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Today’s eye shadow comes to us courtesy of Keira. She’s chosen a very minimalist approach to this colour, but it looks just lovely (I wore a variation of this yesterday with lime green!) CREAMSICLE SWIRL by Keira2 scoops yellow iron oxide4 scoops creamsicle mica6 scoops FD&C lake yellow #52 scoops of baseThis is a great...
Okay, so I brag about them like they were my own, but the girls of my craft group came up with some amazing colour blends that I simply had to share with you! Apparently I cannot take a picture to save my life, so please excuse the awfulness you see before you (the pictures not...
It’s time for more mineral make-up fun with the eyeshadows created by the amazing colour blenders in my Chilliwack craft group! These are from the last class – I’ll be posting more in the next few days! All of these start off with the basic eye shadow base. Most of these are very shiny in...
This article from the Vancouver Province from January 8 – Not all ‘mineral’ makeup is equal – is bugging me, so I thought I’d rant for a moment.“…mineral makeup is being touted as not only better than chemical-based products, but healthier, too…” Every single thing in the world is made up of chemicals. Water, air,...
I’m going to be featuring some of the mineral make-up recipes from craft group over the next few days. We’ll start with Emily’s Wonderland…2 scoops magnesium violet5 scoops red mica1 scoop base (alternate base)3 scoops lemon pop mica4 scoops tangerine pop mica So now you’ve found out how much fun making your own eye shadow...