Sweet.Tea.Bags
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I’m looking into formulating unscented products primarily because fragrance and a lot of EOs irritate my skin. I can’t smell well so smell doesn’t bother me. On top of that, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and zinc oxide irritate my skin or make me break out bad so it makes it extra difficult to find stuff I can use. Coconut makes me break out too, but I’ll need to re-examine it because I didn’t know I was sensitive to fragrance at the time. I also have eczema.
So I would say there is a market for it, but probably more for people like me with super sensitive skin which isn’t a large market like Perry said.
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Late reply, but I’ve been experimenting with tinted chapsticks lately. Just use less of the color you want. More wax tends to dull the color quite a bit I’ve noticed. I primarily use iron oxides and titanium oxides though. If you decide to use lake dyes, use way less of that than you would with oxides.
Hopefully you got the answer you needed!
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There are several binders you can use, but it really depends on what pressed powder you’re trying to make. Are you trying to make pressed powder foundation, blush, matte shadows, or shimmery eyeshadows?
Shimmers require more oil. Mattes require more dry binder and way less oil. I imagine blushes and powder foundations would be similar to mattes in that instance. Someone correct me if I’m wrong about that assumption. I’m just a DIYer and make eyeshadows specifically (for now).
TKB has a chart with a matte binder formula that I used recently that worked for making a matte shadow. I followed the base formula, replaced the mica with their C-SMAX instead, and then used a very tiny amount of coconut oil, like 5-6 drops max, before pressing. I attached a screenshot of the chart I’m talking about. I’m learning that neon matte shadows, specifically yellow, are very, very difficult.
From my understanding, zinc stearate and magnesium myristate seem to be the most popular dry binders. I’ve tried dimethicone, coconut oil, and TKB’s pressing binder and out of the 3, coconut oil was the most forgiving for me for both mattes and shimmers.
I haven’t tried jojoba oil so I can’t comment on that. I’m oversimplifying, but I would avoid glycerin in powdered products because it’s a microbe magnet and you’ll absolutely want to use preservatives with it. I wasn’t a fan of using dimethicone because my stuff tended to dry out super quickly. Could be a user issue on my part.
Sorry for the novel.
Tl;dr - Depends on what kind of pressed powder product you want to make. More oil for shimmer eyeshadows, way less for matte shadows.