Make Your Own Pure Mineral Makeup

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. Free of harmful irritants and artificial additives, these recipes teach you to make effective custom-colored eye shadows, foundations, concealers, and more at home, with easily obtained and inexpensive ingredients that are safe even for those with sensitive skin. 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. 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 Stunning and Safe

Make your own mineral makeup and discover how easy it is to get exactly the shade you want and know what you're wearing on your face. These 79 recipes are specially formulated to be long-lasting and effective — even on the most sensitive skin.

Customized foundation matches your skin tone perfectly, balances your skin's needs, and provides a cost-effective alternative to name-brand products.

Wear your creativity by mixing your own colors for eye shadow, eyeliner, eyebrow powder, blush, lip gloss, and more.