This nutrient rich clay is extracted from the banks of the Amazon River where the nutrients are at their highest concentration. As nature’s most perfect ingredient, this multitasking and total skin balancing clay has been known to remove surface oil and mattify skin, nourish all skin types and give skin an overall smooth and even appearance.  

tarte sustainably harvests this ingredient through cooperative partnerships in Brazil. Here’s how it works: the Amazon river flows for 4,000 miles.  As it flows, it collects highly nutritious plant and fruit matter.  The clay gathers in the River’s basin where it is at its highest nutrient concentration.  The sun naturally bakes the clay, locking in the plant & fruit nutrients, and then it is shaved down to a finely milled powder and infused into tarte products with other high-performance natural™ ingredients.