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Dark Side Of Your Makeup Products

Dark Side Of Your Makeup Products

Mica, the most essential and common ingredient in every makeup products comes from the mines of India's eastern state like, Jharkhand which has the world's largest and highest quality reserves of mica, this state has very worst situation.
Poverty rate of Jharkhand is 60 percent of the population which is the highest poverty rate in the entire country. The most horrifying thing is that all the workers of mines are children. It has been estimated that up to twenty thousand children are working all across the region in mines which are between the ages of 4 to 15 and most of them are girls.


Little girls working in the mines for world largest cosmetic companies. It has been estimated that around 10 to 20 deaths of children occur every month while mining for mica in Jharkhand state.
According to a new report the beauty industry is valued at $532 billion and is on a rapid upward trajectory.






What is Mica?

Mica is a naturally occurring shiny mineral. It is used in makeup foundations, it also have reflective properties, allowing for a shimmery effect in foundations.

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