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Check out the tutorial for this Twilight inspired bracelet from Rings & Things! The red and black beaded bits are easy charms to make – we’ll be making these in our class on September 17th – and you can make the bracelet itself with some 10 mm and 5 mm jump rings (although we’ll be...
On the left – today’s ruby lipstick with iron oxides. On the right – yesterday’s ruby lip shimmer without iron oxide. You can see the colour is very similar, only today’s lipstick is much darker and doesn’t have the same glitter as yesterday’s.Creating a more opaque lipstick is as easy as adding a few ingredients...
You can easily make your own lipstick using mineral make-up ingredients like iron oxides and micas (but not chromium greens or ultramarines) and your favourite lip balm recipe. If you’ve never made a lip balm before, you have to check out this page on Majestic Mountain Sage for a basic recipe! We adapt a...