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

August 17, 2009 by Susan Barclay-Nichols

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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