A couple of years ago I had a friend who went to beauty school and she one day told me that I could repair my broken blush. She said all you need is rubbing alcohol. It was unbelievable to me and I didn't even try it because I really didn't believe it! Of course I have seen this on Pinterest since then many times and one of my favorite blushes had broken awhile ago so I decided to try it finally. I took pictures every step of the way to share my experience!
Here is the blush as it was when I first started:
I crushed all of the blush so it would be semi leveled when I put the rubbing alcohol in. I figured it wouldn't hold together well in these large chunks. To do this I used the handle of the spoon I would later use to try and smooth over the blush. I put saran wrap over the top of the blush and crush-crush-crushed it to this powder.
Then I took my 70% Isopropyl Alcohol and made sure the powder was completely covered and then a little more. After the powder was completely wet I put saran wrap back on top and smoothed (at least tried to smooth over) the top of the blush. Hoping that when it dried it would look nice and pretty like when I first got it! I didn't do great but it's better than when I first began! Here is when I took the saran wrap off after trying to smooth it over.
Now all there was to do was wait! It takes awhile for the alcohol to evaporate and blush to dry. Here is a picture about it 12 hours in. I was upset to see the cracking because other pictures I had seen didn't have this problem. I wonder if it's the type of rubbing alcohol I used?
Another 12 hours later it pretty much looked the exact same, but it didn't look or feel as creamy/wet.
After I decided it was completely dry I used a baby wipe to clean up the edges and all over to make it look nice and pretty on the outside.
And here is the final product!
All-in-all I am very happy with the outcome. Cracks aside, (actually, even including the cracks) it looks much, much better than before I decided to try this! It looks nicer inside and out, it doesn't spill out whenever I try to use it, and I can travel with it! The blush goes on just the same and is the same color as when I first got it. A deep, plum color that I love for fall/winter. I took a picture but the lighting is poor. You can see it in the middle of my cheeks.
If you have broken powders that you love and fear getting rid of I think this is a great way to bring them back to life!
Have you tried this? What are your experiences?
Love,
Marlee
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