Make Your Own Pure Mineral Makeup

Whether a novice or an expert of mineral make-up, this book takes you through all the steps needed, through colour charts and skin tone charts, ingredients, application know-how and easy explanations etc. to create pure, natural, inexpensive cosmetics for every part of your face – skin, lips, eyes etc. that are completely bespoke for your complexion and colouring. Stunning photos serve to enhance this book further still. This book is a real treat.

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A must have for anyone with sensitive skin, this book will revolutionize your life. You can custom blend your own makekup for your skin care needs.

Make Your Own Pure Mineral Makeup is a beautifully designed guide packed full of DIY recipes as well as detailed information on everything from ingredients to equipment, skin types, safe use and more.

The product recipes include easy to follow step-by-step guides and there are full-page photographs showcasing a range of different makeup looks created using the products. There are also many helpful tips included, for example the eye shadow recipes share which colours they will pair well with, which eye colour they suit best as well as other uses as many of the products are multi-purpose.

In addition to the recipes the book includes everything you need to know from guides to face shapes, to advice on the best tools and even how to go about creating and promoting your own brand of mineral makeup. Handy trouble-shooting tips are scattered throughout and an in-depth ingredient glossary makes this a perfect reference book.

Overall I'm very impressed by the book thanks to the attention to detail and amount of information included. It’s clear to see that author Heather Anderson is very passionate about mineral makeup and this book proves she really knows her stuff. I would highly recommend picking up a copy if you are interested in mineral makeup, whether it be making your own or finding out how to include more non toxic products into your routine.

Heather Anderson's new book, "Make Your Own Pure Mineral Makeup" is a book for our times. As the trend to DIY grows everyday, more DIY media emerge. A lot are repetitive - not this book. There are so few books about making usable, healthy cosmetics. Most of them deal with lotions, creams, bath salts, maybe some lip balms. But no real eye, lip or other facial cosmetics.

This book does it all for mineral makeup (which I prefer - Mineral Fusion is one). Where to buy the raw materials, what components are necessary for compounding the cosmetics, how to make and blend them, how to store them, etc. In short, everything you need to know about sourcing, making, using and sharing your delightful cosmetic creations.

The book is well-written and illustrated. She writes in a clear and approachable manner which most reasonably interested readers can understand. I think that after reading the book I can formulate and compound my own mineral makeup and be very happy with it.

If you want to DIY with cosmetics, this is the book for you! A great read!

This book is so much more than it appears to be at first glance. A primer on mineral makeup and what sets mineral makeup apart from most commercially produced products; a description of ingredients and how they are sourced; a treatise on beauty, feeling beautiful, and how makeup enhances rather than conceals; descriptions of colors, pigments, skin tones and undertones, and how to flatter one with the other; how to make and apply your own makeup; how to start a business including packaging, batch sizes, getting your name out there, what to do with test batches, and how to comply with FDA rules. Beautifully photographed with models of many ethnicities and skin tones, made up with a wide variety of looks and always with the recipes clearly labeled. So much information, and a beautiful book to leaf through.

I was wonderfully surprised by the depth of this book. Heather Anderson does not just include recipes to make pure mineral makeup. Included in this book are definitions on what pure mineral makeup is, its history, explanation of color, what to avoid, step-by-step instructions, where to find ingredients, beautiful pictures and much more. Anyone who is serious about making their own makeup and saving money is going to love this book!