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Sunday, January 2, 2011

How To: Cracking The Case

Broken makeup compacts may shatter your patience, but you can doctor the most daunting cracks with a little know how.


Using an eyedropper, trickle enough rubbing alcohol onto the broken makeup to form paste, then drag the back of a spoon over it to reshape. Leave it overnight - the alcohol will evaporate, returning the makeup to its original form!

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Posted by Renay at 10:41 AM
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18 comments:

  1. Savannah January 2, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Great tip, thanks!

    xx

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  2. MsRinzJanuary 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    i did this but for some reason it was back to cracking =(

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  3. Renay January 2, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    Really ?!
    Perhaps You did not pack it good enough? Maybe the alcohol was not enough to travel within the powder? I tried it last night just to make sure I was not posting something silly... It worked for me but I have not had it thrown in my makeup bag or somewhere else rather.... hmm

    I'll have to post an update.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Excellent tip!

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  5. reereeJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    Aww, wish I had some rubbing alcohol handy. I cracked one of my MAC shadows while depotting. It was so sad!

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  6. GJanuary 10, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    <3

    it's annoying when compact powder products break ^_^ but yes, this is one of the quickest and most economical ways to fix it :D

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  7. JewelzJanuary 13, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Wow I never knew that! Thanks for the tip!

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    http://iamjewelz.blogspot.com/

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  8. MikanJanuary 16, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    oooh!! no tenía ni idea!!! OwO

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  9. GemaJanuary 16, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    Thanks you very much for the advise...I´m going to try it!
    www.lomasit.com

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  10. gleeJanuary 18, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    wow! that's fabulous advice. I easily lose patience when a make up/ eye shadow gets broken.

    THank you for your sweet comment and well wishes for my wedding.

    Creative Fashion

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  11. Holly BécquerJanuary 19, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    You have a super practic advices :)
    I love it!

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  12. SILVIAJanuary 20, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    wow!!! love this post!!
    great great &great blog
    =P
    xx

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  13. Denysia YuJanuary 21, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    I've actually used this method plenty of times, and it always works! :)

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  14. UnknownJanuary 22, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    great tip!!! I have a broken trio eyeshadow and i am gonna try this on it....hope it works...:))

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  15. MsRinzJanuary 22, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    ahhhhhh...i get it. i re did it. It worked LOL..packed and pressed harddd LOL thanks :)))

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  16. AlJanuary 27, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Just saw that my bronzer was a real mess so thanks for the tip I'm doing this tomorrow :)

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  17. YB*February 17, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Great tip!! This has happened to me so many times with my blushes as well as my eyeshadows due to my clumsiness at times!

    http://carpe-diem13-beauty.blogspot.com/

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  18. MarieMarch 6, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Thank God I never had to do this!:D


    ***** Marie *****
    allthingsmarie.com

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