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  • July 27, 2018 at 10:50 am #26736
    C
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    I came across this lipstick that is a true bright red (according to the reviews) and apparently only uses iron oxide as pigment and titanium dioxide (plus kaolin clay). I’m still trying to figure out how this is even possible without carmine or lakes/dyes. Does the clay contribute to brightness at all? I thought clay would be too drying? Any thoughts, fellow experimenters? 😀

    https://www.realpurity.com/real-purity-clover-red-lipstick.html

    July 27, 2018 at 11:52 am #26737
    Joyful
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    It’s unlikely that you will be able to match the colour. You can try Australian Red Reef Clay (Marie has a recipe on this site), but when I tried it a long time ago, the clay was not at all as red. It was brown tinged. Honestly, for a good red lipstick you need carmine or dyes.

    August 1, 2018 at 11:37 am #26839
    Marie
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    I agree—it’s impossible to get that colour with those ingredients. There’s no brown in that picture, and there’s a ton of brown in red iron oxide. The fact that the image displayed is obviously just a digital rendering makes me extra doubtful about the accuracy of the colour.

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