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Summary: How to gather and use the supplies needed to apply natural mineral makeup; get professional tips and advice on natural mineral makeup and cosmetic products in this free beauty video.
Jenny Karl has over eleven years experience working for cosmetics establishments in NY, NJ, PA, and CA. She's also worked as a freelance makeup artist and light, hair, and wardrobe...read more
"Before you start using the loose powder makeup, you need to know what tools to use and the basics of how to use loose powder. Loose powder can be tricky. It can be messy, and you really want to know what tools to use also before you start. With loose powders, like I said earlier, you can use them on any part of your body. Eyes, lips, cheeks, and you can use them wet or dry, which is fantastic. You want to use something to mix them. Some sort of little plate or Petri dish so you can mix them wet or dry so you don't make a mess of everything. You also want to make sure you have good brushes. Good brushes that you can use wet or dry. Foundation brushes are synthetic. You can use them wet. Powder brushes are natural. You use them dry. Same thing with eye shadow brushes. You want a synthetic eye shadow brush that you can use wet, but you also want a natural hair brush that you can use dry. Depending how you want to use your mineral makeup, which I say use it both ways. You want to make sure you have the right tools. A great little makeup line is called Herbs of Grace. They're an all-natural mineral makeup line. You can go to herbsofgrace.com and check them out. They're probably my favorite one when it comes to this type of makeup, so I'm going to be using a lot of that."
eHow Article: Supplies for Mineral Makeup