DIY Natural Foundation Powder

Cocoa powder is nice for making (more healthy) homemade Nutella, however it’s additionally nice for including an antioxidant enhance to your skincare routine. A few years in the past a good friend of mine shared that she used cocoa powder as a pure bronzer. I began experimenting with it in make-up and got here up with this DIY pure basis powder.

This basis powder is much like the mineral make-up you discover on many drugstore cabinets. Nonetheless, it skips a number of the elements that aren’t so nice for our well being. 

Tips on how to Make Basis Powder

I begin with a base of arrowroot powder and zinc oxide. You should use non-gmo cornstarch, however I discover arrowroot works higher. It affords a pleasant slip and feels so silky on my pores and skin. Subsequent add cocoa powder for shade and a bit of gold mica for sparkle. I found that including gold mica powder offers it a fair smoother texture and makes my pores and skin radiant.

You can too combine in some cinnamon powder for a extra brown hue. Watch out right here although, since cinnamon powder has risky oils which might be irritating to delicate pores and skin. It took me a couple of tries of blending to get the colour appropriate for my pores and skin tone.

There’s a whole lot of variation on this recipe… creating selfmade make-up is extra of an artwork than a science. Your precise shade and base mixtures will rely on the quantity of protection and shade you need. Zinc oxide as a base will create a make-up similar to retailer purchased mineral makeups. Including mica powder will give pores and skin a pure “glow.”

I used a mix of three totally different natural clay powders on this recipe. They assist to manage shine, enhance blemishes, and stability out the colour. You should use what you might have, however I might keep away from something with a gray or pink tone since these would throw off the colour an excessive amount of. 

Tips on how to Use Pure Basis Powder

Since it is a powder I discover it normally works finest when utilized to (pretty) freshly moisturized pores and skin, particularly for these with drier pores and skin varieties. After I was utilizing the oil cleaning technique my pores and skin was very hydrated and I had no points getting this to stay. It’s possible you’ll want to use primer, liquid basis, lotion, or a skinny layer of oil to your face earlier than making use of. Simply ensure it has a couple of minutes to soak up otherwise you’ll get streaks!

If you have already got oily pores and skin, then this could assist stability issues out. 

You can too use this as a setting or ending powder on your makeup routine. I retailer mine in a repurposed glass jar or powder container and use a brush to use. Most days a fast brush of that is all I would like!

A Word On Mica

There’s been some controversy about mica powder and if it’s actually pure or protected. Mica is a naturally occurring mineral that’s in the identical household as quartz. It may also be made in a lab. 

There’s additionally been some dialogue on the ethics behind its sourcing. Mica is commonly mined in harmful situations by baby laborers. The mica I exploit avoids these points and solely sources from locations the place no baby labor is used at any level of the method. For those who’d moderately not use it although, you’ll nonetheless have an amazing basis powder with out it. 

An Even Easier Model

For those who desire, you may simply use arrowroot powder (or kaolin clay), cocoa powder, and a pinch of (non-compulsory) cinnamon powder. This can create an amazing and utterly pure basis. The one draw back is it received’t keep so long as a powder with zinc oxide and mica. I really feel protected utilizing zinc oxide on my pores and skin (non-nano and uncoated) however in case you don’t, strive the arrowroot model.

Have you ever ever made your individual make-up earlier than? What’s labored (or hasn’t!) for you to this point? Go away a remark and tell us!