How to Make Your Own Eye Shadow: Pressed Gel-to-Powder Eye Shadow

Make your own sensory eyeshadow with this gel to powder recipe! This eyeshadow feels like a gel but goes on like a velvety smooth powder. The secret ingredient making this silky soft eyeshadow look and feel amazing is dimethicone, which also helps this eyeshadow stay smooth and beautiful never caking in the creases of the eye area. You can use the colors we chose or choose your own color creation.

Equipment You’ll Need
• Food processor
• Scale
• Spatula
• 5 gram makeup jar or another packaging appropriate for eyeshadow. You could even recycle old eyeshadow containers

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Intermediate
Approximate yield: 1 Pound (80-90 5 gram jars)
Approximate cost per pound: $70.77
Suggested Packaging: 0.5 gram makeup jar
Suggested Retail Price: $10 - $15

Ingredients - essentiallabs.com/collections/all-ingredients
Ingredient lbs % by weight
Rosy Beige Pigment .0268 24.5%
Golden Fields Pigment .0134 15%
Silica .0166 3%
Vegetable Glycerin .0029 16.5%
Deionized Water .0245 27%
Dimethicone .0148 13%
Optiphen Plus .001 1%

Directions
1. Add ingredients to the food processor in the order listed above.
2. Mix until fully blended. You may need to scrape the sides of the food processor with a spatula and mix again to fully blend.
3. Press blended eyeshadow into makeup jar or another container to make a compact gel
4. Enjoy your new eyeshadow!

Additional information on the Dimethicone shown in this video:
- PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone = viscosity 800-3000 and hydroxyl value 25-35
- PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone is a silicone emulsifier, meaning it's used to help mix oil and water or other non-mixable liquids together in a stable mixture. The specific "strength" isn't a commonly used term for this type of ingredient, but it's often used in formulations as a water-to-silicone binder

Please note that this recipe has not been challenge tested for preservation efficacy. If you use this recipe for market sales, it is up to you to ensure the safety of the product.