Friday, January 23, 2009

Pigment Pressing 101

OMG! OMG! I totally forgot to tell you that alcohol won't work for pressing mineral eyeshadows...It'll just waste your hard work, since the mineral shadow would just return to powder... try using the CS EZ Press or MAC Mixing Medium... I think glycerine would also work... But alcohol would work fine for your regular (non mineral) pigments like MAC Pigments, NYX Ultra pearl pigments, and what not...and BTW thanks sis pau for giving me some EZ press, I haven't tried it though...











14 comments:

AskMeWhats said...

That's one thing I haven't tried! Pigment pressing! you've done wonderful tutorial :)

Yumeko said...

oh u are so sweet to do it for me!!!
the photos are so clear and its just all so pretty!!!

and i love how u showed what u used...fabulous i just love it

thank you dear!!!!!!!!
i gotta buy meself some palettes to do some pressing i think..wHEEE!

Jessica Jean Myers - Makeup Artist said...

Thanks so much! It seems everyone is on a pigment pressing frenzy right now! Btw a great place to get empty palettes and pans is www.yabycosmetics.com for www.camerareadycosmetics.com (they sell yaby).

Kimberly said...

wow

what an awesome job sis you did on this TUT for pigment pressing, there's such a huge craze about everyone doing this.. I'm cringing to do it, but after your tutorial, just might be "brave" and try it.

btw that coffret d'or palette, girl, i am in LOVE with it.

dustbunny said...

@ Nikki, Yumeko, Kimberly Tia: you should try pressing some of your pigments so you could travel with it with ease and its less messy with pressed pigments... but I suggest still leaving some as powder form...

♥ Nehs ♥ said...

great tutorial! thank's for sharing.

Yas said...

I had no idea that it was this easy. Awesome tut sweety. Your pics & description is so good!

fuzkittie said...

Great clear tutorial~ The results are awesome.

Rawr said...

Thank you!
I was going to go and start pressing my mineral eyeshadows wit alchol.thanks again!

Mona said...

for some reason this made me hungry lol

breat tutorial ! i love how your pressed piggies turned out :)

Anonymous said...

you did such a good job pressing the pigments!!!

Yumeko said...

how much do the mikaXshu brushes cost where u are?
they cost more in japan than hongkong so if they are very expensive might not be worthwhile
i'll do a review and let u know ^^

Anonymous said...

thanks for sharing this! i've never pressed pigments before. i'll check on this entry for the step-by-step once i start doing so. :)

Sansmuskasi said...

Do u sell these?If you do,i'd like to buy.