We’ve been industrious this month, designing a Mineral Make Up Making system. Mineral Make Up has gotten really popular as of late, partially because of its message of purity and naturalness. The claims are impressive: “Make-up that’s good for your skin!”, “superior coverage!”, “amazing, natural look without man-made chemicals,” “natural and preservative-free so allergic reactions are a thing of the past!”, “no Nano-Particles!”, “no allergy risk!”, “save you time and money, these are actually good for our skin!”, “pure formulations are safer!”, and “You can sleep in it!”
Bramble Berry doesn’t claim any of those things. We’ll leave that to the infomercials. We just have all the ingredients and the know-how to mix the exceedingly pricey mineral make up yourself, at home, for personal use or to start your own mineral make up empire.
I had fun today, playing some of the formulations that we’re designing for our own Mineral Make Up Instructional book. Check out all of the colors I created in under an hour!
Starting out, I tried to figure out what I wanted to blend. Having little inspiration, I decided to blend a color to match the table.
A little Shamrock Green, Pearly White, Sericite and Aqua Pearl matched the shade of the table close to perfectly.
One thing that surprised me was how different the shades appeared on my hand compared to the white paper. The peach tones in my hand warmed up the blend and made it more appealing and shimmery.
Adding Black Luster Mica, Kaolin Clay and Titanium Dioxide provided the differing shades and hues on the paper. It was thrilling to see how much variation came from just one small addition. The combination of ingredients is mind boggling in its infinite color choices.
This is just the start of the mineral make up eye shadow kit that we’re working on. I designed a subtle peach golden-y colors that I’ll be trying this week. I’m going for a warm, sun-kissed, subtle look that brightens up my eyes and makes me appear as though I’ve just come back from a sleep-filled vacation.
Let’s hope the homemade eye shadow creation doesn’t make me appear jaundiced and in need of a good light treatment.
I’m wearing one of my eye shadow creations today and I feel very sparkly and bright eyed =)
Funny, I just ordered a bunch of mica’s and oxides from you and I was planning to make my own makeup instead of buying the bare essentials..then I saw this…I can’t wait to play with my mica’s.
Rhonda
Looks like that would be a lot of fun to try!
How neat and what fun! I did notice though that it doesn’t seem you concocted any seashell pink..lol!
Looks like lots of fun!
I have been wanting to try mineral make-up, and it’d be great to make my own with Bramble Berry supplies! I don’t think I can persuade my boys to jump on this one with me though…LOL!
I love mineral make up too. I use everything but the foundation. I am starting to get fine lines and it just settles in them. But love all the eye shadows and blushes. This is exciting!
Joanna, good eye on the short sleeves! What you can’t see is the goose bumps. I was wearing a super cute jacket and it looked bulky and strange on camera, so off it came. =)
Heidi, Spokane is a great area. And, you’re right, it’s closer to Seattle and to a Seattle Soaper’s Meet Up. Hopefully your hubby’s friend loves it here and is adequately persuasive for your hubby. =)
I LOVE mineral make up and won’t use anything else! I’m so excited to hear that I could make my own!! Whoo Hoo! Keep workin’ girl – I’m eager to see what you come up with!!
I can’t wait to start playing with mineral make-up!! Thanks, Anne-Marie for making it so fun & easy to try new things!!!
Oh I’m so excited about this!!! I’ve always hated wearing make up until I found mineral make up. If I could get started making my own I would be in heaven.
I’m so glad you are always checking out new things = )
On a different note…a friend of my husband is interviewing for a job in Spokane and wants to find my hubby a job there too. He’s not all that interested, but my first thought was “I’d be within driving distance of Bramble Berry and Otion!!!!!” I’m encouraging him to keep an open mind about it = )
That looks like fun. I love the blue color. (Not that I could get away with it with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes…)
Is it true? You are wearing short sleeves? Is it getting warmer in WA?
~I think this is how you should solve your paint problems-blend~
Andrea
Oh that sounds like so much fun, Anne-marie!!! That’s a lovely green-blue colour that would look good on blue eyes I think!