My lovely essence all about matt! Fixing Powder cracked in my purse at some point, so I finally had the opportunity to try this out.
~Rubbing Alcohol
~A butter knife (or something to break apart the powder and spread it evenly)
~A paper towel (or tissue/clean towel/piece of fabric)
~Broken Pressed Powder
*There's also a zippy bag in this picture. I watched a few tutorials saying it was good to keep things clean, but I found I didn't need it.
Step 1: Take your knife and break the already broken pieces in to dust... or as small as you can make it.
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| You can see here I tried doing this INSIDE the zippy, but took it out shortly after. |
Here we are. Nice and powder-fied.
Step 2: Pour some alcohol in. A lot of the tutorials I saw/read said you need a lot of alcohol, but really, use your best judgement. You only need enough to turn the powder into a nice thick paste. I used about a cap ful. (The cap from the alcohol bottle)
Step 3: Use your knife and mix it up!
Step 4: Take your knife and smooth out the surface as well as you can. Try and get it evenly spaced throughout the compact.
Step 5: Place your absorbent material over your powder, and press down with something hard and flat. I just used the alcohol top. Press all around to soak up excess alcohol. I pressed, then moved the paper towel, until the entire towel had been used.
Please Note: The design on your absorbent material is what your newly pressed powder will look like. Some folks prefer tissue because of this, but I figure, I'll be messing up the "design" anyhow when I use the powder, so it doesn't matter to me.
Step 6: Let dry. A couple hours probably. I just set mine aside and left it overnight to dry.
And there you have it! Your previously broken pressed powder all newly pressed again!! Good as new. :)
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