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Home Made Cosmetics
Over the last couple years, I have created many homemade beauty products, including homemade lip scrub, exfoliating face scrubs and shea body butter. These recipes are healthy, great for my skin and body, and they have saved me a ton of money. Not to mention, I am now exposed to fewer toxins since I ditched the commercial stuff.
Did you know that you can make your own home made cosmetics? There are several home made cosmetics recipes that can help you build your arsenal of beauty supplies to look and feel great!
Homemade Foundation
What you need:
- Arrowroot powder (you could sub cornstartch, but it is not quite as good)
- Cinnamon
- Cocoa powder
Add a cup of arrowroot powder to a bowl, and slowly add in cinnamon and cocoa powder, until you come up with a suitable color that matches your complexion. Apply to a clean, moisturized face with a good mineral powder brush.
Don’t want to make it?
If you don’t want to make your own, I highly recommend Alima Pure (natural, cruelty-free, and light weight), or Korres (talc-free, natural, and works great).
Homemade Mascara
What you need:
- 2 tsp coconut oil
- 4 tsp aloe vera gel
- 1/2 tsp beeswax
- Vitamin E oil
- 1/4 – 1/2 tsp activated Charcoal
In a small mason jar or glass bowl, add coconut oil, aloe vera gel, beeswax and vitamin e oil. Add 1-2″ of water to a small saucepan, and place jar or bowl into the water. Bring to a boil, and allow to warm until completely melted. Remove from heat and add activated charcoal and stir until mixed well.
Pour into a small baggie, and push down to a corner. Cut a small tip on the bag, and pipe into a mascara tube.
Homemade Blush
What you need:
- 2 tbsp Beet Root Powder
- 1 tbsp Arrowroot Powder
- Ground nutmeg
- Ground Ginger
- 5 drops of Essential oils
Combine beet root powder and arrowroot powder. You can play around with the amounts of each to find a desired shade of blush. Add in a sprinkle or two of nutmeg and ginger for shine and a little different shade of color. Add in essential oil to help the blush adhere to your skin.
Natural Eyeliner*
- Activated charcoal
- Cocoa Powder
- Coconut Oil
For a black eyeliner, add a pinch of activated charcoal in with coconut oil. For a brown eyeliner, add cocoa powder to coconut oil. Apply with an eyeliner brush.
*Be sure to be extra careful when applying products around your eyes. Make sure you don’t get any products into your eyes, or you may cause damage.
Excited to try, regular makeup gives me headaches.
Please just mention shelf life about eyeliner,mascara,blusher,foundation , and all? Please reply
I may find the ingredients and try!.. Thank you so much )) I was using homemade serums for my eyelashes and eyebrows as well, till I found Cherish Lash serum, a great thing )) I may share this article!!
Really interesting
I make pretty much all my other beauty, household products now I’m feeling confident enough to try these. I’m light blonde, fair. Do you think I could use something besides charcoal for the mascara? I prefer brown mascara. Cocoa maybe?
Hi Jeanette,
I think cocoa is a great idea! Please let us know how it turns out!
Thanks for sharing! How long is the shelf life on most of these?
I usually keep my homemade products for about a year, or until they don’t work as effectively – which ever comes first!
Interesting I love this! Can’t wait !
Thank you so much for this! I have looked at the ingredents in my daughters play makeup and i told her to throw it all away! I will make her and myself some now! Thank you so much!
Hi, I found your post on making natural makeup very interesting.
Question? ?? Where can I get the charcoal? & is this charcoal like for Barbara q? ? I know the question sound dumb, but to think we can use this for eyeliner is strange.
Hi Taz,
You can pick it up from amazon (http://amzn.to/2dvCD1T) or buy it at a health store. They come in capsules. And yes, it is similar to the bbq charcoal, except activated charcoal is made with non-toxic ingredients and is processed a little differently. 🙂
I find the arrowroot and beet root powders make my skin so dry- what can I do to fix this? I really love the concept and don’t want to use any chemicals on my face ?
Hi Allison – do you use any moisturizer on your skin before you apply it? If not, I would recommend putting on a thin layer of olive or coconut oil on before you apply the arrowroot and beetroot powder.
Do you use fractionated coconut oil or regular coconut oil? Super excited!
I use regular coconut oil – but now I want to try fractionated!
Hi, I am wondering what the shelf life is for each of these cosmetics? I am wondering, I am not an everyday make-up wearer and don’t want to end up wasting it!
Hi Jamie,
As long as you aren’t starting with ingredients that are about to expire, these should last 3 – 6 months.
Sorry ignore my question I didn’t read it properly!
Hi what is the instructions for the eyeliner? Thanks.
As a sneaky teen we weren’t allowed to use make up so I used to apply the chalk for the cue stick you know that blue stuff hahaha wiped it off before I came home but I wouldn’t recommend anyone try that. I did used to take my mother’s discarded lipsticks and add Vaseline mix it up and it made a pretty sheer gloss.
I’m really excited to try the foundation recipe! Say you wanted a liquid foundation, would you recommend just adding coconut oil or something similar?
Hi Hayley,
I have never tried making it into a liquid foundation, but I would be interested to hear how that works. If you try it, let me know 🙂
I would like to try the mascara. It sounds fun. How much vitamin E oil should I use? Since common vitamin E oils are soy based, would grapeseed or olive oil work as a replacement?
It doesn’t take much, just a few drops (and add more if necessary). I think grapeseed or olive oil would be a fine replacement!
hi thank u for the recipe!! I tried the blush recipe but i find that the beetroot powder does not stick to the skin. it ends up rolling into granules. beetroot powder was bought from Holland and Barrett (UK) and is very fine. I don’t know what i am doing wrong. any suggestions?
Hi Monika,
I think the powder may not be fine enough. Try running it through the blender and trying it again.
Hope that helps!
Andrea
Try letting it sit overnight in melted coconut oil. It should dissolve.
Hi, I would like to try making these. IS THERE anywhere else i can buy them besides amazon?
Most of the ingredients you should be able to find at your local grocery store… and if you can’t find everything there, a local health food store or pharmacy, like Walgreens should have the rest!
I found that Mountain Rose Herbs has a lot of great stuff for cheap (including cosmetic containers). Check them out!
I love Mountain Rose Herbs, too! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Bulk Apothecary
Love them!
Where do you buy these ingredients from? Sure wish this information was available 30 years ago, when I discovered I was allergic to al the fun girly stuff…
Hi Wendi,
I buy most of my products on Amazon, or at my local market or health store. Mountain Rose Herbs sells a lot of high-quality herbal ingredients, which can be a bit pricier than Amazon, but their products are very nice.
Andrea
Would it clog your pores more than other mineral based makeup?
I tries the powdered foundation and was very pleased. I had cornstarch on hand and worked just fine. I like the mineral makeup but the cost is too much for me.
I’m so glad to hear it worked for you!
what a great idea! i hope to make the mascara and exfoliating scrub. thanks for the hints!
I am considering making my own make up now that I’ve seen how easy it is! Thanks for the info =)