Pressing eye shadows: Liquid binders – fractionated coconut oil

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I decided I’d try pressing eye shadows just out of curiosity, and found there are some interesting ideas out there on how to bind the eye shadow ingredients together. There are two main schools of thought – liquid and powder. The liquids consist of pretty much everything from water and glycerin to alcohol to oils...

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Using talc in mineral make-up

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I was so surprised by how nice talc felt in my mineral make-up, so I thought I’d do a little experimenting. From the post on make-up fillers – I used rhapsody talc from TKB Trading as the only filler in a colour grind. I found it did change the colour a bit, but was very...

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Mineral make-up ingredients: Talc

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As I mentioned yesterday, I was really surprised by the talc, so I had to write a post about it!Talc is hydrous magnesium silicate with a chemical formula of Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 or H2Mg3(SiO3)4. It is the softest known mineral. It is used a lot in mineral make-up and most comparisons of fillers include “better than talc”...

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Mineral make-up filler round-up: Part 3 of 3

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If you’ve been following along, this is part 3 (of three) taking a look at fillers. I’ve been using the Paper Cut colour grind (from TKB Trading) with various fillers to see what they do. My grind: 15 cc (1 tbsp) raspberry pop mica with 3 cc black satin mica. I’ve been adding 0.75 cc...

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Mineral make-up filler round-up: Part 2

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Welcome to part two (of three) of the mineral make-up filler round-up! I’m adding various fillers to the Paper Cut grind (from TKB Trading). I used 15 cc (1 tbsp) raspberry pop mica to 3 cc black satin mica. I removed 1 cc of the colour grind and blended in 0.75 cc (5 small scoops)...

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