Melting fluidline and adding pigments or glitter??

[geeko]

I know this sounds stupid...but since we can make our own lipbalm with glitters/shimmers...i thought maybe we could make our own fluidlines with shimmers?

Have anyone tried melting their fluidlines and adding glitter/shimmers/pigments in them? thanks...i know this sounds stupid...but yeah i would like to find out.

 

[BlahWah]

It doesn't sound stupid! I've seen a tutorial for that posted here but I haven't been able to find it again.. the poster used freshly boiled water, poured the water into a large bowl and place the f/l into the wtaer (cap on tight, of course). Then she used tongs to retrieve it and a cloth to open the f/l cuz it's burning hot, and added a small amount of pigment in, say enough for 5-10 applications (more like 5, I think). She used a toothpick to stir like crazy, then re-capped it and put it back in the water for 2 more mins (I think), then took it out to let it cool. She used Blacktrack and Rose, and it looks gorgeous!

Mind you, this is from memory and I read the post about .. 6 months ago at least. But I've been waiting to do sthg like this with my Silverstroke, I just haven't taken the time.

 

[lara]

If you're heating a Fluidline to the point where it's a runny liquid, you run an extremely good chance of destroying the antibacterial, antifungal and preservative agents in the product. You'll certainly wipe out the humectant properties as well, which means it'll dry out much, much faster.

Best bet is to scoop out however much Fluidline you want to use into a screw-top sample pot and mash the glitter/whatever into it, then seal it up for reuse. Fluidlines are pretty soft, they mush up and absorb things easily.

Someone else can dispense the standard warnings about putting glitter near the eyes.

 

[ebonyannette]

Ooh! Cool!!

 

[MAC_Pixie04]

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Originally Posted by lara If you're heating a Fluidline to the point where it's a runny liquid, you run an extremely good chance of destroying the antibacterial, antifungal and preservative agents in the product. You'll certainly wipe out the humectant properties as well, which means it'll dry out much, much faster. Best bet is to scoop out however much Fluidline you want to use into a screw-top sample pot and mash the glitter/whatever into it, then seal it up for reuse. Fluidlines are pretty soft, they mush up and absorb things easily. Someone else can dispense the standard warnings about putting glitter near the eyes.

Me me me! Pigments (eye safe ones) would probably be okay to mix into fluidline. Glitters would probably not. Since you're making an eyeliner, you're basically putting the glitter next to your actual eyeball, and it's really not the best idea to put little shards of metallic matter next to your very delicate eyeballs and tear ducts.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by MAC_Pixie04 Me me me! Pigments (eye safe ones) would probably be okay to mix into fluidline. Glitters would probably not. Since you're making an eyeliner, you're basically putting the glitter next to your actual eyeball, and it's really not the best idea to put little shards of metallic matter next to your very delicate eyeballs and tear ducts.

You know you've done it! Dont lie! =PPPPPP

 

[MAC_Pixie04]

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Originally Posted by Raerae You know you've done it! Dont lie! =PPPPPP

never have. I've never put anything glitter next to my eyes. I've never owned a Glitterliner, Soft Sparkle Pencil, or any other kind of glitter to use around my eyes. I tap my brushes with lustre eyeshadows to shake off extra glitter. the thought of slicing up my eyeballs for cosmetic sacrifice is just *shudders* no no no no.

 

[Lady_MAC]

I never thought about the lustres.. thanks for bringing that up.

 

[MAC_Pixie04]

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Originally Posted by Lady_MAC I never thought about the lustres.. thanks for bringing that up.

Yeah, i don't like lustres as is because I don't like glitter all over my face, and i don't like the color pay off that they seem to lack, but the glitter getting in my eye is something i'm paranoid about. I got glitter in my eye once as a child and it scarred me for life lmao

 

[BlahWah]

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Originally Posted by lara If you're heating a Fluidline to the point where it's a runny liquid, you run an extremely good chance of destroying the antibacterial, antifungal and preservative agents in the product. You'll certainly wipe out the humectant properties as well, which means it'll dry out much, much faster. Best bet is to scoop out however much Fluidline you want to use into a screw-top sample pot and mash the glitter/whatever into it, then seal it up for reuse. Fluidlines are pretty soft, they mush up and absorb things easily. Someone else can dispense the standard warnings about putting glitter near the eyes.

Thanks for that note Lara, never thought that the composition of the product would change (outside the addition of the pigment). Since I haven't tried it I can't say for sure, but in the tutorial the f/l was just softened, not runny, and was with a brand new, unused item.

I'm going to try the mushing up version first, though, to be on the safe side.

 

[geeko]

thanks for the replies girls...i think i shall try a portion first...mebbe mash it up and mix with some gold dusk pigment. thanks a lot.

 

[amy_forster]

Don't mac make an eyeliner mixing medium? Surely you could mix the pigments with that to create any eyeliner you wanted! Perhaps that way, you could mix blue brown and create the colour everyone thought ostentatious would be!!!

 

[Cool Kitten]

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Originally Posted by lara If you're heating a Fluidline to the point where it's a runny liquid, you run an extremely good chance of destroying the antibacterial, antifungal and preservative agents in the product. You'll certainly wipe out the humectant properties as well, which means it'll dry out much, much faster.

Lara, is there a way to soften up the f/l when it starts drying out?

 

[BlahWah]

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Originally Posted by Cool Kitten Lara, is there a way to soften up the f/l when it starts drying out?

Good question! I think this was answered in another thread, but I'd like to hear what Lara has to say too. IIRC, the other threads mentioned leaving it out on a really hot day (hard to do that now) but definitely NOT microwaving it. Imagine the mess on that one... !!

Btw, I like your avatar. I'd have a black belt too if my DH wasn't so practical (which is a good thing, really!).

 

[Wontpayretail23]

I don't know anything about everything else mentioned here but I do know the softsparkle pencils some complained about not looking intense enough or not staying in place work wonderful layered over fluidliners. Just wonderful!