(Another) Pigment Pressing Tutorial

[MACActress]

^ I'm not quite sure if I completely understand your question, but I usually just press down a couple times for about 10 seconds in different directions =)

 

[Kristen]

I went and pressed all of my pigments.. but really didn't pay attention to how much I used. I'm planning on buying a bunch of pigment samples and pressing them.. how much do you think you need? 1/2 tsp.. 1 tsp?

 

[MACActress]

Depending on the pigment, it's in that range. I'd get 1 tsp just to be safe =)

 

[misslilith]

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Originally Posted by MACActress ^ I'm not quite sure if I completely understand your question, but I usually just press down a couple times for about 10 seconds in different directions =)

That was exactly what I wanted to know! Excuse the bad english

 

[hyperRealGurl]

Awsome, i always wanted to do a piggy press, but i dont know where to buy empty e/s pans from.

 

[AudreyNicole]

Awesome! I can't wait to try this!

 

[pugmommy7]

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Originally Posted by MissVanessa Thanks! I've never really thought about pressing pigments until I saw how nice yours came out. I don't know how I feel about going to get shadows and then dumping them out. Is there anything else I can use to press pigments in?

me too! i finally scaped out 8 pans that i knew i would never usebut had all been perfectly depotted.
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i'm gonna pick up a c clamp tommorrow.
thanks so much!

 

[noteventherain]

so helpful!

 

[kissmyapple]

thanks for the tutorial. I find that i'm just not very good at using loose pigments... this will help a lot.

 

[VeganChick]

Oooh, those look nice and professional! Now I have something to do with the nice bronzer case I have that I never ever use!
Do you think I could buy a pigment blend made for mineral powder and use it this way? And how much pigment do you think I'd need for a 2.25 inch diameter pan? I think the small bag (25g) is more than plenty, but I don't know how much to use for the single pan. How full did you fill the pans with pigment when you made your shadows?
Here's the case I'm gonna use, since it seems like such a waste to throw out...

 

[Raerae]

Hehe... i hate de-potting cuz I think the cases look so cute lol...

and those pots are really cute

 

[Malice]

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Originally Posted by MACActress MissVanessa: You can press them directly into a palette, but it's kind of inconvenient. Somewhere on here or at mac_cosmetics there's a tutorial on making your own pans out of tin foil.

After having read this I've been looking for a tin foil instruction for weeks!
Here is something like this in French (middle of the site) :

http://www.amabilia.com/cgi-bin/ulti.../3/2174/2.html

Going to try it out later! Since in Germany even Claire's are really expensive!!

 

[~Crystal~]

Oohh that is certainly interesting

I was a bit confused over what they did to the palette at first- but I found this: http://www.specktra.net/showthread.php?t=48684 by lara and it really cleared things up for me!

Thanks for posting that!

 

[Malice]

I was wondering, as well till I realized that there is this shroud that has to be removed.

 

[breathless]

i'm finding all of these pressing pigment tuts. i'm thinking i'll have to seriously try it out.