Mica does not an eyeshadow make. As you'll see it takes many pigments to create a smoky teal blue base, or a reddish brown one. Base ingredients are often referred to as fillers, but they are what ...
Mica does not an eyeshadow make. As you'll see it takes many pigments to create a smoky teal blue base, or a reddish brown one. Base ingredients are often referred to as fillers, but they are what makes your eyeshadow perform as it should- whether it has good adherence, blends well, wears well, or is matte, frost, plush, velvet or sparkly.
This demonstration shows the creation of "Promenade" from the En Pointe collection. I've never mixed colors together in a plastic baggie, but I have seem some makeup demonstrations from wholesale pigment companies that demonstrate this way. I've never "shaken" oxides, titanium dioxide or ultramarines in with micas. They can't BE shaken in. These ingredients must be mechanically blended first, to create a base. Your colored or effect micas are then shaken or carefully folded in.
As you can see, it takes a LOT of colors to create one color. Promenade, a gorgeous blue shade, requires Mica, Sericite mica, Titanium dioxide, Ultramarine Blue, Red Oxide, Umber Oxide, Orange Oxide, Black Oxide, Chromium Oxide Green.
I also include in my list the ingredients that ALL micas are coated with, as required by FDA legislation. The blue interference mica I used is mica coated with titanium dioxide. If a mica is coated with carmine, it has to be listed. If it is coated with ferric ferrocyanide, it has to be listed. "Mica" alone can never be the sole ingredient in a colored eyeshadow.
Enjoy this behind the scenes look at how Aromaleigh, a company that actually creates their own unique, proprietary colors (almost 500 of them!) works. This is just a brief peek, but I hope that it demonstrates what it truly takes to create a unique color. And yes, we do use recipes and write everything down. After 11 years in the biz, you start to get a little forgetful. Accurately recording your recipes is a must!
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Anyone with an ounce of common sense can see that this creative, honest person (and the other business owners like her) are the ones who deserve to thrive in this tough economy.
Three cheers for you and this awesome video. Doe Dreadful is looking more and more like a liar each day. Oh Deere! Someone is a scam artist!
Ok, I do have to admit. I looked at her blog the other day and I am envious of her shapely ankles that she shows when trying on pretty shoes. I think that's about where it ends though. It's an ankle thing, I have to admit it. I'm guilty. HA!
This is the best vid for so many reasons! I love her commentary- the denim apron is SWEET and Miss K knows her stuff. Thank you for your makeup Kristen!
Miss K, you are such a sweetheart. I discovered your products two years ago through the wonderful Miss EA and have been a fan ever since.
I have to say I find this mixing fascinating and it gives me a new appreciation for all the hard work you do. I would love to see more of these "Behind the Scenes" videos.
Love it how you show what's the true meaning by Creating colors. Yeah, that doe deere of Limecrime, her video almost made me protest. Yours should be shown to customers because this is how professionals make colors.
Interesting thing though, I bought a sample of Unicorn (regret that I didn't get FS) it looks like yellow in the bag, but was SO interesting when on my lids, nice play on colors, miss K!
I hate buying dupes over and over and over and well, you get the idea... 3 thumbs up!
To which I add- repackaging has become rampant in this industry in the last few years... but I had NO idea that consumers were as aware, or as upset about it until the days before I wrote my 9/18 blog post, "The Pure Hue Conundrum". Repackaging has mainly been an issue b/c the companies that do it severely undercut on pricing- not the other way around.
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Three cheers for you and this awesome video. Doe Dreadful is looking more and more like a liar each day. Oh Deere! Someone is a scam artist!
I know where I'll be spending my money!
I have to say I find this mixing fascinating and it gives me a new appreciation for all the hard work you do. I would love to see more of these "Behind the Scenes" videos.
Is it a crime to look this good?: Lime Crime Makeup
And scroll down to the comments. The article is over a month old but the thread is still going strong. A lot of angry ex-Lime Crime fans!
Interesting thing though, I bought a sample of Unicorn (regret that I didn't get FS) it looks like yellow in the bag, but was SO interesting when on my lids, nice play on colors, miss K!
I hate buying dupes over and over and over and well, you get the idea... 3 thumbs up!