How to Make Your Own Makeup

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make your own makeup

If your skin is olive toned or darker, you can make your own makeup foundation out of supplies you already have. Making your own makeup is a safe alternative for people who have allergies or sensitive skin. This recipe for foundation is hypo-allergenic and moisturizing, so it leaves your skin feeling soft and refreshed.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

water/glycerin based face or hand lotion
calamine lotion
instant tea
talcum powder
small jar to mix ingredients
q-tip to blend

Step 1

lotion based makeup

In a small jar, squeeze an amount of lotion that approximates the amount of makeup you want to make. Lotion forms the base of this makeup, so what you squeeze is about what you'll make.
Step 2

Add a small amount of instant tea to the lotion. Use the q-tip to blend it by breaking off the fuzzy tip and stirring. The instant tea provides the brown pigment for the foundation, so add it according to your skin color.
Step 3

Next, add some calamine lotion to give the mixture a pinkish tinge. Since calamine lotion is watery, it will make your makeup mixture more liquid. Don't worry about that though, you can correct it in the last step.
Step 4

To make the makeup thicker and to give it more of a matte or satin finish, add enough talc to achieve the desired consistency. Blend everything thoroughly with the q-tip. When it dries, you can apply hypo-allergenic powder or blush to finish.

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ahickpoet said

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on 12/29/2008 Wow. I love these kinds of projects. I'm also too fair-skinned for this, but now I'm wondering what would happen if I just used the calamine lotion.