repairing es with alcohol?
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MACActress
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It's kinda like pressing pigments, so if you look for one of those tutorials?
Here's my summary:
Put all the e/s in a pan, and keep adding alcohol until it reaches about a soupy consistency with all the shadow. If you still have most of the eyeshadow, than the mixture will overflow from the pan, and you will probably lose some product. If you use too much alcohol, you will lose a little product, but no harm is done b/c it will just take longer to evaporate. When you have your mixture wait for it to be mostly dry, and then take some fabric and a quarter (old fabric, b/c the pigment will dye it) and press down. You can repress it many times after that without any difference as well. Then just wait for it to completely dry (it will no longer smell like alcohol) and you're done =)
Here's my summary:
Put all the e/s in a pan, and keep adding alcohol until it reaches about a soupy consistency with all the shadow. If you still have most of the eyeshadow, than the mixture will overflow from the pan, and you will probably lose some product. If you use too much alcohol, you will lose a little product, but no harm is done b/c it will just take longer to evaporate. When you have your mixture wait for it to be mostly dry, and then take some fabric and a quarter (old fabric, b/c the pigment will dye it) and press down. You can repress it many times after that without any difference as well. Then just wait for it to completely dry (it will no longer smell like alcohol) and you're done =)
KaylaGrace
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I love this, it soooo saved my broken Amber Lights!
OBseSsedSpeNDer
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this really helps a lot! now i'm off to go and try it out =)
Originally Posted by MACActress
It's kinda like pressing pigments, so if you look for one of those tutorials? Here's my summary: Put all the e/s in a pan, and keep adding alcohol until it reaches about a soupy consistency with all the shadow. If you still have most of the eyeshadow, than the mixture will overflow from the pan, and you will probably lose some product. If you use too much alcohol, you will lose a little product, but no harm is done b/c it will just take longer to evaporate. When you have your mixture wait for it to be mostly dry, and then take some fabric and a quarter (old fabric, b/c the pigment will dye it) and press down. You can repress it many times after that without any difference as well. Then just wait for it to completely dry (it will no longer smell like alcohol) and you're done =) |
this really helps a lot! now i'm off to go and try it out =)
jillianjiggs
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i just crushed my shattered Bronze eyeshadow and use it like a pigment now
MisStarrlight
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Just make sure to "crush" your broken shadow into a fine powder first...if it's still in pieces your re-pressed shadow will be much more difficult to make smooth again.
lsperry
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Nope, you don't have to crush it. I removed the tin and broken shadow from the pot [one of the 5 shadows I repaired wasn't even broken at all; It just separated from the pot]. Then used an eye dropper to add Fix+ to it [I did not add so much Fix+ that it made it soupy; just enough to wet it.] And once it had set for a couple of hours, I placed the fabric and quarters on top of it and placed it in my flower press and pressed it. My eye shadows are perfect now. I can't tell which ones I dropped and broke!
| Originally Posted by MisStarrlight
Just make sure to "crush" your broken shadow into a fine powder first...if it's still in pieces your re-pressed shadow will be much more difficult to make smooth again. |
Nope, you don't have to crush it. I removed the tin and broken shadow from the pot [one of the 5 shadows I repaired wasn't even broken at all; It just separated from the pot]. Then used an eye dropper to add Fix+ to it [I did not add so much Fix+ that it made it soupy; just enough to wet it.] And once it had set for a couple of hours, I placed the fabric and quarters on top of it and placed it in my flower press and pressed it. My eye shadows are perfect now. I can't tell which ones I dropped and broke!
MisStarrlight
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Meh, my Suspicion (had a depotting accident) looked like a mini mountain ranges...that was the only one I quick fixed & didn't crush down like I normally do...those ones look perfect.
| Originally Posted by lsperry
Nope, you don't have to crush it. I removed the tin and broken shadow from the pot [one of the 5 shadows I repaired wasn't even broken at all; It just separated from the pot]. Then used an eye dropper to add Fix+ to it [I did not add so much Fix+ that it made it soupy; just enough to wet it.] And once it had set for a couple of hours, I placed the fabric and quarters on top of it and placed it in my flower press and pressed it. My eye shadows are perfect now. I can't tell which ones I dropped and broke! |
Meh, my Suspicion (had a depotting accident) looked like a mini mountain ranges...that was the only one I quick fixed & didn't crush down like I normally do...those ones look perfect.
mkupsusie
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You have to use 99% alcohol if you want the best result. Just be sure to use it after the alcohol has evaporated and no scent left. This tip I got from my makeup instructor in a workshop. If you use less concentrated alcohol there are already other chemicals, perfume added to it hence not as effective.
Pinkylicious
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i have a question, does alcohol harm the eyes?
madamepink78
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Will this work for blush as well?
martygreene
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This is covered in the FAQ here: http://specktra.net/showthread.php?t=28108
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