Don’t you just hate it when you open a makeup palette and find that one of the shades inside is crushed to bits? Or are you one of the lucky few who has never had to go through such an experience? Makeup palettes are fragile, and if you are clumsy enough to drop them, they can break and get ruined entirely. So much money spent on makeup palettes and they shatter like glass on impact; it’s quite frustrating especially if the palette is brand new. Tossing broken palettes in the trash would probably be the only thing left to do, but stop right there because we have a plan.
What if we told you that you can salvage broken makeup palettes and make them brand new? As if they didn’t just break into a million pieces. Seems intriguing? Of course, it does! This DIY hack will is all you need and you’re going to be amazed by how efficiently it works.
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Follow through these easy steps and recover your broken makeup palettes.
What You Need
- Hand sanitizer
- Toothpick
- Cling wrap film
How To Do It
Step 1: Pick Up The Pieces
If your palette is broken, there’s going to be a mess of powder inside it and some of the powder might even be outside the palette. Avoid any powder that has fallen on the floor and only bother about what has remained inside. Segregate the powders to their original pan placements, as best as you can, with a toothpick.
Step 2: Crush The Remains
Now that your shattered pieces of powders are back in their pans, begin to crush each of them individually with the toothpick so that you get rid of all clumps. You need the powders to be super loose in order to fix them. Use a spoon or any tool you can to crush it into a finely milled powder.
Step 3: Make It Slick
Time for the best part! Add a few drops of rubbing alcohol to each of the pans that were broken. Mix it up until the pigments form a thick paste. Ensure that all the powders are combined well with the rubbing alcohol. Use a spoon to even out the surface.
Step 4: Tap It Down
Once all the powders are turned to paste and are in their designated pans, you can now flatten them out so that they look smooth once they set. Wrap a cling wrap film over the pans and use your fingers to smoothen each pan out. Add some pressure to press the pastes into shape so that they fit in the pans well.
Step 5: Let It Dry
Leave the cling wrap on and let the palette set overnight. All you have to do is wait for the pastes to dry up. Check the palette after at least 10 hours to see if it is ready, if it is still slightly wet give it some more time to dry.
Once completely dry, you can go ahead and check if the product works just as well as it did before. No doubt this hack works like magic.
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Broken makeup palettes won’t be so much of a problem anymore with this hack in your arsenal.
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