Guide to Pigment Pressing (PIC HEAVY)

[jilliandanica]

thanks! super easy pigment pressing tut! I've gotta try this!

 

[tsukiyomi]

The straightener sound awesome.

 

[moondream]

This seems to be the easiest tut/method of pressing pigments that I have come across. Thanks!

 

[rockchick22]

cool! i would have never thought of doing this!

 

[SparklingWaves]

Man, you made that look like your quad was from the company. Bravo, for the steps. You made those steps look like a breeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzee.

 

[pinkgirl84]

wow i need to try this

 

[hawaiian_mele]

terrific tutorial, thank you so much for this!

 

[IL0VEMYB0Y]

I did this too... i turned out really good. i did all the steps && then two days later i dropped it. It turned back into pigments it was crazy inno what was wrong with it

 

[steph0891]

cool this is alot easier to understand then the ones i've seen on you tube. gotta put this in my favorites. thank you for posting this.

 

[MAC_Whore]

Great tut. Thanks!

I bought a nail tool that is used to clean out under the nails and push back cuticles to scoop pigment. It looks like a tiny metal shovel. Because it is metal, I can easily sanitize it before I scoop pigments (and no, I don't use it on my nails as well-yuck!

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BTW, I love the coin. I would sanitize the hell out of that coin, skip the patterned paper and have cute little roos in my shadow imprint.

Thanks again.

 

[Miss Pumpkin]

Any idea whether I can use just regular (not isopropyl) alcohol to do this??

 

[ninjakotte]

hadnt thoght of using a paperclipp as a scooper ^^ nice idea

 

[persephonewillo]

thank you! wonderful tutorial

i'm going to try this with some of the loose mineral shadows i've bought.

 

[CantAffordMAC]

I just tried this with 70% alcohol, some of my Fyrinnae shadows, and other loose shadows, and it didn't work too well. As soon as I put it on the flat iron it began boiling....I put my iron on the lowest setting so i don't understand why. Then the boiling made all these holes in the shadow and it got pretty hard. I haven't swatched it so I'm not sure if it worked.

Some of the shadows I didnt heat up because they would boil, so I left them for like 7-8 hours while I went to work, and I came back and they are really soft (one of my Fyrinnae ones crumbled)

Maybe I'm doing something wrong??

 

[Panda_Attack]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mezzamy i'm thinking that it's around 1/2 tsp. i had some 1/4 tsp samples that i tried to press but they didnt really fill the pan up enough and they didnt press well so im assuming they are fake (the texture was really weird and crumbly). i recently pressed Vanilla pigment using the vial from the Dress Sets collection and I used about 1/4 to 1/3 of the vial

Did you buy on ebay? If so would you happen to remember the name of the seller?

 

[missgiggly]

Whoa... thanks SO much for the step by step illustrated instructions. I'm having trouble, making a mess with pigments, would rather make eyeshadows! Thank you!

 

[Taghyra]

Can't get enough of these tutorials... I've been searching for a lot so I can press my own as soon as I get them!

 

[ms. kendra]

This looks easy. I can't wait to try this!

 

[anjecakes]

Very genius! I wonder if this can be done witha mix of glitter AND pigment. I'll try one day. But, I doubt it will turn out right. Hehe.

 

[SuomeaSorceress]

Always wondered how this was done!
Thanks so much for the tutorial, great pictures, and really well explained!