I’ve written about natural homemade makeup options before, but I wanted to share a specific recipe for homemade blush as I only vaguely touched on this before.
Cosmetics are a major source of exposure to toxins for many people, and making your own cosmetics and adopting a natural skin care routine for your skin type can go a long way toward reducing this exposure.
DIY Natural Blush Tutorial
Homemade cosmetics are easier than you would expect to make yourself and herbal ingredients are actually good for the skin and don’t expose the body to a bevy of toxins.
Natural Blush Ingredients:
- 1/2 teaspoon Arrowroot Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon organic Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Hibiscus Powder
- An air-tight container for storage
Natural Blush Instructions:
- As with any homemade make-up recipe, the amounts vary by person. You’ll have to experiment with quantities of each ingredient to find the shade that works for you. I always start with a base of about 1/2 tsp of arrowroot and darken as needed, testing on my inner arm as I go.
- When you get your desired shade, store in a small jar or old makeup shaker and use as needed.
Other Natural Make-up Recipes:
Not a fan of powdered makeup?
You can also make a natural creme blush with this recipe.
If you want to switch to a completely natural makeup routine, you can also check out these tutorials:
- Liquid Foundation Recipe
- Natural Concealer and Highlighter
- Tinted facial lotion
- Powdered foundation tutorial
Ever made your own makeup? How did it go? Share below!
I’ve made a blush out of
1 tsp hibiscus powder (For a pinky tone)
1/2 tsp turmeric (For a more peachy colour, and it causes acne!)
1/3 tsp cinnamon (For glow, and it causes redness in skin!)
and 1/2 tsp arrowroot powder for some smoothness.
It does work really well!
Turmeric is used to treat acne in combination with healing clays. If it is breaking you out, you are likely allergic/sensitive to it. Try another yellow herb like goldenseal. I have never tried this, but I know it stains my fingers like crazy. It is used for rashes and wounds.
I’m not sure what kind of turmeric you’re using in India we use turmeric to get rid of acne, as it has anti bacterial properties
Can tapioca starch be used in place of arrowroot powder ?
How is the staying power of this blush?
I just ordered hibiscus powder and alkanet root powder – both say on the package that it can cause birth defects. Does anyone know the safety of using these on your skin?
I”d check with a doc for sure but I feel comfortably using them externally…
Just buy a fresh beet, dehydrate in your oven on the lowest heat until it turns into a hard chip, and I do mean hard. It should click when you bang it on a counter top. You then dip a bit of the beet chip into water (I like lavender water to cover the beet smell, but you can use any scented water, or even an herbal tea that has skin benefits) to wet, and wipe it gently on your cheeks (also your lips if you want). If it’s too dark, just blend it a bit. You won’t have to worry this way about any birth problems.You can carry a chip in your purse too for lip stain, it’s portable which is fun. I know you can’t apply alkanet to broken skin, but I think the issue with birth defect comes more from ingesting these two herbs.
I looooove using beet juice as a blush. I just use a slice of organic beet, rub the juice on my cheeks and blend it. It stays all day, doesn’t move, and gives a lovely glow. It’s great as a lip stain too. I would like to try dehydrating them too though. 🙂
I would think it being a beet and it does stain…does it stain your face. I mean is it harder to remove when cleansing.
I am allergic to caffiene. So the cocoa powder in mine got substituted with carob powder. It worked well and I think the carob without the cinnamon would be good for the women out there with cool skin tones.
I’m learning how to make my own lipstick today. I want to learn how to make this too, and foundation makeup.
Have you ever used the hibiscus from mountain rose herbs or is the one from amazon better?
I’ve used both I just stuck the one from MRH in my blender to powder even more finely first…
So is not as fine as the one in amazon? MRH have better price.
They are very similar but the MRH one is not quite as fine.
You can get dried hibiscus flowers inexpensively and conveniently on the Hispanic food aisle of your local grocery store. You’ll find them in the section where the bags of dried chilis are kept. The package will be labeled “Flor de Jamaica.” You might like to try this recipe as you blend your blush. https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/agua_de_jamaica_hibiscus_tea/
I like blushes with a little glimmer to them. I feel like it hides a multitude of errors and is easier to apply. Does anyone know about cosmetic grade mica powder sold on amazon for example and if this would be a safe item to add to this recipe?
mica is bad for your lungs from long term inhalation : be careful!
I’ve been trying to find more information about this. All I’ve found so far is that there is a risk of over exposure to mine workers inhaling the dusk particles for 8 hours a day straight, not the general public. Do you have anymore information?
It will cause irritation to your lungs if you inhale it while working it at home, so you will find yourself coughing with an uncomfortable throat, but it shouldn’t cause any long term affects if you’re only using it in small quantities for you own use. But still be cautious with it.
Lovely! I sometimes just dab my blush brush into some cocoa powder and apply, which works surprisingly well. For eyeliner, I just use activated charcoal that I apply with a wet eyeliner brush. That stays on all day and looks just as good as any commercial eyeliner I’ve ever used.
I did the exact same thing to make eyeliner & it worked beautifully! Then I made a mascara with moisturizer! It’s amazing!
Recipe for your mascara please!
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with. You can also visit the bulk-aisle of your fave health food retailer, if you’re interested in minimizing costs [during experimental stages] … ?
The natural makeup I have tried (arrowroot, cocoa powder, cinnamon) tends to “sink” into my pores and leaves me looking polka-dotted after an hour or so. Any thoughts on preventing this?
I tried that one too and I didn’t like it so much. I always feel the powder in my skin and it is still far away from the “original” one =/ But, when I don’t have the “original”, this one made of arrowroot, cocoa powder and cinnamon is good, and it smells nice =) Now I let my boyfriend lick my cheeks without problems xD I think the problem with mine is just the cinnamon, the particles are bigger than the other powders, just a little bit but enough to feel them. Maybe I’ll try another brand of cinnamon next time.
Hiya, best thing to use use is a coffee grinder, blitz for about 1 min and then wait 1 min for the dust to settle before opening.
You should use primer
I’ve read that cinnamon can also be a bit of an irritant to skin, you might want to try cloves instead??
If cinimon irrates cloves will kill you :0
I leave the cinnamon out and just use arrowroot and carob powder. Works great!
Sandy did you ever find a solution for this? I am having the same issue with the powder settling into my pores and looking “dirty” especially with the cocoa powder. I’d love to figure out a way to make it work!
Use a primer. Milk of magnesia works well over the T-zone if you have enlarged pores there.
Would beet root powder work instead of hibiscus?? I have that on hand 🙂
I have made blush with beet root powder. It was a bit gritty, but it did work!