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A quick post with more ideas for mineral make up recipes – primarily eye shadows. For most of these recipes, just use our base when it says “base” instead of using their base (unless you want to try other bases.) Our very own Tanna from Suds & Scents in Abbotsford shares her recipes for beautiful...
So you’ve got a base colour, why not try making another colour? Yeah, you’re addicted. I can see it on your face (the eyeshadow, that is…) It’s the holiday season, so let’s have some fun with metallics! Metallics are all about shine, so you’re going to use your mica as the primary colourant in these...
It’s an exciting day, yes indeed! You are going to make your first eye shadow! Let’s make a base colour! SUPPLIESBase – we made this yesterday, so make sure you have at least the basic batch size available. Colours – micas and iron oxides!BaggiesLittle scoops – get these at Suds & Scents or Voyageur (they...
To those of you who followed a link from Tutorializer or another blog to get here, welcome! This is only the first post on mineral make-up – I think there’s something like 92 posts on the topic on the blog (click here to see them) with many ideas for various things like eye shadow, foundation,...