To recap my last post, I came across a makeup kit called "Pure & Natural Makeup Kit" on MakingCosmetics.com. It comes in seven different colors and includes the mineral foundation base, pigment mix, powder container with closable sifter, kabuki brush, instruction card, and a spatula for moving the finished powder to your container. Here's what it looked like when I received mine:
I also ordered a second pigment mix for my mom because her skin is a little more "beige-y" than mine, and I purchased a powder container for her. As I mentioned in my last post, the website says that the kit produces around 58 grams of powder, and each Bare Minerals powder container holds 6 grams of product, so that should be enough to fill almost 10 powder containers. Here's the price break-down of what I ordered:
Pure & Natural Makeup Kit - $39.20
Bare Beige Pigment (for mom) - $10.10
Powder Container - $1.60
Total - $50.90
Before I purchased everything, I looked on retailmenot.com for a coupon code. I found one that gives you a free book called "Recipes for Color Cosmetics" with your first order of $50.00 or more. I qualified, so I used it! The code is "FIRSTORDER". The book is really neat, it has a ton of recipes for lipstick, mineral makeup, blush, lip gloss, eye shadow, anything you can think of. Shipping for everything was $14.32, so all-together my final cost was $65.22. Given that you can make 10 containers worth of product and most store-bought products cost this much for two, I'd say it's a good deal.
The last thing you need is a mortar and pestle to mix the base and pigment together. I ordered this one from Amazon for $8.26 and I have a Prime account, so shipping was free. You can also order the same kit from Amazon, but it's cheaper to order it directly from the makingcosmetics.com website.
So it turns out I'm glad I ordered the extra pigment for my mom at the same time because I ended up using it for me! Like I said, they only have 7 shades of pigment on the website and since most commercial brands include a ton of different color options, it's not a bad idea to pick two colors and plan on mixing them to get the right shade. I wear Golden Fair by Bare Minerals, and I ordered the kit in "Natural Buff" which is their lightest shade and purchased "Bare Beige" for my mom. Since the Natural Buff doesn't have much yellow in it, I mixed in some bare beige to make it as close to Golden Fair as possible.
The instructions for this are pretty simple - you put two tablespoons of base powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons of pigment powder into the mortar and then mix it up until it's well blended. The instructions say if it's too light, mix in more pigment until it's the right shade. If it's too dark, mix in more of the base to lighten it up. As I said, I ended up using both Natural Buff and Bare Beige to mix mine and I love the way it came out.
Here's some of the powder after it had been thoroughly mixed in the mortar:
In addition to the 1 1/2 teaspoons of pigment the original recipe calls for, I ended up adding and additional 1 1/2 teaspoons of pigment to get the shade I wanted. With this much powder, I was able to fill the powder container that came with the kit and fill up an extra Bare Minerals container that I kept after I used up all of the powder. You can open these by taking a pair of tweezers or small scissors to the bottom of the container and popping off the bottom piece. I googled "how to open Bare Minerals container" and there were a ton of YouTube videos and articles on how to do it.
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| Old Bare Minerals container on the left, Makingcosmetics.com container on the right |
Happy makeup making!
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