Makeup Organization 101~ Part 2 Fixing Broken Makeup

Alright! Now that we have thrown out the expired makeup we are going to take a look at all of the makeup we have left. Its time to give everything a good scrub down (we will cover cleaning thoroughly next) and fix any broken makeup that is still salvageable. Fix you say? Can you fix broken makeup? The answer is `why yes, yes you can!`

*This fix is for powder type products i.e; poser, bronzer, eyeshadows, blush, etc.

Step 1 - You’re going to need you’re broken product, rubbing alcohol, a spatula or spoon, paper towel or tissue and a hard surface the shape of your product (I like to use a coin for shadows and a glass or mug for powders & bronzers).*

Step 2 - You are going to be breaking your product up even further so if you’re worried about it getting everywhere, you can tightly wrap the eyeshadow in plastic wrap.

Step 3 -Take your broken product and using the handle or back of the spoon, start to break it up. You want to break your product up into very small pieces.

Step 4 - Next just add a couple drops of the rubbing alcohol to the broken up product. Hint~it’s easier to add the liquid than take away, you want to avoid flooding the compact. Especially in humid climates that might never dry out! jk

Step 5 - Mix the broken product and the rubbing alcohol together. This will take some time and it will be quite clumpy at first, but keep adding the rubbing alcohol until you get a nice smooth clay/paste mixture.

Step 6 - Once it’s all mixed together into a clay/paste that is still fairly thick you will spread it out evenly into your compact and smooth out.

Step 7 - Press a piece of paper towel onto your clay/paste mixture. Then using a flat, hard, surface of similar size to that of the powder (i.e; a mug, coin, etc) on top and leave it so that the paper towel has time to soak up any excess liquid.

Step 8 - Remove the paper towel and you’ll see that it has soaked up most of the excess liquid. Using a q-tip or small tip brush you can clean up any excess on the compact.

Step 9 - Leave it out to dry completely and wa-lah! You are done!

Now, join us for part 3 & part 4- time to roll up your sleeves and get scrubbing! Yes we know how to paaaaartay! Ha 🙂

XoXo~ M&D

If you missed Part 1 of the Makeup Organization series you can find it here.

 

*All of the items listed above, that are needed to do this fix are commonly found in most household. You can purchase them virtually anywhere, if you are an online shopper like me you can get it all shipped from Amazon (free 2-day shipping with Amazon Prime which you can try it free for 30 days here).