DIY Bronzer!

Good morning everyone! I'm actually up before 9am today, which is insane, but despite how much my eyes hurt I kind of enjoy it. I made this bronzer about two weeks ago and I've just been taking my time with posting the tutorial. No reason for that, just being lazy. I definitely didn't come up with this myself but I did alter it a bit to what I saw. Meaning I couldn't find what actually inspired me to make this so I just decided to go with the flow. Worked out well though.

Just gunna let you know now, I only made one variation of it (the very light one) so if you want more colour or depth etc you're gunna have to experiment with your ingredient ratios.

And so we'll begin. 

You're gunna need: 

1. Corn starch/Icing sugar 
2. Essential Oil
3. Nutmeg
4. Cinnamon
5. Cocoa
6. An empty bronzer container

Ingredients

1. Start out by cleaning out your bronzer container. You can make a loose variation of this, so if you want to do that just put it in a small jar or tupperware thing.

RIP

 2. Start by adding:

1.  1 tbsp cinnamon
2. 1 teaspoon nutmeg
3. 1 teaspoon cocoa 

This step is where you can alter it to the shade you want. Remember that cinnamon = glow, cocoa = darkness, and nutmeg = browny golden colour. Add more/less accordingly. I ended up adding another half teaspoon of cinnamon and a bit more nutmeg.

Used my fancy square bowl for aesthetic purposes.

3. Add 2 tsp corn starch or icing sugar. I had icing sugar pictured, but I changed my mind half way through because I was afraid I might break out because of it.

I hate buying no name brand stuff because I think it's hideously packaged.

 4. Mix 'er all together.

Yup.

 5. Don't keep your laptop too close by if you like to listen to music or whatever while you do this.. I still have ingredients all over it.

ps: If you like folk/acoustic music, I'm listening to this right now, check it out it's good http://8tracks.com/northernground/early-mornings-vol-3

 6. Essential Oil... Let's not talk about why I have this, but this is all I had in replacement for essential oils at home. Yeah it's massage oil, what can I say. It smelled like cinnamon so I rolled with it. I was nervous that it wouldn't harden the way it would if I used essential oils but it did the trick. However, when I make this again (which I will) I'll make sure to get some of the real stuff.

Add 10-15 drops of whatever 'oil' you have. Just get it wet, but not too wet. No pun intended. Moisten it. Goddamn it.

If you want the loose variation, skip this step. Obviously. 

Yeah... just.. yeah.

 7. Pack it all into your container and flatten it out with a spoon or your fingers. Try to make sure it's flush with the edges of the container or once it dries you'll have a hard time closing it.

You're gunna have to let it sit for a couple hours to dry, I put mine on the window sill so the sun would help.

That's it.

Voila!

 So that's all it takes to make bronzer at home. It's cheap, easy, and I'd say it works pretty well. Mine is really subtle but it's nice for days when I don't really want to wear makeup. And it smells unreal.

I wear it every day, haven't noticed any substantial breakouts or anything. It's holding up well for the most part. I feel like if I used essential oil instead my brush would be able to pick it up better. Next time I might try it as a loose powder.

Here are some obligatory selfies over time to show you how it looks. I'm not really sure how to take pictures that emphasize bronzer so.. yeah. This is what you get.

Just bronzer.

Wolf shirt.

Me at this very moment. So happy to be awake, you can see. 

There you have it, kids. Make your own bronzer, save yourself 14 bucks.
Happy Friday :)

ChelC-3P0