With the cost of cosmetics these days, most make-up savvy ladies can't afford to simply toss a broken shadow. Fear not butter finger beauties! Follow this super easy "how to" and fix a broken powder shadow in minutes!
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Butter Knife
- Ziplock Bag
- Eye dropper
- Rubbing Alcohol (the higher the %, the faster it will absorb! Yes, Vodka works!)
- Thin piece of cloth (a cut out little square of an old cotton t-shirt works great!)
- Coin (Preferably a quarter)
Your super sad broken shadow :( Womp womp.
Slide the broken shadow into the corner of a zip lock bag for less messiness.
Over top of the ziplock bag, take the handle end of a knife and crush the remainder of the shadow into little pieces (while still inside the packing) until it looks like....
This!
Then, carefully take the crushed shadow out of the bag and place it back on top of the ziplock bag (again for less mess).
Use your eyedropper (or in my case, all I could find was this doggie medicine dispenser thingy... haha)...
...to saturate the product with about 6-10 drops of alcohol. It doesn’t need to be swimming in it, just make sure that all of the little pieces of shadow are damp.
Put just a little rubbing alcohol (or vodka) on the t-shirt square so that it doesn’t stick to your product. Place the coin on the damp spot of the t-shirt and wrap it around to create almost a stamp-like device. Aha! Do you see where we're going with this?
Press the wrapped quarter down really REALLY hard onto the crushed shadow to seal it until you don’t see any more loose pieces.
Once the alcohol is completely absorbed (about an hour) your product will be like new and ready to be used again! All we could find was a penny, which is why there's more than one "stamp" mark. A quarter fits most shadows pretty well, and makes a much nicer stamp.
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