Where does our Make-Up come from?

Mica is shiny, beautiful and incredibly fine when ground into a powder. perfect for anything you want to glitter. & the easiest place to find it? that's right- Our makeup aisle!   but almost all of it is mined from a child's hands.

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Child Mining Is a BIG problem. From our make-up to our Jewelry; The Demand for Fast and cheap fashion is too much. Read Through these Facts, to See where the Beauty industry gets its Sparkle from:

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

There are about 200,000 child miners. In gold mining children constitute 30-35 % of the total labour force 

Phillipines

Small-scale gold mining occurs in more than 30 provinces of the Philippines

Tanzania

mining accounts for 18.7 % of the cases of children in hazardous work

India

The main mica mining area is in Jharkhand/Bihar, two of the poorer Indian states, and almost all of it is illegal.

Uganda

there are 257,000 children in hazardous work

Burkina Faso

According to KidsRights (2014) almost 40 % of children aged 5 to 17 are estimated to be part of the labour force. In 2012, INTERPOL led a operation
to rescue child labourers and in this operation 387 children were found working in mines under
extreme conditions .

Ghana

Out of Child Miners; 33 % were between the ages of 10 and 14, and nearly 6 % of children were between 5 and 9 years old.

Mali

the estimated number of children working in artisanal gold mining
could be as high as 200,000

Source: https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/13355