DIY Pure Basis Powder

Cocoa powder is nice for making (more healthy) do-it-yourself Nutella, but it surely’s additionally nice for including an antioxidant increase to your skincare routine. A few years in the past a buddy 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 just like the mineral make-up you discover on many drugstore cabinets. Nevertheless, it skips a number of the elements that aren’t so nice for our well being. 

Find out how to Make Basis Powder

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

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

There’s plenty of variation on this recipe… creating do-it-yourself make-up is extra of an artwork than a science. Your precise colour and base mixtures will rely upon the quantity of protection and colour 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 completely different pure clay powders on this recipe. They assist to manage shine, enhance blemishes, and stability out the colour. You should utilize what you’ve, however I’d keep away from something with a gray or pink tone since these would throw off the colour an excessive amount of. 

Find out how to Use Pure Basis Powder

Since this can be a powder I discover it often works greatest when utilized to (pretty) freshly moisturized pores and skin, particularly for these with drier pores and skin varieties. Once I was utilizing the oil cleaning technique my pores and skin was very hydrated and I had no points getting this to stay. You might want to use primer, liquid basis, lotion, or a skinny layer of oil to your face earlier than making use of. Simply ensure that 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 may as well use this as a setting or ending powder in your make-up 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 want!

A Notice 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 will also be made in a lab. 

There’s additionally been some dialogue on the ethics behind its sourcing. Mica is usually mined in harmful situations by youngster laborers. The mica I take advantage of avoids these points and solely sources from locations the place no youngster labor is used at any level of the method. Should you’d reasonably not use it although, you’ll nonetheless have an excellent basis powder with out it. 

An Even Easier Model

Should you want, you may simply use arrowroot powder (or kaolin clay), cocoa powder, and a pinch of (non-obligatory) cinnamon powder. This may create an excellent 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 when you don’t, attempt the arrowroot model.

Have you ever ever made your personal make-up earlier than? What’s labored (or hasn’t!) for you to date? Depart a remark and tell us!