Originally Posted by blondie36
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i also bought my own silk,mica,sericite to make finishing powder ,but i dont know how much of each to put in the formula(lol)any tips for me? thanks
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For finishing powders it would depend on what type of finish you wanted. For oily skin and to really set the makeup Kaolin is great! I also made a Rice powder setting powder and just added Lavender in it to act as a preservative. But since you have Serecite then this will give you a nice soft semi-matte finish. But there are different grades of serecite! I bought one from TKB and it is grey and matte! I bought one from GOW and boy is it beautiful! It is silky white fine and pearl-like! This is the one I used for a finishing powder and just added some already made foundation my color *just a little* and this is the most beautiful finishing powder/glow product!
You can use the Serecite in 100% proportions. If you want to color it some just mix it with a very small amount of your foundation.
If you bought silk mica this is good too but it only has average adhesion *notes coming in handy

* so it will be more useful to you alone without any other added ingredients as a highlighter, all over face color. Just add a little bit of blush color or gold, pink, peach, eyeshadow color finely ground, mix this in a baggie so you don't crush the mica too much and lose the slight glowy look. Your result will be something either exactly like one of the all over face colors or very close. And you can't know how shocked I was at how easy it is to get exact for yourself.
Originally Posted by Hoozey
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I can totally understand. I started using unscented liquid olive oil soap I found online and I buy eo from a soap making company to add to make the soap smell divine. I think my favorite is Anise. Homemade soap is so lovely for the skin too. I wish I could make it but I am not much of a baker. I am a cook--- I like to throw things together not measure which baking requires. Besides, I see plenty of work in my future... my hubby is finishing up drywalling the basement and I will have to paint and help tile the floors. I can't wait because then I will have an office for my home dec. business and I won't have to constantly put things away mid-project to put dinner on the table. Lot of work though... groan.
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Oh! See now I'm getting it! Cause when I read this post last night I thought of a few of the ladies here that rave a lot and you were one that came to mind and I just knew that some of you would soon be on the bandwagon too. But if you already work from home and it's in a creative field then the shopping online is a very needed outlet. I used to run a business from my home too and the last thing that I would want to do then was even cook at home not to mention making crafts at home which require clean up!