Foundation Balm

Formulating

Foundation Balm

Posted by Anonymous on November 30, 2014 at 11:08 am

I have seen a lot of “natural” cosmetic brands going into the natural foundation category. For example Kjaer Weis and Vapour Organic. Sometimes, because they use oils instead of other solvents like octyldodecanol, they tend to be very oily on the skin. Not so natural examples is BareMinerals Serum Foundation and Marc Jacobs Transformative Mousse Foundation.

I tried making a hard version of this with mixing a few things together. I didn’t use any percentages. The consistency was very nice and creamy.

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

Beeswax

Candilla Wax

Zea Mays (Corn) Starch

Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate

Titanium Dioxide

Iron Oxides

Mica

Tocopherol

This also tends to be very oily on the skin, as it does not evaporate, but sits like an oily layer on top of the skin. If I added more Corn Starch, may it be more matte/semi-matte, or do I have to put in other things to make this balm more matte? I will also be replacing Beeswax with Ozokerite Wax, as we are trying to be vegan. How does Ozokerite Wax act as replacement to Beeswax? Also, when it comes to preserving, would that be needed since there is no water phase, or should I add VegeCide to be sure?

I have also heared many great things about Capryloyl glycerin/sebacic acid copolymer, Diheptyl succinate as an alternative to Dimethicone 350 fluid, but it is said to give high shine. Anybody formulated with this before?

RawMaterialGirl replied 9 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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RawMaterialGirl

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November 30, 2014 at 3:02 pm

Do you have any percentages? It’s hard to tell without knowing how much you mixed together of each.

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