Makeup Monday: Pressing your own Pigments

Happy Monday beauties. It's a great day to blog, well everyday is really. It's sunny today & I'm sitting outside in the grass. Flowers are in bloom, then boom- allergy attack. I love spring, I really do. Just not the allergies. Is it just me that struggles with the love/hate relationship of spring? 

I know I definitely do! 

Over the weekend I decided to get artsy & decided let's add art to makeup- why not right? 

I decided to press pigments. It took a few tries to nail it down, however it wasn't for long that I understood how easy it is to press your own pigments!

To press your own pigments at home, you need the following:

- Pigment (I use MAC)

- 26mm pans

- Stick on magnets

- Rubbing Alcohol (Preferably 90%)

- Small mixing tool

- Piece of fabric or old pillow case 

- Squeeze bottle for rubbing alcohol 

- 1 quarter

Step 1: 

Take pigment of choice and pour carefully into small 26mm pan full.

Step 2: 

Squeeze rubbing alcohol drops into pan until pigment is saturated; mix until there is no more air bubbles.

Step 3: 

Let is set for about a few minutes, and add more pigment. Add a few more drops to pigment & repeat process.

Step 4: 

Let it set for about 30 minutes, then take fabric and place it over pan. Take your quarter and gently press into pan- the rubbing alcohol should seep into the sides around the pan into the fabric.

Step 5:

Let it sit over night, stick a magnet on the back, then place into desired palette & relish in your accomplishment.

I hope you enjoyed this post on pressing pigments- & I do hope you consider doing this yourself! It's fun & also a great way to fix broken eyeshadow as well.

Stay balm-

xoxo

Hannah Ruth