When Lena Dunham announced on Instagram last week that she was moving to “clean, mean, and green” beauty products, I thought, Me too, me too! See, after my skin broke out with a bout of random adult acne last year, I went on a crusade to do everything and anything possible to calm down the inflammation.

After waking up with a particularly severe breakout, I picked up my phone and dialed my dermatologist for an emergency appointment. With the other hand, I started turning over my very expensive, very well-known brand-name makeup to read the ingredients?each was packed with a long list of random chemicals I couldn’t pronounce, let alone understand what they were. MORE: The 20 Best Earth-Friendly Products That Aren’t Achingly Crunchy
It was then that I started phasing out Chanel, MAC, and NARS from my makeup routine, replacing them with “clean” makeup brands that use entirely nontoxic and natural ingredients.
It’s been nearly a year now that I’ve been using mostly clean makeup, and my skin is virtually breakout-free, even after I phased out my dermatologist-prescribed medication. There are a few products and brands that I particularly love, and you can shop them in the gallery ahead. 
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