What is Arrowroot Powder?

Arrowroot Powder is a natural thickening agent for your DIY make-up and facial care products. Arrowroot helps nourish your skin and makes your skin beautifully soft and smooth.

Arrowroot is a starch made from the roots of the arrowroot plant (Maranta Arundinacea) that grows in rainforests. The roots are washed and then ground into a liquid pulp. This liquid is sifted into starch that is dried in the sun, resulting in Arrowroot Powder.

Benefits

Natural thickening agent

Arrowroot is a natural thickening agent, with a finer structure than corn starch, for example. This allows it to absorb more moisture and allows your moisturizer or cream to penetrate deeper into the skin.

Absorbs sweat and sebum

Because Arrowroot absorbs more moisture, it also absorbs sweat, oil and sebum from your face. This means you need to touch up your make-up with Arrowroot powder less often.

Makes your make-up a shade lighter

By adding Arrowroot Powder to your blushes, loose foundations or eyeshadows, the shade becomes a few colors lighter. If your skin becomes a bit paler in winter, you simply add some Arrowroot to your foundation and the color will perfectly match your skin tone again.

How do you use it?

To make natural make-up

You can use Arrowroot Powder as a base for all your powder make-up. Try mixing some Arrowroot Powder with Cocoa Powder and discover what beautiful shades you can create. Or mix it with some Beetroot Powder for all kinds of different shades of pink.

As dry shampoo

Because Arrowroot absorbs moisture and grease, it's the ideal dry shampoo. Massage some of the powder onto your scalp and over the first few centimeters of your hair. Grease is absorbed and your hair becomes voluminous and soft. Use a damp cloth to gently dab excess Arrowroot Powder from your hair.