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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know I love eye shadow! Keeping in mind the concepts from yesterday, let’s take a closer look at eye shadow and the various ingredients we can add to get exactly what we want! Whiteness or opacity: To make a colour lighter, to cover up imperfections. Translucency:...
I was going entitle this post “Hair Bands” but Raymond keeps singing Bon Jovi songs around the house (very well, I might add), so I figured I’d call them head bands instead.I hope you’re enjoying your fancy headband, and I’m almost positive you’ll want to make more of them to match every outfit! So here...
As part of the “what do you want to see on this blog” series, Mich suggested posts on mineral make-up! Thanks for the idea! I love making mineral make-up! I can get the colours I want in the intensity I want, and I don’t have to spend a fortune. When formulating any product, knowing your...
I can’t believe I don’t have a picture of liquid conditioner! For your viewing pleasure, I present two bottles of leave in conditioner! To sum it all up, a good conditioner starts with a cationic quaternary compound as the base… Incroquat BTMS-50 Cetrimonium Bromide Cetrimonium Chloride Incroquat CR Incroquat OSC Then add your ingredients to...
Finishing powder is a great way to get started on making mineral foundations because you can get a sense how much coverage you want. This is a very light coverage without colour intended to downplay such things as redness or broken capillaries and offer oil control. We’ll be using the following ingredients (and I’ll be...