What is the trick to repair a broken powder eyeshadow (or any powdered make-up)?

Answer 1

Standard Method:

* Soak the broken product in alcohol to make paste
* Smooth out with your finger wrapped in saran wrap, using only the tip, minimize contact. Paste will be dark.

At this point, you can simply allow to dry undisturbed for 2-3 days by air, or continue by doing the following:

* Bake in increments of 3 minutes in oven preheated to 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93 degree centigrade). Be sure to stabilize the pan of product on some foil whilst baking. Do NOT use a heat-conductive platform such as a cookie sheet.
* Watching non-stop, do this until paste just begins to lighten, signaling evaporation of alcohol. Any shortcuts or leaving the product alone for even a few minutes could result in over-heating and alteration in color.
* When lightening begins, remove from oven and let sit undisturbed at room temperature for 2 days. The product will be a little lumpy, but recovered.


Method #2:

* Collect all the broken product onto a piece of paper.
* Create a funnel with the paper and then pour the powder back into the pan.
* Using plastic wrap and your index finger, push all the powder back into the pan with medium force. Keep on pushing until the powder is flat.


Method #3:

* Arrange all of the broken pieces back into the pot, and lay a tissue over the pieces.
* Take the end of a bottle (the old-style MAC hyper real bottle caps worked perfectly for MAC and similarly sized shadows) and press over the tissue with the bottle or bottle cap.
* Remove the tissue, and the product will be perfectly pressed back into the pot and the surface will be as smooth.


Adding Hatch Marks:
This should be done just as the product is still damp but NOT pasty from repair with alcohol (you should be able to press on it with your fingers).

* Get a piece of wax paper over your shadow and firmly press down all over the e/s making sure it is set firmly and the surface is an even as possible.
* If you see cracks, lightly spray with alcohol and press again using your finger or wax paper.
* Take an old pair of coarse jeans and turn them inside out. (Levi's work well, as do any other thick heavily textured material)
* Carefully take one of the inside out legs and put it over the surface and press firmly all over.
* Voila! You have the pretty hatch mark you lost in breakage. If the imprint is not showing as much as you want, spray with alcohol and press again or press harder.


Making Your Broken Product Into a Loose Powder:
Instead of trying to stuff the broken product into the pan, you can just make it all into loose powder.

* Get a small mortar and pestle (available from kitchen stores) and put all of the product into it, scraping out the unbroken remnants if desired.
* Grind product as finely as possible.
* Put the loose powder in a small tin or tub, and apply using a brush.

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Answer 2

Powder

Answer 3

i always do this- and it works


Method #2:

* Collect all the broken product onto a piece of paper.
* Create a funnel with the paper and then pour the powder back into the pan.
* Using plastic wrap and your index finger, push all the powder back into the pan with medium force. Keep on pushing until the powder is flat.

Answer 4

no trick. what i do when this happens is crush the rest of it into a powder and then use it as a powder eye shadow with a blending brush!

Answer 5

we always finish crushing it up and apply it with a brush, make it powder again

Answer 6

crush it up and use like a pigment. doesnt have to be a pressed shadow to work.
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Answer 7

no clue but i've done and it sucks cuz its basically perfectly good makeup gone to waste

Answer 8

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY. I'VE DROPPED MINE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN I HAVE TO BE REAL CARE FULL WITH IT TO NOT SPILL AND LOOSE ALL OF THE LOOSE PIECES.