bAbY_cHiCkEn01
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Call me stupid but what alcohol do you use... rubbing alcohol or what???
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Pigment Pressing Tutorial
- Thread starter aznsmurfy
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bellaetoile
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where did those clam shell containers come from? i must have some! thanks SO much for the hard work that went into this tutorial! the pictures are amazing and i MUST try this soon.
fireatwill
Well-known member
niceee! great tutorial!
kannan
Well-known member
I bought some lipgloss clam shells from http://www.rusticescentuals.com
they look like this:
they work awesome!
and here are mine!
l to r, blue storm, rr blue, and cornflower
they look like this:
they work awesome!
and here are mine!
l to r, blue storm, rr blue, and cornflower
katespade_fiend
Member
i've totally done this with broken shadows
... and it works.. but it comes off on brushes way easier so i have to handle the shadow lightly... unless i missed a step..
mizfit
Active member
Quote:
I think I might try it with mixing medium when I get the bottle.
Is there a reason why the alcohol seems to work so well? I'm just a little irky about mixing that with the pigments.
| Originally Posted by aznsmurfy I've thought about using Mixing Medium or visine or saline solution but haven't gotten around to trying it.
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I think I might try it with mixing medium when I get the bottle.
Is there a reason why the alcohol seems to work so well? I'm just a little irky about mixing that with the pigments.
aeni
Well-known member
alcohol kills the bacteria but if you've ever taken chemistry, you definitely got to know how much etc etc. experiment with the cheap stuff first and have fun mixing.
let the e/s dry for awhile naturally and exposed to the air (away from any flame or else that isopropyl will go foof!). it'll set and ta da!
what kind of mixing medium? i can only think of acrylic medium and i dont think you'd want to use that...
let the e/s dry for awhile naturally and exposed to the air (away from any flame or else that isopropyl will go foof!). it'll set and ta da!
what kind of mixing medium? i can only think of acrylic medium and i dont think you'd want to use that...
mizfit
Active member
aeni, i had the water base mixing medium in mind.
i tried it yesterday with green brown pigment (didn't think it would work) and it actually dried by today. it's ugly though cuz i didn't press it, just mixed them together in a shadow pan lol.
so my question is -- is that a bad idea? you said the alcohol kills the bacteria and since the water base has no alcohol, would this dried pigment be a breeding ground for bacteria? i was just experimenting.
i tried it yesterday with green brown pigment (didn't think it would work) and it actually dried by today. it's ugly though cuz i didn't press it, just mixed them together in a shadow pan lol.
so my question is -- is that a bad idea? you said the alcohol kills the bacteria and since the water base has no alcohol, would this dried pigment be a breeding ground for bacteria? i was just experimenting.
Bass-0-Matic
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About the mineral e/s pigments not pressing well. It probably depends on the brands but MAC pigments have that whole long list of ingredients that help they adhere to the skin. Most mineral mu companies try to use the least amount of additives so they can say their product is pure, though perhaps not as easy to work with. This may be why the mineral e/s are not working for some people.
Miss World
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this is awesome! i've never even thought of this! you rock!
