Forget waterproof. This one faced sandstorms.

In the Thar desert, eyeliner wasn’t a choice. It was protection.
Sun, dust, glare. Nothing touched the eyes lined with soot and ghee.
It wasn’t just beauty. It was survival.

  • We partner with GreenAffair to evaluate both soil health and final product quality. This is so you know exactly what's in your makeup.

    Explore our pantry to see how each ingredient is grown, harvested, and processed with care.

  • Every single ingredient serves to nourish, protect, and enhance the eyes, creating a smooth, soothing eyeliner. Dig into each ingredient and its purpose by exploring our pantry.

  • Currently accepting pre orders for our third batch. We produce in small batches of 300 units. Once enough orders are placed, we begin production. Every batch is sent for independent third-party testing to ensure top quality.

We spent all of our money on good ingredients.

No fancy packaging. No gimmicky website. Because makeup was once medicine - not decoration. We return to that beginning. With carefully sourced ingredients, ancient formulations, and nothing extra. Beauty the way it began.

  • Makeup once had purpose. Eyeliner wasn’t just for show. It protected the eyes from sun and dust. Turmeric wasn’t just brightening — it was cleansing, healing, sacred. Beauty began as ritual, not routine.

    But. What once healed now harms. Mass market beauty traded wisdom for shortcuts. Ancestral knowledge for synthetic sheen. The Makeup Pantry exists to restore intention. To remind us that beauty was never just aesthetic. It was protective, purposeful, and alive.

    This isn’t just clean beauty.
    This is ancestral.
    Safe, sacred, and made with meaning —
    the way beauty began.

  • Ayurveda is one of the oldest and most comprehensive systems of medicine, originating in India over 5,000 years ago. It is a highly systematic approach that draws from nature’s vast resources — plants, minerals, oils, and other natural substances — to support the body’s natural intelligence.

    This knowledge has been passed down through observation, practice, and tradition. Women crafted their own beauty and healing tools with the same care, intention, and seasonality they used in preparing food. Every ingredient was chosen for its ability to heal and restore.

    We follow this timeless approach, selecting ingredients known in Ayurveda for their ability to soothe, protect, and restore. Not just because they’re natural, but because they’ve been trusted for centuries to bring balance and vitality.

  • We work slowly, in small batches, using hand-sourced ingredients grown with care and transparency. Each ingredient can be traced directly to the farmer through a barcode on every product. Every single ingredient also goes IISER Mohali, one of the biggest and most reputable testing labs in India.

    We know all of our farmers personally, which means every ingredient is harvested with respect for both the land and its people. Each ingredient is chosen not only for its natural purity but for its specific purpose — to nourish, protect, and restore.

The Team

We're a Vancouver-based company working toward B Corp certification and a multi-stakeholder co-op model. Everyone who contributes has a voice and a share. Beauty should nourish, not exploit.

“I didn’t set out to start a beauty brand — I just wanted to feel good in my skin without putting toxins on it. What began in my kitchen turned into The Makeup Pantry.”

melissa@themakeuppantry.com
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We've partnered with GreenAffair and their advanced testing lab at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Mohali — one of India’s most respected research institutions. With their state-of-the-art facilities, every ingredient we use is rigorously tested for safety, potency, and integrity. This collaboration is part of our ongoing commitment to clean, transparent beauty that never compromises on quality.