January 2010
22 posts
Quick and Easy Glamour That Won't Break The Bank
As an Inika makeup artist, I am often asked how we achieve the glamorous looks displayed on our website and in our brochures, posters, packaging etc., and whether you need to spend a lot of time and money, use tons of makeup and need to master complicated application tools and techniques before you even step foot out the door. My response is always that anyone can recreate these same stunning...
Last Week's Top 'Contact Us' Question.
Are Your Inika Minerals Organic?
From Ashley – Bibra Lake – Western Australia We are asked this question quite a lot Ashley! The short answer is no, we do not claim our minerals are organic, even though they are 100% natural and extracted from the earth through an environmentally sensitive mining process, they are classified as...
Thought For 'Australia Day'
Inika's Beaut Australia Day Special Offer
Inika is proudly Australian made and owned and we want to celebrate Australia Day with you, no matter where you are in the world, by offering a huge 25% off all our Inika mineral powders .. made from the very rocks that form this great land!
Our beaut Aussie Day special offer is available on all loose mineral foundations, blushes, bronzers, setting powder, illuminisor...
Inika's Friday Beauty Archives
Friday is everyone’s favourite day of the week so the girls at Inika thought we’d have a giggle with you today by opening up our beauty archives to reveal some of the lesser known beauty secrets of our grandmothers and mothers from the early 1900’s. We have a bit of a passion for collecting old and vintage fashion and beauty mags, articles, clippings and photographs and we are...
Could Your Makeup Brushes Use A Little TLC?
Hands up … are you using your makeup brushes day after day and not giving them the attention they need? Unloved and neglected brushes collect makeup residue, oil, perspiration, dead skin cells and bacteria and the constant build up can make the bristles sticky, misshapen and unable to deliver the perfect results you want. Your skin will reward you for looking after your brushes and if you...
Casey Wants You to Know About A Cosmetic Creepy...
After watching Dr. Peter Dingle’s very informative television interview about lead in lipsticks on The Inika Blog (11 January 2010), Casey followed up with this great comment and suggestion.
Casey commented on 12-Jan-2010 10:08 AM Very interesting. I only use Inika lipsticks so no concerns for me in this area. I bet many companies still using lead also put Carmine in their red...
Our Golden Girl Toni Collette
There was just no way that the rain and a very soggy red carpet was going to put a damper on the glamor and glitz of this year’s Golden Globes. While the main accessory was a big umbrella and a small metallic clutch, celebrities opted for little or no jewellery apart from stunning earrings. Most of the stars wore jewel and pastel eye shadows, porcelain to light foundation with just a hint of...
Yay - Freedom!
Talk about winners! Prior to the debut of The Inika Blog in November 2009, we announced the winner of our second annual ‘Power Virtues’ Artist Callout. A few months earlier we asked you to create a piece of artwork, whether it be a painting, drawing, photograph, digital media etc., which symbolises or embodies one of Inika’s ‘power virtues’: Grace, Unity, Faith,...
Inika In marie claire February Issue
Inika has been receiving so much great press lately and we are thrilled to have the Inika Mineral Foundation and our 100% vegan and cruelty free Kabuki Brush included in the latest issue of marie claire as two of their top Beauty Special picks!
Pass any news or magazine stand and you’ll see Jennifer Hawkins naked and unretouched on the cover of marie claire’s February issue which is...
Thought For The Week
And The Winner Is ....
The Inika girls always look forward to seeing the glamorous makeup, hairstyles, jewellery and gorgeous gowns worn by the A-list guests at each year’s Golden Globe Awards. The Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry and to focus public attention upon the world’s best in motion picture...
You're Set With Inika.
If you have oily skin or just a problematic T-zone, your secret weapon is definitely the Inika mineral Setting Powder! This unique, silky blend of the lightest minerals is the perfect product to prime your face for long lasting oil control, to reduce the appearance of large pores and to keep an oily skin matt.
The Setting Powder will also set your mineral foundation and can be used on the lips...
Dear Inika ...
We are truly blessed to have fantastic and loyal customers who take time out from their busy day to call, write or email testimonials to express how happy they are with their Inika products. With their kind permission, we would like to share some of their stories with you here on The Inika Blog.
“I have previously used mineral cosmetics without any success at all. In fact, I came...
Last Week's Top 'Contact Us' Question
What is the connection between Inika and Thriving Healthy Women? From Sofia ~ Ormeau ~ Queensland In 2005, Miranda Bond and Jenni Williams formed Thriving Healthy Women, a website dedicated to providing information and resources on women’s health, wellness and toxic free living ~ not just physically, but also spiritually and...
Inika Interview With Channel 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp7FLep6vNQ&feature=player_embedded
There have been several enquiries lately about what happened to the 2009 Channel 10 video which appeared on our old Inika website. The video featured our own Miranda and eminent Environmental Toxicologist, Dr. Peter Dingle, being interviewed about weak labelling laws and harsh ingredients hidden in everyday makeup, including...
Thought For The Week.
Have You Heard About Our 'Tell A Friend' Program?
If you enjoy using Inika products and want to share your beauty secret with family and friends, we have a fun, rewarding and easy way for you to spread the word.
The Inika ’Tell a Friend’ program is a great way for our valued customers to not only introduce those they care about to affordable, glamorous 100% natural cosmetics, but pass on the opportunity for them to receive a...
Create a Stunning ‘Foiled’ Eye Line
To create a stunning ‘foiled’ eye line, you can apply your preferred Inika mineral eyeshadow on top of your Inika certified organic eyeliner to achieve dramatic and iridescent colour with optimal sheen!
After applying the base colour over the eyelid, use your Inika eyeliner to draw a line on your top lid close to the lashes. Take the Inika 100% vegan and cruelty free angle brush, dip into...
Think Pink
Jane McGrath Day, formerly Ladies Day, was bigger and pinker than ever when Australia took on Pakistan on day three of the Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday January 5. Jane, a mother of two small children and the wife of former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, bravely battled breast cancer for 11 years, and her spirit and willingness to help others never wavered during that time....
Welcome Back
Happy New Year and welcome back!
I hope you all had a fantastic and relaxing time over the holidays. As it’s the start of a bright and shiny new decade, we would love you to join us in our ongoing campaign to focus on ways we can all give back to the environment and provide Mother Earth with a huge dose of TLC as we go about our busy lives in 2010. We guarantee your bank balance will start to...
December 2009
6 posts
2010