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Mineral make-up: A closer look at eye shadow bases

August 7, 2009 by Susan Barclay-Nichols

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know I love eye shadow! Keeping in mind the concepts from yesterday, let’s take a closer look at eye shadow and the various ingredients we can add to get exactly what we want! Whiteness or opacity: To make a colour lighter, to cover up imperfections.Translucency: The…

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