[sat-chit-ananda]

dear all mmu makers here is a useful site contains formulas to make different eye shadow colors and blush colors
Make Your own Cosmetics
go to the siteand click on "color charts" and then choose "eyeshadow and blush) download the pdf file.
You can also make your own lipgloss with their lip colors chart too! Use vaseline as lipgloss base should do! Have fun!!

Thank you for the link, mamafan! It's extremely informative!!!

[hillarymarie32]

does anyone have a recipe to follow to make your own MMU night treatment similar to the one sold at southern magnolia minerals?

[any]

If a foundation is too intense, could I add mica for a more translucent, sheer finish? Which kind of mica? Or is there other alternatives?

[mamafan]

you could add sericite, silk powder, kaolin, talc, rice powder or even corn starch to make the foundation base lighter. be aware that rice powder and corn starch are foodstuff and therefore your foundation will have a shorter shelflife. add a pinch of gold lame mica makes your complexion glow!

[any]

ok, but kaolin would be drying, right? And carbs with heat and moisture makes a great growingplace for bacteria... So that leaves me with sericite and silkpowder! And maybe som golden mica for the summer glow...

[emily_3383]

Hey everyone. Can anyone tell me what i can use to make my foundation lighter??? I made it too dark....

[silveria]

i want to try and make my own stuff. Can someone tell me where to start please? and how much zinc oxide, titanium oxide etc. should I buy? since I live outside the states and multiple shipping will be more expensive, if I dont get all the necessary material.

[blondie36]

Hey everyone. Can anyone tell me what i can use to make my foundation lighter??? I made it too dark....

you can add some zinc,serecite depending on the ingredients you used also some mineral makeup companies sell small amounts of ingredients to lighten foundation

[sat-chit-ananda]

i want to try and make my own stuff. Can someone tell me where to start please? and how much zinc oxide, titanium oxide etc. should I buy? since I live outside the states and multiple shipping will be more expensive, if I dont get all the necessary material.

Hi silveria!

I love TKB Trading and they sell a mineral makeup kit which contains all the necessary ingredients and detailed instructions for your M-I-Y projects. It costs US$49. Their shipping rates are also very reasonable.

Mineral Makeup Kit : TKB Trading, LLC: Pigment, dye, mica and colorants for natural cosmetics and soap

[silveria]

Hi silveria!

I love TKB Trading and they sell a mineral makeup kit which contains all the necessary ingredients and detailed instructions for your M-I-Y projects. It costs US$49. Their shipping rates are also very reasonable.

Mineral Makeup Kit : TKB Trading, LLC: Pigment, dye, mica and colorants for natural cosmetics and soap

Thank you! Should I buy any other material as well?
like what's the difference between sericite mica and silk mica?
and I will like to add silica to my foundation, is the ronasphere or microsphere silica more useful! it's so confusing! and are there any coloured mica that i ought to include in my order?

what do I need to purchase to make lip gloss or lipsticks? lol

Sorry, I'm still so new at this!

[emily_3383]

Silveria i would just get the kit and work from there. I didnt buy the kit and i got really confused but i fixed it all now. Im only doing foundation so i cant help with lipstick.

[farris2]

Where has icecookies been?

[camelliarose]

Thank you! Should I buy any other material as well?
like what's the difference between sericite mica and silk mica?
and I will like to add silica to my foundation, is the ronasphere or microsphere silica more useful! it's so confusing! and are there any coloured mica that i ought to include in my order?

what do I need to purchase to make lip gloss or lipsticks? lol

Sorry, I'm still so new at this!

What I'd do is get Coastal Scents Ebook on mineral makeup making, then decide from there what you want to get.
That said TKB's mineral makeup kit is VERY worth it! Not only does it have ingredients but has recipes and explanations for ingredients in it too
You get quite alot of ingredients to play around with and its under $50 plus shipping of course.

[sat-chit-ananda]

Thank you! Should I buy any other material as well?
like what's the difference between sericite mica and silk mica?
and I will like to add silica to my foundation, is the ronasphere or microsphere silica more useful! it's so confusing! and are there any coloured mica that i ought to include in my order?

what do I need to purchase to make lip gloss or lipsticks? lol

Sorry, I'm still so new at this!

Hi silveria!

If you email TKB's owner, Kaila, and tell her what projects you have in mind, I'm sure she'll advise you on what you need to buy. She's very knowledgeable, helpful and friendly. And she answers emails promptly too.

Silk mica is just a term used to describe sericite mica which has been treated to make it whiter and feel silkier. As for the different silicas, it's a matter of personal preference. Ronasperes being slightly smaller in particle size will make your foundation a bit more opaque. However, I think the difference is not very discernible unless you are using significant amounts of it in your foundation.

I'm afraid I can't help you when it comes to lipsticks because I have never tried making them. Working with liquids looks too complicated and messy to me! LOL!

[Qwerty]

Ooooh, I just got back from a work trip to India and caught a very, very bad stomach bug and the flu. Of course to feel better, I went to the TKB and The Conservatorie sites instead of the doctor, and now, I'm on my way to making my own MMU! Talk about catching a fever....

