Mineral make-up ingredients: A closer look at Ronaspheres LDP

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Ronasphere LDP is a product similar to Micronaspheres in that it is a spherical, silica based product. Only in this case, the silica spheres are coated with titanium dioxide and iron oxide instead of silicone dioxide. Silica coated in titanium dioxide and zinc oxide designed to be close to the “light refraction index of the...

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Creating a base from scratch – part 2

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Welcome back to my experiments with foundation bases. I know what I don’t want to do at this point – include bismuth oxychloride – so I decided to try something with a foundation base I know well. My finishing powder. I know it works well as a blush base, and I know it works well...

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Creating a base from scratch – part 1

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There are few things I love more than getting new ingredients and spending the day in the workshop. The electrical work is done, which means I can listen to the radio, turn on the light, and have my double boiler going, so it’s just that little bit closer to being heaven for me! I wanted...

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Links to mineral make-up sites

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If you’re really interested in mineral make-up, here are a few sites to keep you busy for the foreseeable future!In my opinion, the best site for colour blends for foundations has to be the (now defunct) Cosmetic Formulator, linked here through the wayback machine. If you like what you see, please PDF it so you...

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Mineral make-up: Blush colour becomes foundation colour

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When I posted the translucent and opaque foundation bases, I wasn’t happy with the colours I had either tried or created, so I didn’t post any. Now I’ve had a chance to play around a bit, and I wanted to share! I’ve been using the opaque base, but you can use the translucent base for...

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