how to press pigments using mac pigments, rubbing alcohol

hey all, this is a tutorial video i made on how to press pigments, to make them solid rather than loose powders, making them ideal to pop into palettes.

you'll need:
pigment
rubbing alcohol/surgical spirit
paper clip
spoon (optional)
piece of fabric (i used an old, clean sock - but denim works excellently)
hairdryer
newspaper (optional - but great to cover your workspace incase you make a mess!)
clamp - optional, i dont have one so i just use my thumb haha.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• beauty
• fashion
• pigment
• press
• pressing
• surgical
• spirit
• rubbing
• alcohol
• palette
• pan
• mac
• cosmetics
• tutorial
• video

[electrogirlonline]

im sooo gunna try this now! i never tried to press them coz i always thought it would take aages for pigments to dry and im so impatient, never thought about hairdryer!! thankyooou! :]xx

[ohmykat]

awesome, let me know how they turn out :D we should totally swap some pigments too :D xx

[leaveittoheather]

where do you get the pans?

[xxTheClimbxx]

can i use this method for bear minerals loose powder foundatation

[OurVanityIsSuch]

Thanks so much for this!

[OurVanityIsSuch]

@sandy4965 Omg that's great I was just going to search for alternative's for pans!

[like2k11]

Can u ger surgical spirut from boots ???

[nekojin668]

nice tutorial : )

[cookiexdoughx]

wow this is really good!

where did you get the pan and surgical spirit from?

:)

[sandy4965]

@smokindagreen7 this sounds really cheap but ur recyclying and going green but i use bottle caps plastic bottle caps frum waterbottles and metal bottle caps frum glass bottle and even liter bottle caps work just fine;)

[beccnoir]

I really like this video. Very specific and informative. It also makes pressing pigments look like fun :D

[Cass5222]

ty for the awesome vid really helps!! :D

[makeupaddictx1]

thanks for the wonderful video. it really helped me.