make your own violet mineral color corrector / concealer!

everything you will need

Recipe and tips to make your own mineral color corrector / concealer specifically for yellowish tones. Mineral makeup is perfect for those of us with clogged pores, closed comedones, or cystic acne as it doesn't cause clogging.

I'm using the ingredients and instructions that I got with my TKB mineral makeup starter kit (read a review of this awesome kit here).

What is a color corrector???

Color correctors are intended to cover specific problem areas on your face. For example, if you have a lot of redness, a green color corrector works best. 

Check out my post on YELLOW color correctors for concealing bluish/purplish stuff (undereye circles, bruises, etc.).

Here's an EXCELLENT, and very thorough blog post on color correctors by the Blonde Bombshell. I highly recommend reading this post, as it will give you an understanding of how the different colors work on the skin. The basic premise is that colors that are across from one another in the color wheel will neutralize or cancel each other out. 

Here's what the Blonde Bombshell has to say about purple concealers:

Purple, lavender, or lilac concealers are best suited for eliminating any unwanted yellow undertones on your skin. People with a pasty, dull, yellow complexion will love how a purple concealer or primer adds a beautiful glow to their face. As you probably guessed, purple is directly across from yellow on the color wheel. To remove yellow tones from your entire face, consider a color correcting purple primer. If you’re looking to conceal yellow spots, a spot concealer is best.

note about these photos: they look messy because making mineral makeup is MESSY! 

Ingredients

• 8 grams talc
• 4.25 grams titanium dioxide
• 2.25 grams magic violet and ultramarine blue mineral colors
• a drop of jojoba oil
• scale
• coffee grinder or mortar and pestle (i use a coffee grinder because it's SOOOOOOO MUCH EASIER).

Instructions

• place all the ingredients into your blending container (coffee grinder or mortar);
• grind in the coffee grinder with short pulses for about 2 minutes, until your powder is very very fine. if you're using a mortar and pestle, grind for several minutes;
• squish all the powder into your final container (I'm using a sifter container);
• use it to fix all the yellow tones on your face!

measure out your ingredients

grind it up

 

squish it into your container!