A Very Basic Mineral Makeup Recipe

If you would like to have a fun project for birthday parties or to just save money, here is a recipe to create your own mineral makeup.

This recipe will make enough makeup to fill a 30 gram jar at least three to four times over, depending on how bad you screw up! LOL!

What you will need:

3 Tablespoons of Titanium Dioxide

2 1/2 Teaspoons of Zinc Oxide

2 1/2 Teaspoons of Iron oxide pigment color of your choice(Start with small amounts and build to achieve the desired shade)

2 1/2 Teaspoons of Mica (choose either shimmer or plain) (Choose the pearl mica if you want a shimmer to your shadow, or the matte mica if you want a low luster)

A blender or mortar and pestle (A coffee grinder can also be used, but please reserve it just for cosmetics)

4 - 5 makeup sifter jars - 30 gram size

Mix the titanium and zinc oxide together in a large bowl or mortar. Slowly add the iron oxide pigments until you have the desired color you are looking for.

An example would be to mix red oxide and yellow oxide to get anywhere from a peach to a bright orange color, depending on how much pigment you add to your mixture. If you go too dark with your color and wish to lighten it, add more titanium dioxide.

*The key is to completely blend your pigments together.

Transfer your finished product into your sifter jars. Apply with a makeup brush.

All colors can be used for eyeliner, blush, nail polish and lip color as well, with blue and green being the only exception. Regulations prohibit the use of blue and green on your lip area.

Good luck!

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If I use Titanium Dioxide On My Skin, Will I get Cancer?

NO.

Titanium is found in soap, toothpaste- many places. Even on pumpkin seeds!! (See very the last link from artgirlx, below! ) It is generally used as a pigment and to help block sunrays.

A recent Canadian study showed respiratory lung cancer in a rat study. Google it for yourself. None of us sit in a chamber with the only air to breathe is exclusively Titanium.

Beach weather: Sunblock versus Sunscreen.

They are two 2 different things. Sunblock contains titanium dioxide, and zinc oxide and have a lower SPF around 30, in it so you have to reapply.

Both titanium and zinc are physical barriers, meaning they will stay on the surface of your skin reflecting sunlight and other environmental dangers like free radicals (cancer causes and aging).

Titanium and Zinc are both white in color and can be used on anybody without complications or sensitivities due to the fact it does not penetrate your skin.

What I think many people are concerned about are the chemical sunscreens that are the oil free higher spf's that neutralize the UV rays once they enter your epidermis (skin). Those can cause cancer because they do not block free radicals. They also work by setting off a chemical reaction inside your skin.

If you find a product with titanium dioxide it is safe!!! It will prevent cancer rays if used and reapplied correctly. It will also protect against other environmental factors. Trust me its good ...and safe to use on your skin.

Free radicals as described in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In chemistry, radicals (often referred to as free radicals) are atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an otherwise open shell configuration. These unpaired electrons are usually highly reactive, so radicals are likely to take part in chemical reactions.

Radicals play an important role in combustion, atmospheric chemistry, polymerization, plasma chemistry, biochemistry, and many other chemical processes, including human physiology. For example, superoxide and nitric oxide regulate many biological processes, such as controlling vascular tone.

"Radical" and "free radical" are frequently used interchangeably, however a radical may be trapped within a solvent cage or be otherwise bound.

Simply put, titanium stays on top of your skin rather than penetrate it.

http://www.ccohs.ca/headlines/text186.html <_------Here is a link from a fellow Etsian, by artgirlx. Thank you for that!

What ingredients are in mineral makeup?

Well, I can't speak for every one, but here are mine:

Mica is transparent and allows for smooth makeup application. It also comes colored for soap making, etc.

Zinc Oxide is a skin healer, and water-resistant. It offers great SPF protection from the sun's harmful UVA/UVB rays. It is very soothing to the skin and helps heal acne.

Iron Oxides are minerals that are used to create color.

Ultramarine Blue is used in cool shades of makeup because there is no blue oxide.

Kaolin Clay is great for dry sensitive skin because it is very soothing, offers great coverage, and is able to absorb oil and impurities from the skin.

What Foundation Should I Use? How Do I Find My Foundation Color?

Here is A general guideline for your foundation color:

Blythe- Lighter than Ivory. If you are really as white as a ghost; porcelain white, then this is for you.

Ivory - All-white skinned always burns (e.g RED HEADS)

Fair - This color is for women with very fair skin who tend to burn very easily and usually will not tan. Light- This color is for women with average light skin who tend to burn more than tan.

Medium - This color is for women with a medium skin tone who tend to tan easily and seldom burn. 80 percent of women will choose medium as their color.

Tan - This color is for women who never usually burn or are simply tan year round: Latinas, Pacific Islanders, Asian.

Deep/Dark - This color is for light African American women.

Sista-Girl - This is for the very deepest African American skin tones. Period.

Bisque = Concealer - This is a different name for the exact same color. A multi-purpose mineral makeup that covers all flaws. Can be used to highlight dark skin, to cover acne, scarring, beauty marks, uneven skin tones from pregnancy.

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Mineral Color "Daylight" contains titanium.

I make all of my makeup. I buy the individual micornized minerals and use my own recipes. I do not stand on a mountain with a jackhammer and drill for my own! :D These are already pre-crushed. :)

I can make any color you like. If you don't see a color you would like, please send me a quick note describing what you are looking for. I will work with you to formulate your very own color.

Everything I make is fresh and made to order. If you are not sure of your foundation color, try samples first. Why pay more?

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In your choice of clear or the faintest tint!

Here is what the mineral look like in the jar.

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SobeBotanicals-Another Mineral Makeup Brand I Use

From South Beach, Florida, Lex is the creator and owner of Sobebotanicals.etsy.com. This lady takes perfection to the extreme! She will let one of her product lines sit for a year if she has to until she is 100% satisfied with the finished result.

I am proud to say I am one of her latest 'product testers'-and I loved every minute of it! Her Whipped Coffee Dream Body Butter and Scrub is divine!! I told her she had to make this in a formula for a face scrub!! Your skin feels refreshed and you smell awesome! There is no sticky or slimy residue with this product, either. It rinses off clean. You feel clean.

Her pictures are enticing. Her mineral makeup is WONDERFUL. If you buy one of her kits, you always get more than what you pay for-every time. No kidding.

I got so much product from her in one kit that it could probably last me up to a year, and that was just the sampler kit! I wound up with TEN full-size jars, just like she advertises "packed FULL". She let me swich out my brushes for extra jars of makeup, knowing I already owned my brushes. She is very flexible that way.

She is very generous, professional and is another mineral makeup seller that loves to trade secrets and help find the best deals in supplies so that when we as sellers buy in bulk together, everyone benefits.

It has truly been a pleasure to meet her, and an honor to call her friend.