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Ultramarine blue is a great way to get a light blue colour without all the awesome power of blue iron oxide. You can use a little more, and if you already like the blueyness of it, it only takes a bit of base or mica to make this a sparkly treat! Compare the ultramarine blue...

Beware the iron oxide – as you can see from this container, it will get all over the place and make your hands messy! Blue iron oxide isn’t all about the blues – if you are considering the undertones of your eye shadows, then you’ll want to consider making purples or other dark colours with...

This is the blue iron oxide on paper. Behold its mighty power to colour everything it sees, including your hands! So be sparing with it in your eye shadows! As you saw in the last post on MMU, you can use base and micas to get a nice, translucent, shiny blue. But perhaps you’re not...

I am going to be honest…I’m not a fan of blue. When someone mentions blue, I think of the girls in my high school who wore tons of blue eye shadow right up to their eye brows, and it makes me cringe. I think there are far too many matte blues out there and too...

This week, we’re going to learn the joys of using manganese violet to make purples. If you compare it to the ultramarine purple, you’ll notice it is a much deeper colour than the purple. Which means you’re going to use much less than you would for the lighter colours. You can make an awesome base...