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  • What are the percentages in a formula?

    Posted by Anonymous on January 3, 2017 at 7:34 pm

    This may seem like a dumb question so forgive me. I have recently started making my own makeup. I have made eyeshadow and I just use mini spoons for those formulas. I have recently looked into making a lipstick but the whole formual is in % and I have no idea what that means. It’s like, for example:
    titanium dioxide 1.5%
    Mica 1.8% 
    Beeswax 4.5%
    (These are just examples not the real percentages)
    So I’m very confused. Obviously it’s 1.5% out of 100% but what do I then convert it to, if that makes sense? 
    I am one confused apple so please help me lol!

    Bobzchemist replied 7 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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