Christine, how are the TKB shadows? I betcha you're next to get the lemmings at the sight of Hoozey's concoctions, or will it be Lilita?

My one big question, do the iron oxides come in a chunk? Why would you need to grind them down so much? I have a large food processer, do I have to get a coffee grinder as well? Can I use a mortar and pestle instead of the grinder?

[sat-chit-ananda]

Christine, how are the TKB shadows? I betcha you're next to get the lemmings at the sight of Hoozey's concoctions, or will it be Lilita?

My one big question, do the iron oxides come in a chunk? Why would you need to grind them down so much? I have a large food processer, do I have to get a coffee grinder as well? Can I use a mortar and pestle instead of the grinder?

Welcome back, Qwerty! Hope you are feeling much better now.

The TKB micas are so pretty I wished I'd ordered more. I was inspired to do some glow powders after seeing Hoozey's collection. My next order will probably consist of red oxide, black mica, ultramarine blue, kaolin clay, silica and a few other micas.

The iron oxides come in the form of a fine powder similar to the other base ingredients. The purpose of the blender/food processor is not so much to "grind" the oxides but more to combine all your pigments and base ingredients into as uniform and homogeneous a mixture as possible. I have hand-blended iron oxides with my base powder on a piece of paper using a spatula to obtain a "color-corrector" to tweak my foundation. A blender comes in handy if you are making large amounts of foundation though. These pics (from a link provided by "mamafan") show how it's done: Make Your own Cosmetics

[Hoozey]

Qwerty-
I just pre-grind my oxides because it was recommended earlier in the thread and it has worked well for me. I find that my foundation doesn't have specks of oxides in them when I am doing swatches.
As far as making e/s I just shake in baggies because the sparkly micas shouldn't be ground much. Don't want to loose that sparkle now do you? I love my little $15 food processor for MMU making. It's small enough to do what I consider reasonable batches but I saw how you can mix it on paper like S-C-A said.

To lighten any foundation you can just add more base ingredients. If you want a lighter coverage you can add serecite (silk mica) and it will lighten a little too.

[camelliarose]

Ooooh, I just got back from a work trip to India and caught a very, very bad stomach bug and the flu. Of course to feel better, I went to the TKB and The Conservatorie sites instead of the doctor, and now, I'm on my way to making my own MMU! Talk about catching a fever....

Christine, how are the TKB shadows? I betcha you're next to get the lemmings at the sight of Hoozey's concoctions, or will it be Lilita?

My one big question, do the iron oxides come in a chunk? Why would you need to grind them down so much? I have a large food processer, do I have to get a coffee grinder as well? Can I use a mortar and pestle instead of the grinder?

Hope you feel better soon!! That sucks

Iron oxides as mentioend come in a powder too, the reason you want to grind them in a processor/grinder is because if you don't you will get oxide streaks. They wont be blended in well enough with a mortar and pestle. Also you definitely don't want ot put micas in a mortar and pestle or you will scratch them big time and your colour will take on a grey hue. Kind of grey's down the colour abit.
hth

[Qwerty]

Thank you everyone, for the great advice, and for the kind wishes. It still sounds like great fun to DIY, but I suspect I'm mostly in it for the glittery, colorful stuff. I figure to get over my addiction, I really need to overdose, like Ice Cookies...heheh. For good measure, I'd ordered the Warm Color Blend from The Conservatorie in the hopes that I don't have to get a grinder, and just tweak it with yellow oxide to mix into the base I'm formulating based on the 1/3 TiO2, Zinc, Boron Nitride recipe. I'll post when my supplies arrive and how the experiment turns out.

This is my 2nd trip to India, and so it wasn't so unexpected. The first time my food poisoning was so bad, I had to go to the bathroom every 10 minutes all day and night even when I have eaten or drunk nothing for 2 days, until I passed out in the hotel room. Fortunately, they summoned a doctor who gave me a big jab and wanted to put me on a drip at the expensive travelers' hospital but I just wanted to get back home. I was very careful both times, eating and drinking only at the hotels, but I had to go and check out some stones suppliers (heh, wish they do MMU too...) and they offered drinks they swore came out of a bottle and it seemed rude to turn them down. I love India though, such wonderful people, the most delicious food (see nothing can stop me from eating...), such a refined culture and such gorgeous colors! I'm going to mix an "Indian" e/s collection from my TKB based on my trip. The poverty in the streets though, is very, very hard to take. I couldn't even give alms from the car as it'll be swamped and create a traffic jam and all the other drivers will curse us.

[sat-chit-ananda]

Qwerty,

You're such an upbeat and inspired trooper in spite of your severe bout of gastroenteritis! I can't wait to read all about your customized foundation and your "Indian" e/s collection.

Having my own customized foundation (and the ability to tweak small batches of it any time I need to) is so LIBERATING!!! I now have about 6 oz. of foundation because I figured I'd still be wearing makeup when I'm 92.