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Cocoa powder is nice for making (more healthy) selfmade 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. Nevertheless, it skips a number of the elements that aren’t so nice for our well being. 

The right way 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 affords a pleasant slip and feels so silky on my pores and skin. Subsequent add cocoa powder for coloration and slightly 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 can too combine in some cinnamon powder for a extra brown hue. Watch out right here although, since cinnamon powder has unstable oils which might be irritating to delicate pores and skin. It took me a number of tries of blending to get the colour right for my pores and skin tone.

There’s a number of variation on this recipe… creating selfmade make-up is extra of an artwork than a science. Your precise coloration and base mixtures will rely upon the quantity of protection and coloration 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 might have, however I might keep away from something with a gray or purple tone since these would throw off the colour an excessive amount of. 

The right way to Use Pure Basis Powder

Since it is 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. 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 be certain 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 can too use this as a setting or ending powder to 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 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 circumstances by youngster laborers. The mica I exploit avoids these points and solely sources from locations the place no youngster labor is used at any level of the method. If you happen to’d slightly not use it although, you’ll nonetheless have an excellent basis powder with out it. 

An Even Less complicated Model

If you happen to favor, you possibly can simply use arrowroot powder (or kaolin clay), cocoa powder, and a pinch of (optionally available) cinnamon powder. This can create an excellent and fully pure basis. The one draw back is it gained’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? Depart a remark and tell us!