Indie makeup is makeup made by small companies, usually one or two DIY cosmetic enthusiasts who hopped the fence from hobby to profession. I've been getting 'into' this sort of makeup a bit recently, and as I was browsing I couldn't help but wonder why I shouldn't give it a try, considering that I can knit socks, make brownies from scratch, create artwork for interpretive signage at an AZA institution... why not makeup?
All that leads to this:
My first five! A matte dark grey, a green with blue and gold sparkles, a peachy cream with strong yellow undertones, a reddish copper with some green shimmer, and a slightly grey-taupe toned lavender with some light pink shimmer.
Left eye using three-- the cream, the green, and the gray, which looks sort of blue-ish here, but that's just because of the white balance affect from our yellow indoor lighting.
So, voila, my first eyeshadows! I've spent the past week or so researching what I really would need to do to successfully make loose mineral shadows, and after a lot of reading ordered my supplies. Said supplies arrived today, and I could hardly wait to give it a try! It's pretty easy, but I need to perfect my 'base', which is the non-colored ingredients of the eyeshadow that allows the shadow to stick to your eyes and show the true color of the pigment on top of your skin. Bla bla bla, more information than was really necessary, but I'm pretty proud of my first set of shadows, and am excited to make more :)
