, concealer, powder, bronzer, and many products for eyes, lips and cheeks too.
NATorigin
High-tolerance cosmetics which are free-from a wide range of problematic ingredients, including MI and other ingredients such as phenoxyethanol and parabens (both preservatives), as well as essential oils, wheat / gluten, salicylates and much more. See full ‘free from’ attributes here. Best products are its Lengthening Mascara and its Pencil Eye Liner. Buy online internationally at Amazon here.
Odylique (UK)
Natural and organic make-up — all of it MI-free. Find it also on the Suvarna website (use ALLERGY15 for 15% off).
Physicians Formula (US)
Wide range of make-up products, blushes, powders, bronzers, eyeshadows, mascara, lip products and much more. Smaller range of face care too. Also available in the UK via Amazon.
Tropic Skincare
Make-up for ‘face and cheeks, eyes and brows, lips and shine’ … all of it MI-free, as well as free from beeswax, gluten, parabens, petrochemicals, phthalates and many other ingredients consumers wish to avoid.
Unity Cosmetics (UK / Netherlands / Germany)
Lots of make-up (and some other cosmetics) free from not only MI / MCI, but also nickel, fragrances, parabens, lanolin, Balsam of Peru, and more. See ‘free from Kathon’ article here.
World Organics (NZ)
The Organic Skin Co. branded products, like the entire World Organics brand, are MI / MCI-free, and include products for face, products for eyes and products for lips.