By Sheila
So, you have a favorite eyeshadow, pressed powder, or blush you absolutely cannot live without. Life happens, and sometimes before you even realize it, you find yourself the owner of your favorite product, smashed into 5 million little pieces.
When your powder cosmetics are broken into 5 million pieces, you can always put them in a small container and use as a loose shadow, but you DO have the option of fixing the products so it’s almost as good as new.
It’s easy! I mean it! You’ll thank me!
The only extra product you’ll need is Rubbing Alcohol that you can get from any old drugstore.
Here is a lovely L’Oreal H.I.P. #319 eyeshadow that was sadly broken upon arrival.
Step 1: Dump the shadow into a small bowl. You can use an extra makeup brush to get the original container clean.
Step 2: Use the back of a brush to crush the shadow into a fine powder.
Step 3: I used the cap to my rubbing alcohol as a measurement and poured it into the container with the shadow. Make sure to mix well until you end up with a paste! Start off by slowly adding the alcohol, to make sure you don’t make the mixture too watery. In the case that happens, it’s all good – it will just take a bit longer for the shadow to dry down.
I used a wooden stirrer that I had lying around, but you can use a spoon or anything you want.
Step 4: You’ll have a paste that you will mold into the original shadow container. Try to make it as even as possible! You will be able to make little adjustments later!
Step 5: Place the shadow where it will not be bothered for the next few hours. In my case it’s where a certain assistant can’t reach my makeup brushes, either!
Step 6: Time goes by ….. and after a couple of hours you can see the powder coming together. You can use a piece of fabric (or in my case a paper towel), tohelp mold the shadow and also give it a nice finish. Afterwards, leave it alone for several hours.
Step 7: All set! When all is said and done, it took around 8 hours or so to complete! Not bad!
Could we use some other alcohol like vodka for this if we don’t have rubbing alcohol?? Sorry, this is a really stupid question but I’m desperate!
It could possibly work, but I wouldn’t recommend the risk. Proceed with caution!
Is rubbing alcohol safe to use on your face daily in makeup? Sorry, I don’t know these things, but I just want to make sure that what I’m putting on my face is okay!
It’s a small amount so its ok. If you have sensitive skin you need to do a patch test on a small area of skin to make sure its ok.
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If you let the powder dry completely then the alcohol will have all evaporated. i.e. it shouldn’t irritate your skin.
I have totally used vodka to do this, haha. Worked like a charm.
could you just use water instead of alcohol? Would that affect the way the powder dries? Just curious…not too keen on putting alcohol on my eyes/face…even though its just a little bit.
Well the alcohol will evaporate to nothing that is why she said use it and not water. I tried this and it worked great. They already have tons of chemicals in them to begin with propolen glycol for one is already in there to begin with.
What about fixing a dried and cracked cream shadow??
Can you do this with foundation as well?
This is also perfect for customizing compacts! I want to break some of my own to do this with. X3