Pressing Glitter for easier use!

[NeonKitten]

Hello sweeties! like many of you i press my piggies all the time but my glitters always sit there looking so sad cause they can't join the fun but now they can! This is what you'll need to press them. Sorry no pictures but i'll try to make this as easy as i can.

You'll Need:
Glycerin
Alcohol (i use 91% it dries faster)
A Small bottle with a dropper nozzle or an eye dropper
Your glitter
a pan
a piece of jean or pretty materiel
a quater

Step one:
Make a mixing medium using the alcohol and the glycerin. 3 parts alcohol to one part glycerin. This means if you use 3 tp of alcohol use 1 tp of glycerin. This of course goes in your bottle or jar.

Step two:
Coat the bottom of your pan with your mixing medium. This normally takes about 2 to 3 drops.

Step three:
Add your glitter and saturate it with more mixing medium. You want it to be runny so when it dries down the glitter sticks together better. Repeat the step if nesscary to fill the pan to desired fullness.

Step four:
Wait about 2 hours to press. This will ensure that the alcohol has evaporated and that the glycerin has bonded the glitter together.

Step five: Take your pretty material or piece of jean and lay it on the pan. Press with the quatter. Not too hard just enough to give it a little extra packing and to leave a cute design behind.

Step seven: Use it and be a diva!

This is pretty straight forward if you already press your piggies. I hope this helps some of you and if not theni hope it wasn't a waste of time. If you need any help or info please let me know. Thanks!


Update!!:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...y/CIMG0420.jpg

This is all five that i have done so far. top left: 3d silver top right: reflects very pink middle: reflects bronze bottom left: jewelmarine bottom right: reflects duo purple.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...y/CIMG0421.jpg
Reflects bronze close up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...y/CIMG0422.jpg
all five swatched together
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...y/CIMG0423.jpg
close ups
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...y/CIMG0425.jpg
more close ups
They came out sooo creamy. They feel just like running your finger over a pigment in my opinion. They didn't turn out gritty or anything but thats why you have the saturate them in the glycerin. They have very good grip too. They won't just brush off

And this is my fearless sidekick Jack!

He's gotton himself died pink quite a few times but he's always there when we do makeup stuffs.

 

[aziajs]

Thank you. I have always been told you can't press glitter. I'm glad to find a way that you can.

 

[Sushi.]

very helpful

 

[franimal]

Do you have a pic of the final product? This is a great idea, thanks for sharing.

 

[Brittni]

^ ITA. I would like to see a picture as well, one of it in pan and one of it swatched on hand from using the pressed glitter. Thanks sooo much!

 

[aziajs]

Thanks for the pics! I am going to try this!

 

[NeonKitten]

ok so new pictures and whatnot are up and i did two more last night reflects blue and reflects gold. they came out stunning. Jack was covered in glitter last night as the dh thought it would be funny to do his makeup...my poor baby

 

[franimal]

Those look GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for the pics

 

[Mabelle]

i just tried this, and am waiting to press it. I'll let you ladies know how it turns out!

 

[MrsMay]

Thank you so much! I've always wanted to press my glitters but was under the impression that the alcohol would leech the colour from them... FABULOUS! I will have to try this out this weekend

 

[lukinamama]

tx!so I can press and my pigments in this way as well?

 

[panda0410]

^^Yep - but you dont need glycerin to press the pigments so just skip that ingredient

 

[NubianHoneii]

and like why do I have ALL of these things sitting around?
I guess that forces me to do this today

Thanks for the tut, very helpful!

 

[Brittni]

Looks amazing!! Thanks sooo much! What an inspiring way to get us to use our glitters more and non-messy hehehe

 

[Mabelle]

so i pressed reflects bronze and reflects blackened red.
bronze seems to have turned out really really well, seems to have the same consistancy as a reg shadow. Blackened red, however is very creamy. like... too creamy. It feels almost like a cream shadow. This isn't right, is it?

 

[NeonKitten]

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Originally Posted by Mabelle so i pressed reflects bronze and reflects blackened red. bronze seems to have turned out really really well, seems to have the same consistancy as a reg shadow. Blackened red, however is very creamy. like... too creamy. It feels almost like a cream shadow. This isn't right, is it?

yup thats how mine turned out. they are all nice an creamy expect 3d silver and jewelmarine as they have big glitter flakes and turned out smooth not creamy but still nice.

if you don't like they way it turned out you might want to use more glitter or less mix next time hth

 

[Mabelle]

if yours didnt crease, i see no problem with it. what kind of base did you use?

 

[bAbY_cHiCkEn01]

Wow, this is so awesome. Thank you so so much. And OMG your puppy is LOVE!

 

[NeonKitten]

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Originally Posted by Mabelle if yours didnt crease, i see no problem with it. what kind of base did you use?

depending on the day its either urban decay, a paintpot, or nyx jumbo pencil...so far you good!

 

[NeonKitten]

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Originally Posted by bAbY_cHiCkEn01 Wow, this is so awesome. Thank you so so much. And OMG your puppy is LOVE!

thanks! he's my little muffin. i don't know what i'd do without him