DIY pressed body bronzer and shimmer duo

A few weeks ago, I made body bronzer and shimmer powder! I mixed a bunch of medium to dark powders I had together, and then made a separate mixture of sparkly powders I wasn't using. I pressed the powders into a giftcard tin lid with fractionated coconut oil and 91% rubbing alcohol, then put that into a palette I made out of cardboard and leopard-print duct tape. Look at the pile of stuff I emptied just for the bronzer! Contact lens case included for scale.

And look! Here's a swatch. Body bronzer on the left, shimmer powder on the right.

Frankenshadows!

I had a bunch of stuff sitting around that wasn't getting used. So, I played mixy-melty!

The project below is a mixture of TKB Rainbow Pops micas that I pressed into an empty eyeshadow compact with some zinc stearate and fractionated coconut oil. I purposely didn't blend super thoroughly so that it would look pretty in the pan. When worn, it's a steely (but not too cool) greenish blue color that makes a very nice crease.


This next project was even more fun.

On the right, I combined a bunch of things: ELF studio Ivory cream liner; Physicians Formula blue eyes trio brown cream liner; and Physicians Formula glam brown eyes trio gold cream liner. Result: taupe cream liner/shadow! This taupe leans cool and can be worn very sheer or more packed on.

On the left, I combined the leftovers from the first batch with Physicians Formula glam brown eyes bronze cream liner; UDPP Greed (half of a deluxe sample); and a squirt of Monistat Anti-Chafing powder gel. Result: golden taupe cream shadow/base. This actually works extremely well - I can put it on my eyelids and somewhat up into the crease, then use a lighter colored shadow from lashline to browbone, and it looks like I used more than one color but doesn't take any more effort than primer+color. It goes on thicker.


Top left: the more golden taupe. Pressed Frankenshadow in the corner.
Bottom left: Frankenshadow applied damp.
Top right: the cooler taupe with a liner brush.
Middle right: the cooler taupe.
Bottom right: Frankenshadow on bare skin.

The "making of" the green lipgloss franken

Avocado butter, meadowfoam seed oil, green lipstick sample, clear gloss.


Melted and mixed together!


Let's add some mica!


All mixed up!


Result: Also, I added some red lipstick and red blush to half of it to get a red gloss with green reflects.

Inspired by Jill - DIY lotion combo!

Jill, the lovely lady behind Just Peachy, recently inspired me to try my hand at combining lotions.

So I did! I didn't take pictures, but I could snap one of the resulting product, if you want!

I combined:
~ 2.5 oz. of Alba Botanica Mineral Facial Sunblock Fragrance Free SPF 20
~ half a jar of Garnier Nutrisse Refreshing Gel Cream oil-free moisturizer
and a 2 oz. travel-size Ecotools Body Lotion.

The result is a somewhat runny lotion that still has some heft to it and also provides an initial cooling sensation upon application. The sunblock itself was way too thick, pasty, and white for even my pale face, but I figure the zinc oxide in it is good for calming irritated skin. The body lotion was just nothing special, and the gel cream, well, I'll talk more about that when I finish the other half of the jar. It's ok, but I still think I do better with a serum or hydrating mist under an oil-containing moisturizer.