Tinting Zinc Powder

[stefami]

This might be a question best answered by JenW, but anyone is welcome to chime in.

So I really like using the zinc powder as a finishing powder after my mineral makeup, but it's leaving a slightly whitish cast on me, especially since I've been spending a lot of time outside this summer. Of the tinted perfecting powders, Love Lure (golden tan) looks the best on me.

So if I were to use the Foundation colors to tint my Zinc Powder, which of the colors will give me a result closest to Love Lure? Olive or Ebony? Olive tends to be too neutral on me, but I worry that Ebony will end up too pink. Thanks!

[JenW]

Probably Olive will do the job the best for you. If you did think it too neutral, you could always add something else, too.

[zeebs]

I just tinted my zinc powder today. I needed to mix it a little warmer than I do foundation; seemed like the zinc wanted to absorb a lot of color and it would go on the face way deeper in color than it looked in the jar. I ended up mixing in some highlighter powder the color of my skin (similar to Splendid but from another brand) to increase the opacity of it b/c I couldn't get it just right.

I think that mixing 2:1 ratio zinc:perfecting powder would be my approach next time.

[sewwies]

I find I have to mix it a lot lighter! I mixed the zinc with some base on a sailing trip when I was low on foundation and popped up on deck and my stepmum said, "Whats wrong with your face?!"

I was mixing in bad light which didn't help but its made me paranoid so I mix it about half as light as my foundation - which is just off white... then bronze my cheeks. I'm not so brave!