Product Recipes
Recipe One:
Ingredients
Recipe Two:
Ingredients:
Recipe Three:
Ingredients:
For the base:
Arrowroot Powder
Add one or a combination of:
Cocoa Powder
Ground Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Jojoba, Olive, or Almond Oil (optional)
Directions:
1. Start with a base of arrowroot powder (1 tsp. for dark skin – 1 Tbs. for light skin)
2. Slowly add in one or combination of the cocoa powder, cinnamon, or nutmeg until you reach your desired tone.
3. If you want more of a “compact” foundation, add some jojoba/olive/almond oil to the mixture and press down into a compact. (Start with 5 drops and keep adding until it reaches your desired texture).
Use a brush to apply this homemade foundation. Make sure to tap off excess before swiping face.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons of argan oil or jajoba oil
- 1 teaspoon of shea butter
- ½ tsp emulsifying wax
- 1 tablespoon aloe gel
- 1 teaspoon witch hazel
- OR 3 tablespoons of natural pre-made lotion (in place of first 5 ingredients)
- 1-4 teaspoons non-nano zinc oxide
- ¼-1/2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1//2-1 tsp mica powder of choice
- OR 2-3 teaspoons of All-natural mineral powder in color of choice
- If making the simple version... just mix the organic lotion and mineral powder to get the desired color and consistency.
- For the complete DIY:
- Melt the shea butter, jojoba oil and emulsifying wax in a double boiler until completely melted.
- Add the aloe and witch hazel and whisk until completely incorporated and smooth.
- Turn heat off.
- Slowly, start adding colors. Start with zinc and clays until desired coverage is reached. It will still be too pale at this point.
- Add mica powders and cocoa powder a tiny pinch at a time until desired color is reached.
- Dip the tip of a spoon into the mixture and let cool for a few seconds. Test the color and coverage on your forehead to make sure you've achieved the right tone for your skin.
- Spoon the mixture into the desired container and let cool.
Recipe Two:
Ingredients:
- 1.5oz Almond Oil (or unrefined, raw, organic carrier oil of your choice; learn more about carrier oils here and purchase them here)
- 1oz Shea Butter (organic, raw, unrefined shea butter like this)
- .5oz Cocoa Butter (organic, raw, unrefined cocoa butter like this)
- .5oz Beeswax (this is by far my favorite beeswax)
- 1/8t Vitamin E (make sure it’s not from GMO sources; this is my favorite Vitamin E)
- .5oz Zinc Oxide (make sure it is uncoated, non-nano, and not micronized; purchase the zinc oxide here or you can purchase a small amount from me HERE)
- Cocao Powder (organic cocao (or cocoa) powder like this)
- Cinnamon (organic cinnamon like this)
- Double-boiler (I just make my own with a glass bowl over a pot of shallow simmering water)
- Kitchen scale (this is my favorite kitchen scale)
- Whisk
- Container for finished product (see more below re: container choices)
- Using your scale and the tare function, measure and combine the first five ingredients into the glass bowl into your double-boiler.
- DO NOT add the zinc oxide, cocoa powder, or cinnamon!
- Completely melt the first five ingredients, stirring occasionally with your whisk.
- Remove from heat and allow time to cool a bit (a few minutes…and wipe excess moisture off the outside of your bowl, too).
- Place your bowl back on the scale, hit tare, and add in spoonfuls of zinc oxide until you get to .5oz. This gives you approximately a 20 SPF coverage (as it’s approximately 10% of the total weight…). Whisk to completely combine.
- Add 1/8t cinnamon; whisk to combine.
- Add cocoa powder a little at a time and whisk to get to the color you need…
- 1/2T cocoa powder is a light foundation
- 1/2T plus 1t is a medium foundation
- 1/2T plus 2t is a medium-dark foundation
- Simply start with 1/2T of cocoa powder, whisk to combine, check on your wrist for a color match, and add more cocoa powder (1/2t at a time) until you reach your perfect color
- Pour into your selected container and allow to cool.
- FYI… T=Tablespoon and t=Teaspoon
Recipe Three:
Ingredients:
For the base:
Arrowroot Powder
Add one or a combination of:
Cocoa Powder
Ground Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Jojoba, Olive, or Almond Oil (optional)
Directions:
1. Start with a base of arrowroot powder (1 tsp. for dark skin – 1 Tbs. for light skin)
2. Slowly add in one or combination of the cocoa powder, cinnamon, or nutmeg until you reach your desired tone.
3. If you want more of a “compact” foundation, add some jojoba/olive/almond oil to the mixture and press down into a compact. (Start with 5 drops and keep adding until it reaches your desired texture).
Use a brush to apply this homemade foundation. Make sure to tap off excess before swiping face.