I was organizing some of my blushes and found one of them broken to pieces. Yep, don't you just hate it?
It was Wet N' Wild's Heather Silk blush. That company is notorious for making terribly packaged cosmetics, but the quality of this blush is too good to just throw away especially if you just used it once or twice. So... here's the next best thing: save it from its looming death!
Onto the tutorial :)
Step 1-2: Transfer the crumbled pieces into a little dish and ground the blush to mineral consistency
Below is the swatch! It is a bit too intense for me, especially for a mineral blush. Since it was so concentrated in the pan, it looks almost purple here. So I decided to mix it with a beige powder (used for setting makeup) to tone down the intensity of grounded blush.
Step 3: *optional* Mix in the setting powder to the blush and stir well.
Step 4: I used the entire jar (.57 grams) of Bare Essentuals Pure Radiance to mix in with the blush to create a nice lustery sheen so it warms your face as you glow :) Stir well!
Make sure you mix it evenly!
Step 5: Test your results. I think mine came out just what I imagined. It's got that shimmery effect in it and it's subtle enough not to look overtly overdone.
Done! :) Time to try it out :)
I felt like I improved the formula for myself. I still have a bunch of other Wet N' Wild blushes but Heather Silk is one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy my little tutorial :) It was my first ever! Yay!
Anything you saved and/or made better? :) Do share! :)
38 comments:
I actually like the colour a lot on you! I thought you were just going to crush it and then pour it into a jar but this way you get to have a more unique colour :) thanks for sharing this tutorial!
oooh wow, it actually looks good on you, so pretty. I like how it glows. ^_^ Can't believe how long I haven't commented on your blog.
Have you tried repressing the blush? You can use a few drops of alcohol and press the shadow back in the pan
Oh yay! I should have done this to my eyeshadows too but I was silly and would throw away the ones that broke xD
that is genius!!! thanks for sharing!! this is a great idea that I might actually try... I've had a broken WnW blush before but sadly, I just threw it out... If I only knew about this trick...
That's so cool! the blush looks totally different in the end and it flatters your face more bc it isn't as intense.
Oh my gosh, what a great idea! I love it :] I will be doing this when I have broken blushes! Thanks dear, missed you!
Oh what a great idea! I usually just throw them out..
I'm going to do this from now on! :)
i really like how the color turned out, so pretty on you! it looks a bit matte in the photos but i imagine its more glowy in person... did you leave it that way or did you press it back to the pan?
very cool color in the end~ i should have saved my broken bronzer! lol i just dumped the broken bronzer~ :( my fav one too!
:( because I need to travel with it, I cannot have too much loose powder~ i only carry a few loose e/s and transparent setting powder~ anything else will become a huge liability~!
Oh! That's a cool way to work with the broken blush! :) I love DIY saves like that! LOL.
It looks fantastic on you! :P I actually broke several powder foundations and I salvaged them with Isopropyl alcohol and pressed them back. :)
oh :D this is a cool tutorial! I actually like how you mixed the extra color in to tone it down, it looks a lot more wearable :) beautiful peachy glow~
I love the new color!! So pretty.
Steph: ive seen that with the alcohol. I tried it on something else but it was major fail! Lol :p Im going to try it again :)
Coffret: I ended up leaving it as loose blush. I didn't have any container to press it back into either! :p
wow what a great idea! i have a few blushes that were broken due to shipping :/
Love the new layout!
That's a very nice idea mixing in other things into your blush. Thanks for sharing!
I loved this post, very interesting and I learned something new. What a BRILLANT idea. I will have to try this out one of these days to broken blushes. The new improved blush looks amazing against your pale skin. :)
oh wow! this is such a great idea. thanks for sharing! I am totally doing that with one of my broken eyeshadows. it will probably work the same way, right? :P
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sherry
Jen & Sherry: Yes, it should work for eyeshadow as well although I've never tried :) That would be a really awesome project! hehe
nice! like the tutorial! the color is beautiful!
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wow, that was amazing. i wouldn't have dared to try it on my own. the color turned out perfect. :) and it matches you so nicely too.
I must say, this is a rather ingenious idea! I like it. :) It does look a lot better now. I hate it when the blush is too intense. It looks so fake.
I thought you were going to re-press the blush with alcohol before I scrolled down. This is an interesting way to make the blush more unique :)
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That's a great idea. It looks gorgeous on you.
what laptop did you get? :) great idea on saving makeup!
xx
heyrocketgirl
great DIY!.. the colors look amazing mixed together!!
Merry Xmas!
genius!
xx
wow, this is such an amazing, inspiring post.
great tutorial, and thanks for sharing, really. it happened to me once and i got all confused about it so i ended up throwing it away :(
anyway, merry xmas, gorgeous. you look great in those pictures:)
p.s. yes, i write everything on the blog. glad that you like them:)
Great tip! Usually I just repress the blushes, but this looks good when I'm too lazy to do that!
This is a great DIY! I just started following your blog, I like what I see :)
Erica
The Belle Fatale
wooo the idea is brilliant! thanks for sharing with us!
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i usually buy just the basic make-up and thoroughly use them so haven't saved any make-up for now...but i've been saving clothes though.hehe.
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That happens to me all the time! Great tutorial!!
awesome!!!! i will try that!!!
missdonata.blogspot.com
Oh this is such a neat idea! I have so many broken makeup... this will keep me busy for a while! :P
xo
Sealverland
OMG, this is so simple, but it's genius. Maybe it's because I'm really tired, but this is blowing my mind right now.. lol!
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