A month or two ago, I received the Too Faced New Romantic Make-Up Collection in a swap from another "forum friend." I was very excited. I've enjoyed the three eyeshadows and the blush in the palette, but I've had one big complaint.
I strongly dislike when companies mix in lip glosses with powdered products. Talk about nasty-looking contamination! There's always powdered bits of makeup making their way into the sticky glosses, and I can't bring myself to use them looking that way. Besides, since this was a used palette, I felt somewhat hesitant to use the lip products anyway.
So, after thinking and considering what to do, I decided I would look into a magnetized palette in which to put the eyeshadows and blush. Lip glosses: "Bye-bye."
The cheapest palette I could find was Elf's Elements palette, which had two drawbacks. It was not magnetized, and it was set up for round products, not rectangular.
I fixed that by removing the circular guides and supergluing the metal sheet to the bottom of the palette. I then began dismantling the Too Faced palette and preparing the powder products to be magnetized.
Using a knife to loosen the top cardboard layer from the base.
Success! All the products were accessible...
Blush Fail! I learned the hard way that the putty knife was a better tool for the job.
Into the garbage with the blush... Sad day...
Practicing removal of the products by messing with the glosses first -- Bye-bye!
And, success! Three eyeshadows saved!
Preparing the adhesive magnetic sheets for the back of the shadows.
Project in progress...
I dug the blush back out of the garbage.
I use it as an eyeshadow anyways, and it's a beautiful color.
Although a bit less pretty than it once was, it's salvagable, I think.
Finished product.
Overall success.
My goal was two-fold with this project:
1. Promote creativity. CHECK!
2. End up with a smaller, space-saving palette. CHECK!
Not so bad for my first attempt!
What DIY projects have you done lately involving your makeup collection?
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