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Pressing Eye shadow formula
Hello all,
okay so i have been making my own eye shadow for a few months now and some have been amazing and some have been not so good. I want a very good Matte Eye shadow formula. I have researched and read upon the ingredients in other people eye shadow formula. i am starting small so i normally get all my products from TKB, makingcosmetics, bulkapothecary and etc. so i will list a few ingredients and hopefully i can get some advice on them before i purchase more product that i don’t actually need i have spent over $1500 US dollars on products. Also a ratio of the amount of that ingredient i need would also be awesome, main goal is to be very pigmented and not have so much fall out! I am a Newbie to all of this
Ingredient group 1: Rice Powder, Titanium dioxide, Zinc oxide, Kaolin clay,Satin pearl mica, Magnesium stearate, mica coated with carnauba
Ingredient group 2: Mica, Dimethicone, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Zinc
Stearate, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Zinc Myristate,
Glycerin, Silica, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer,
Caprylyl Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Isopentyldiol,
Lauroyl Lysine, Phenoxyethanol, Polysilicone-11, Tocopherolingredient group 3: Mica, Zea Mays Starch [Zea Mays (Corn) Starch],
Silica, Dimethicone, Caprylyl Glycol, Octyldodecanol, Stearyl Stearate, Cera
Alba [Beeswax], Methicone, Microcristallina Cera [Microcristallina Wax], Behanic
Acid.Ingredient group 4: Talc, Mica, Mineral
Oil, Kaolin, Titanium Dioxide, magnesium Stearate, Isopropyl Palmitate,
Lanolin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben.Mixing tools that i already have: 3 Coffee Grinders, 4 Herb Grinders, Mortar and pestle , Normally i mix all the products that are dry together including the colored mica or iron oxides, then the liquids i mix in one and spread along the pressing pans and i had the dry ingredients, i mix well until the product is full mixed, after i tap on a hard surface to even it out before i press it! Which is also a problem, i dont want it to be too wet so if it looks wet i normally add more of the mixed dry ingredients to the top and spray with alcohol and press once again.
my liquid binder contains : Isopropyl Myristate, Dimethicone, Bis-Vinyl Dimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer, and Alcohol
I have not tried all the ingredients listed above i have only done group 1 using the liquid binder. -
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I’m going to need specific formulas with percentages before I can help.
Alternatively, there are good starting formulations available on the web.
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okay here is the formula with the percentages , on group 4 i took the products Isopropyl Palmitate and Lanolin, to do some research, there is a product called IsoLanolin. It has both ingredients.
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What program did you use for this?
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An online software , http://www.ingredientstodiefor.com/item/Ingredient_Formula_Percentage_Calculator/865 @Bobzchemist
it was delivered in text format so i put it in a chart i thought it would be easier to read. -
Interesting.
Anyway. looking at formula 2, there are a couple of things I’d change.
First, Parabens need to be no more than 1% total.
Second, lower mag stearate to 3%
Q.S. with pigment (ground well) and you’ll be 95% there.
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Thank you so much @Bobzchemist
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