Make Your Own Pure Mineral Makeup

by Anderson, Heather

• ISBN13: 9781612127521
• ISBN10: 1612127525
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-05-16
• Publisher: Storey Books

Summary

Making your own mineral makeup is easy and inexpensive, and these 79 recipes detail how to customize for skin type and color. Formulations for eye shadow, foundation, concealer, blush, highlighter, and more will help you create mineral-based powders free of fragrances, parabens, and toxins. You’ll also learn to make simple and safe lip balms and glosses. Many recipes include ingredients that help promote healthy skin, and the in-depth ingredient glossary and at-a-glance substitution chart identify properties such as oil-absorbing and healing, while also highlighting vegan options, so you can create cosmetics that meet your skin’s needs and reflect your personal values.

Author Biography

Heather Anderson owns Kaleidoscope Cosmetics and sells her handmade makeup through her own online store. She has appeared on Utah television programs promoting the benefits of mineral makeup and has contributed to an organic fair-trade clothing line, as well as to a major mineral makeup business and a pigment supplier. Once she discovered the health benefits of mineral makeup for herself and how easy it was to create her own, she became an advocate of these homemade alternatives and eagerly shares her enthusiasm and knowledge.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Why Mineral Makeup?
2: All about Color
3: Ingredients Are Elemental
4: Choosing Equipment and Tools
5: Making Makeup, Step by Step
6: Creating Your Cosmetics
  Recipes for the Eyes
  Recipes for the Face
  Recipes for the Lips
7: Let's Put It On
8: Share the Beauty
Appendix
  Ingredients at a Glance
  Mica and Pigment Substitutions Made Easy
  Ingredients Glossary
  Basic Glossary
  Metric Conversions
  Acknowledgments
  Resources
  Index