Pressed my minerals using only 90% Isopropyl Alcohol (rubbing alcohol). Don't get your vodka out for this! You'll also need a sterilized quarter wrapped inside a regular T-shirt for that catchy pattern and it soaks up the excess alcohol when you start pressing. An eyedropper is handy when adding alcohol to the mix in a 5g sample jar. Three-quarters of a sample jar should be suitable for pressing in a 26mm pan. A couple of bent up bobby pins for stirring and spreading is also needed as well as a massive amount of paper towels because the activity is super messy folks!
You'll need empty eyeshadow pans and a palette to put them in (e.l.f. Elements compact for $1 is what I used). And did you know I'm a germ freak so I scrubbed that quarter as good as I could with soap and water and let it soak in the alcohol. I would have flamed it also after the alcohol because I remember we used to sterilize our loops like that in Microbiology. But that's another story.
These matte minerals hold up much better than the shimmery eyeshadows that I pressed before. Here's a link to my video.
Here are the swatches:
2 comment(s):
Wow, I came acros your blog for the Wet n Wild Sand Castle palette review (which I'm buying thanks to you :p), and the pressing mineral is such a great idea. Especially concealer, and... my Nars Casino shattered so I get I could repress it. I'm off watching your video, thanks for sharing!
@Seline, Hi there! Thanks for checking out my blog and I hope you like the Sand Castle palette. Actually, I used it yesterday. LoL. But yes, pressing loose mineral concealers makes it so much easier to use! Thanks for watching my video =)
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