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Idiot’s Guides: Making Natural Beauty Products
making color
grinds for
foundations
After you’ve created your color grind, combine 17 grams of base filler and 5.7
grams of your color grind in a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle. Test the
color on the inside of your forearm and look at it in direct sunlight. How does
it look? Is it too dark? If so, add a little more base filler and grind again. Too
light? Add a little more color grind, and grind again. Test the color on your
arm again. Do this until you get the blend that’s just right for your skin. And
be sure to keep notes so you can duplicate this in the future!
what you need …
Scale
Coffee grinder or mortar and pestle
Tiny scoops
Small paper cups
7.5-milliliter pipettes
Face mask
Latex gloves
Paper towels
Bottle of 3 percent alcohol
30-gram sifter jars
6-inch (15.25cm) dowel rods
Waxed paper
These grinds are the second part of the foundation
mixture—the colorful part!
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base recipe: irish ivory color grind
This is a light ivory blend with touches of yellow. To cut the yellow undertones, you can use the
violet corrector under this foundation to give you a more neutral skin tone. Makes 7.1 grams.
1. Put on your face mask and gloves, and put a piece of waxed paper over your work area.
2. Set your scale to grams, put a small cup on the scale, and push the tare button to zero
out the weight of the cup.
3.4g talc or talc substitute
1.85g titanium dioxide
1.25g yellow oxide
.5g red oxide
.1g brown oxide
.05g ultramarine blue oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s recommenda-
tion)
mineral makeup
Here are some colors you’ll see in the recipes: titanium dioxide (white), yellow oxide (mus-
tard yellow), red oxide (true red), red oxide—blue shade (maroon red), black oxide (very dark
black), brown oxide (reddish brown), dark brown oxide (brown with black), chromium green
oxide (medium green, not teal), ultramarine blue (bright blue), ultramarine violet (medium
purple/violet, for color corrector), French or rose talc, rice powder or white kaolin clay (trans-
lucent white), and jojoba oil (clear or golden).
3. Weigh the first ingredient, and pour it into the grinder
bowl or mortar.
4. Place the cup back on the scale, push the tare button
again, and continue weighing all the ingredients except
the preservative. Add each to the grinder bowl or
mortar.
5. Put the grinder bowl on the grinder, and grind in short
spurts for 1 minute. If you’re using a mortar and pestle,
hand-grind the powders for several minutes. You should
begin to see intense ivory skin-tone color.
6. Add the preservative using a pipette, and grind again in
short spurts for 2 minutes. If using a mortar and pestle,
grind for 4 or 5 minutes.
7. Store the unused color grind in jars or zipper-lock plastic
bags until you’re ready to mix with the base filler to
make your foundation.
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dublin color grind
This is a light ivory color with a touch of pink and yellow, giving it a light neutral tone. Prepare
as directed in the Irish Ivory Color Grind recipe. Makes 7 grams.
4g talc or talc substitute
1.8g titanium dioxide
1g yellow oxide
.1g red oxide
.1g brown oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
london rose color grind
This is the lightest ivory with a soft, pink undertone. Prepare as directed in the Irish
Ivory Color Grind recipe. Makes 7 grams.
To give you an idea
if the color grind
is a cool tone or
a warm tone, I’ve
named the recipes
after cities or coun-
tries in the zones
that indicate warm
or cool.
3.3g talc or talc substitute
1.8g titanium dioxide
1.25g yellow oxide
.45g red oxide
.1g brown oxide
.05g ultramarine blue oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
swedish cream color grind
This makes a light ivory sand color with yellow tones. It’s darker than the Dublin Color
Grind. Prepare as directed in the Irish Ivory Color Grind recipe. Makes 7.5 grams.
4.5g talc or talc substitute
1.7g titanium dioxide
1.1g yellow oxide
.1g red oxide
.12g brown oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
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georgia peach color grind
This is perfect for light-olive skin tones that have a lot of yellow. Prepare as directed in the Irish
Ivory Color Grind recipe. Makes 7 grams.
3.8g talc or talc substitute
1.5g titanium dioxide
.9g yellow oxide
.3g brown oxide
.1g red oxide
.1g ultramarine blue oxide
.07g black oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
madrid gold color grind
Use this grind for medium-olive skin tone with deeper yellow tones. Prepare as directed in the Irish
Ivory Color Grind recipe. Makes 7.6 grams.
3.8g talc or talc substitute
1.6g titanium dioxide
2g yellow oxide
.1g brown oxide
.07g red oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
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cancun sun color grind
This grind is for darker-medium warm golden skin tones with a yellow undertone. Prepare as
directed in the Irish Ivory Color Grind recipe. Makes 7 grams.
3.8g French or rose talc
.6g titanium dioxide
1g rice powder
1.3g yellow oxide
.25g red oxide
.1g black oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
Can’t find your
exact shade of
grind? Try mixing
two or more grinds
together to match
your skin tone. (You
can also use these
oxides to make
concealers and
color correctors.)
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paris color grind
This grind is for medium-warm skin tones with a red undertone. Prepare as directed in the Irish
Ivory Color Grind recipe. Makes 7 grams.
3.2g talc or talc substitute
.3g titanium dioxide
.1g zinc oxide
1.3g rice powder
1.1g yellow oxide
.9g red oxide
.1g black oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
tuscany color grind
This grind is for the deeper, neutral olive tones. Prepare as directed in the Irish Ivory Color Grind
recipe. Makes 6.9 grams.
3.2g French or rose talc
.5g titanium dioxide
.2g zinc oxide
.6g rice powder
1.3g yellow oxide
.3g red oxide—blue shade
.25g red oxide
.15g chromium green oxide
.12g black oxide
.1g brown oxide
.1g ultramarine blue
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
aztec bronze color grind
This grind is for medium to deeper brown tones. Prepare as directed in the Irish Ivory Color Grind
recipe. Makes 6.9 grams.
3.5g talc or talc substitute
.7g titanium dioxide
.8g rice powder
1.45g yellow oxide
.35g red oxide
.07g black oxide
Preservative (manufacturer’s
recommendation)
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