How To Fix A Broken Eyeshadow Palette
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 8:24AM Have you ever broken an eyeshadow palette before? If you have, then you know the sickening, sinking feeling after you hear the unexpected "thud". You pick the palette up, fearing the worst but still hoping against hope that everything's alright. You open it. You see the delicate powder broken up into tiny pieces. Oh no!
Do this with me: sigh. It's not over yet though! Palettes like this can be easily fixed as long as you manage to keep most of the pieces together. When this fell face-down, I turned it over quickly but carefully so as not to destroy the natural arrangement of the powder. This is what it looks like right after I opened it.
Now, let's start this tutorial with the materials you would need:
- A flat, clean surface to do the work in. Use a thick, extra-large hand towel since this is a messy job
- Brushes and tweezers to pick up chunks of powder or sweep away loose ones
- Rubbing alcohol to "bind" the powder together
- Cotton buds and wet tissues to clean up the palette
Step 1: Place the broken powders back to where they were. Sweep out the loose powders to the side of the palette - you won't need them anymore.
Step 2: Using your fingers, press the broken powder back to the pan. It will crumble and look flat again. Put a few drops of alcohol to set everything. You may want to press them down with a makeshift "stamp" - a coin covered in tissue. Do this if you want the powder to look extra flat and even, but I found that using my fingers yielded satisfactory results.
Step 4: Clean up the sides of the palette by using cotton buds soaked in alcohol. Use wet wipes to clean up the whole palette.
Ta-dah! Don't forget to let the whole thing dry before using it. The palette is far from looking as good as new, but I'm just happy that it's functional again. Yay me!
Have you ever broken an eyeshadow palette before? What did you do?
Reader Comments (10)
liz, that is sad!!! but you did a very good job in fixing those broken shades
This is amazing and VERY helpful indeed. You just saved my make-up kit by sharing what to do. Haha! Thank you for this information. :)
hi Pearl! thanks. whew. for a while there i was worried that i'll never be able to put this back together again. all's well that ends well though!
heya Tin! you can also use this with broken powder compacts. used the same technique to fix my MAC Blotting Powder and it was as good as new (minus a few pieces that fell to the floor, sniff).
great tip.
and you have an amazing blog.
be back soon for more.
I am Denise Katipunera
Hi Denise! Thanks so much for visiting. :D Followed your blog too!
oh wow! do you possibly know how to repair a broken face powder? i accidentally dropped my mac blotting powder and now its all cracked like these! would using the same steps work?
Hi Bei! The answer is a definite yes. The exact same thing happened to me! My MAC Blot broke, so I gathered the pieces and pressed them together so they'd crumble into a flat cake again. Then I added drops of alcohol, pressed again, and voila! Good as new. ^_^
cool! thanks for this!
does the alcohol in the powder or eyeshadow affect your skin on your face?????
hi DD! not that i've seen. :) it's just a few drops of alcohol after all.