Comments on: Mineral Makeup Experiment : Pressing Minerals

By: Bunny

Bunny — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:11:51 +0000

Two points- the alcohol all evaporates, so none ever touches your skin. You have to let it dry- that’s the alchohol evaporating! If you need binder and alcohol doesn’t do it, harass people for recipes. Oils are probably it- but which ones?
Enkore doesn’t press minerals that I’ve ever seen. He does MAC pigments, which already have a bit of binder there. Or grinds broken shadows and repairs them. Alcohol reactivates the binders. The pressing is the same but materials are different. And everybody uses a quarter in MAC standard pans so you can put them in palettes. Go to Coastal Scents.com. And they sell a binder too. You probably have to pop for the ten bucks; but once you see the badger hair brushes for almost nothing you’ll be ordering anyway.

Second- One small jar of powder in a big pocketbook is no big deal. If you put powder mineral base on correctly it doesn’t need touch ups. Actually- if you prime your eyes correctly nothing needs touching up.

So why not live dangerously and do a test with a small amount of foundation powder if you want to cook. But I just throw mine in my small make up bag and go until tomorrow. I wear L’Oreal from the drugstore and it doesn’t move until I tell it to. Strangers tell me I’m beautiful, too. I like that stuff!

By: Blush Vixen

Blush Vixen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:54:16 +0000

Nikki, you really are the expert on MIY projects!

i haven’t attempted pressing minerals again after my first try with alcohol. they DID crumble! oh well, i guess binders really are the better alternative.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:49:29 +0000

I haven’t tried pressing foundations or finishing powders because I don’t want to mess with them. I have no problems with them being in loose form. Blushes and shadows on the other hand, I prefer pressed because they are easier to use and travel with when pressed.
Those that have tried using alcohol for pressing say that the pigments tend to crumble easily and make the pigment lighter than the original. I think using jojoba oil alone could work but I haven’t tried that either.

dolores: unfortuantely Babydoll is not available anymore

By: Avrillea

Avrillea — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:52:33 +0000

Wow the pressed minerals look gorgeous!

By: dolores

dolores — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:18:28 +0000

where can i purchase babydoll minerals?

By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:56:47 +0000

Hello!

I have a question about this. As another commenter mentioned, I too have watched EnKore’s pressing pigments video and he uses that alcohol to press pigments. However, they are only eyeshadow pigments.

Is it safe to press mineral makeup FOUNDATION with alcohol? I know I’m not able to get that La belle binder because I am a student whose mother doesn’t allow her to buy things online (it rarely happens that I am able to).

I have Silk Naturals, as you have done a review on another post, and since that seems “jet-milled” as described by EnKore, he says it’s harder to press. Do you think that the alcohol will change the “silky-yet-great-coverage-results” that Silk naturals gives?

I really want to press Silk Naturals so I’m able to use it conveniently during vacations, and for future use of touch-ups during the day without the messy hassle. I hope you can answer my question (through the email that was provided when submitting this comment).

Thank you, and I look forward from hearing your answer & help

By: rica

rica — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:19:45 +0000

can you do this to all mineral majeup including foundation and mineral veils?

By: Cara

Cara — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:57:56 +0000

Alcohol will dry out your skin,so I would not use it if you have dry skin.Can’t wait to try to press my minerals.I bought mine from DIY Cosmetics,it’s cheaper than La Belle Femme.HTH!

By: Liee

Liee — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:20:46 +0000

i use alcohol (isopropyl alchohol) when i press my pigments

By: ana

ana — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:28:53 +0000

if you search for enkore makeup on youtube you should find the tutorials on pressing pigments.