Can human makeup be used safely for face-ups?

Almost everything will stain vinyl, so makeup most definitely will. Do NOT use human makeup on a vinyl head.

 

i did´nt know that! Then what kan i use for vinyl heads?

 

I found these threads with a Forum search for "vinyl and faceup":
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?331808-Painting-Vinyl-Dollfie-Dream-head
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?12588-DD-faceup-and-Mr.-Super-Clear-Questions
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?111267-Faceups-on-Dollfie-Dreams
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?100044-painting-vinyl-VS.-painting-resin-(noob)
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?151080-Help!-Vinyl-vs.-Resin
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?211410-obitsu-vinyl-head-remove-face-up
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?216955-Obitsu-Head-OK-for-Face-up-Practice
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?53480-Testors-Dullcote-on-an-Obitsu-Head
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?299106-Sealents-especially-on-vinyl-do-you-need-it

 

Given that I understand the risks of using human makeup on resin dolls, even when they are sealed with an acrylic spray sealant before applying the makeup, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Orglamix Cosmetics.

I looked into their line of products and saw the following quote in their shop:

Knowing that oils are utterly nasty to resin dolls, I asked them about it on their facebook page. Here's what they had to say:

So how about it? Does anyone know about the performance of Orglamix on resin dolls? Have suggestions on anything else I should ask them about?

PS - Check out their Look Book for some really beautiful face up ideas!

 

Some mineral makeups have starches that go bad.

Usually mineral makeups use sterilized stone powders for pigment but what looks to be different with this orglamix brand is they use organic minerals. Organic products can oxidize and change color with time.

If you do want to give it a try some questions you might ask are do the products have a shelf life and do they change color with time. Do the eyeshadows contain Magnesium Stearate? Their foundation powder says it contains it. Also what they use as pigments and do they stain fabric, wood, etc.


After having had a severe staining and discoloration after using human makeup on a head when I was a newbie I tend to stick to pastels and use mica powders to achieve metallic looks. Also usually cheaper than most mineral makeups. I do agree the orglamix look book has nice faceup ideas.

 

Ask them for a full detailed ingredient listing for any and all products.

I'm dead serious. 'Oil-free' can be cosmetics company mumbo-jumbo; it generally means MINERAL OIL-free, and that is a whole different ball of wax. Lack of synthetic ingredients is also not necessarily a good thing; just because something is 'natural' doesn't mean it's 'safe' or 'better'. I also have no idea what an 'organic mineral' is, to be honest; those two words are kind of diametrically opposed to each other in a lot of ways. Any reputable cosmetics company -- whether they be small or major -- ought to have no compunctions about coughing up their ingredient lists.

It's cheaper and safer to invest your money in a good-quality set of soft chalk pastels and some metallic/pearl-effect powders when it comes to faceups. I would wager you could duplicate virtually any cosmetic product effect through creative combinations of the above products, and do it in a way that won't endanger your doll investment.

(This comment brought to you by Tez' overuse of the semicolon.)

 

@Tez, @AreeElf: Thank you both so much for the great advice! I will definitely take what you've said to heart.

I have been using nice-quality makeup brushes with my chalk pastels and have just about pulled my hair out in frustration at how difficult it was in applying (granted, I am using a crappy-quality hard plastic head with matte acrylic spray sealant on it with cheap pastels to practice). It just wouldn't STICK. Then I got the bright idea to try a q-tip with the pastels. Voila! It's working pretty great now. I think I will invest in some blenders and some other precision mooshing applicators.

 

I was looking online for some pure mica pigments to give my doll's face up a pretty gold shimmer, and some loose eyeshadow came up in the search results. Is it safe to use that? Or should I use some other thing?

 

This has been asked multiple times. NOTHING human is safe for use on your doll except pure mineral stuff, and even then I would be dubious, as many "pure mineral" cosmetics actually contain oil.

Safest is PearlEx Powder. It comes in dozens of metallic/pearl/glitter colors and has a good track record with faceup artists.

 

I thought I might share my experiment with Aquacolour eyeshadow from Karaja. This eyeshadow is said to be "wet and dry pastel eye shadow". It is usually used with a slightly wet brush on humans to make it last longer, but using it dry also works perfectly. I tried it dry on the inside of a face cap of my MSD doll, which doesn't have any sealant, and it coloured nicely! It didn't rub off with my hand easily though, but to remove it I used a normal clean white eraser. It removed it completely with no staining. I only like it because it is shimmery. Does that mean it is ok to use a little bit of it on BJD eyelids? Unfortunatley I threw the box away and now I don't know what their eye shadows are made of >_<

 

I personally use eyeshadow on my dolls quite a lot xD;

Seal them, pastel the face up then use the eyeshadow to give shimmer and bolder colours...

I leave face ups on for months at a time and have never found any colour change, staining or damage...

It comes off with the usual methods too. So i'm happy to use make up, but that doesn't mean i think people should use whatever they want willy-nilly : ) always test first!

 

No. I would never reccomend using human make up on your doll. Never use anything that is an oil based product on your dolls. The oil in the product with cause the pigment to stain the resin, and it will not be just a surface stain that will sand out. Stick with water based products, and chalk pastels.

 

Human makeup, especially mineral, makeup has oils and chemicals that ruins and stains resin. It's best not to use human makeup.

 

Bother, I was so hoping this thread would say "Yeah, mineral make up is fine for faceups, no stress!" -.- I don't have any shimmer powders, and wanted some shimmer in a faceup I'm about to start. Ah well, I've got fancy acrylic shimmery stuff, I'll see how that goes :P

 

i think if your are thinking of putting make up on your BJD's to only use powder.like eye shadows and blush. but i'm not so sure how the liquid stuff would go .

 

Any powder pigment without oils in it should be workable. I've used eye shadows for my doll face-ups, though pan pastels are a dream come true even with difficult resins like Luts.

 

Most craft stores have metallic pigment powders, in a large variety near or around the paints. I picked up a set of pearl ex for less than a lot of the eyeshadows and other makeup products that I've found, and my set was a variety pack of twelve. You can order it online and is totally safe for resin models and dolls. Why risk ruining an expensive doll when you can just get the thing that is proven to be safe and probably cheaper?

 

Hello! I don't know if anybody has asked this before since this is such a long thread, but has anybody used essence pigments for a face up? It's a loose powder, I have a bunch of them! I know it shouldn't have oil on it, but I'm unable to understand the list of ingredients!

Does anything here sound harmful?

 

[MENTION=69510]varebanos[/MENTION], polyethylene and acrylates are basically plastics, and the rest of the ingredients look to be natural and synthetic micas, and colorants. I would suggest if you want to use them, just be careful and test beforehand! ^_^

 

probably not, even powder makeup contains oil which would damage resin

 

[MENTION=30744]AirimirOfGondor[/MENTION] thanks a lot!

 

Could please anyone advise if it is safe to use product named "Mica pigment mineral pearlescent Bronze"?
Although the seller states it is suitable for resin or UV resin, I still have doubts.
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