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Mineral make-up ingredients: A closer look at Ronaspheres LDP

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Ronasphere LDP is a product similar to Micronaspheres in that it is a spherical, silica based product. Only in this case, the silica spheres are coated with titanium dioxide and iron oxide instead of silicone dioxide. Silica coated in titanium dioxide and zinc oxide designed to be close to the “light refraction index of the...

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Mineral make-up: Fun with blush – a translucent base

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Blush bases are as variable as the people who wear them. You can make a very simple blush with serecite mica and colour or Micronaspheres and colour or you can make a very complicated one with almost every ingredient I’ve written about in the last few weeks! What’s the point of a blush? We want...

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Mineral make-up: Chemistry of pigments

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I thought I’d take a look at the chemistry of the pigments we use in mineral make-up with more detail on how to use the various pigments tomorrow.Inorganic pigments are formed from compounds of transition elements like iron, chromium, and so on. The colour is produced “as a result of the ease with which the...

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Mineral-make up ingredients: Pigments and colouring – an introduction

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As my back is giving me serious trouble today, the post “Creating a blush base with boron nitride and bismuth oxychloride” will not be seen today. Instead I bring you fun with colours!I always think of mineral make-up as the melding of science and art in a beautiful product you can wear on your face....

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Mineral-make up ingredients: Boron nitride

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Boron nitride is a hexagonal mineral polymer with excellent chemical and thermal stability. It’s used in mineral make-up as a texturizing agent to offer slip, glide, and sheen. It is an excellent alternative to bismuth oxychloride as it offers many of the same qualities. Boron nitride is a talc substitute with a smooth, silky feel...

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