i saw youtube teaches pressing mineral pigment for eyeshadow..
i wanna ask u girls..
where can it buy?? and wat kind of alcohol??? how much it cost??


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZwrxWzMrM&feature=related

This is a technique that was discovered by the Make Up experts on makeupalley

Steps

1. Metal pans - buy a 21 pan palette from Claire's and depotted them and took the eyeshadows out. The pans aren't metal, some think that they're made out of aluminum, so you have to be a little extra careful not to break through it. The palette retails for $10 (or $10.50) and they're buy one, get one 50% off!

2. Mixing - use a small metal cup (or a 5-10g jar will work as well) and a spatula. Typically, about 1/2-3/4 tsp of each pigment should be enough. You don't want to mix too much or else the excess will press out of the sides of the pan. Empty your pigment into your cup and add some alcohol. Start with a few drops, and add more as you need it. It's much easier that way. Mix it up until it's a little creamy, not too watery. Make sure that it's all the same consistency. But if you do add too much alcohol, it's okay, you'll just have to wait longer until you can press it into a pan. Use the mini spatula to put the pigment mixture evenly into the pan.

3. Pressing - If it's watery and still wet, you'll have to wait for it to dry slightly. You should wait an hour or so before pressing them, depending on the consistency. If it's too wet, it will leak out of the pan. It's better to do it when it's drier than wetter. Some take a cotton t-shirt and a quarter to press. Put the quarter behind the fabric and press onto the pigment mixture. Press hard! Some people recommend a flower press but some get pretty good results using their own hands. The cloth will get slightly damp, that's ok, that's just the alcohol being absorbed. Give it a couple of presses, really hard, and lift up the shirt and quarter and voila! You now have your very own pressed pigment eyeshadow! Some colors (Softwash Grey, Golder's Green, etc) will push out green alcohol. Don't be worried about that changing the color. The color on these shades remain the same whether they are used loose or pressed.


* It is better to sanitize all the tools using a few drops of rubbing alcohol for hygienic purposes. The smell of the alcohol will gone once it's dried.


Here's the information that I get from wikipedia about the alcohol:

Rubbing alcohol, U.S.P. / B.P. is a liquid prepared for topical application prepared from specially denatured alcohol and containing 68.5-71.5% vol./vol. of absolute (ie. 100%) ethyl alcohol. Individual manufacturers can use their own "formulation standards" in which the ethanol content usually ranges from 70-95% v/v.

The term "rubbing alcohol" has become a general non-specific term for either isopropanol or ethanol rubbing alcohol products. The confusion comes from the greater popularity of isopropyl rubbing alcohol, and as a result, individuals requesting "rubbing alcohol" generally expect and get an isopropyl alcohol product. The British Pharmacopoeia and United States Pharmacopoeia standards (standards recognized in many countries other than the UK and USA) define rubbing alcohol as a mixture of ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol, C2H5OH=46.07) and water of fixed proportions.

Rubbing alcohol can be applied as a cooling, soothing application for bedridden patients and athletes. It is also widely used for cleansing surgeons' hands and instruments and for the disinfection of skin prior to penetration by a hypodermic needle. As an antiseptic it is good against vegetative bacteria and fair against fungi and viruses, but is ineffective against spores. It is widely believed that 70% ethanol provides the greatest reduction in bacterial count; however, this is incorrect. Other concentrations may be more effective, but their rate of kill is slower. In order to reduce the skin bacterial count to 5% of normal, 70% ethanol must be left on the skin for at least 2 minutes. Rubbing alcohol is also a feeble anesthetic and a mild counterirritant. It is not drinkable, although people have been known to attempt ingestion.

Rubbing alcohol is recognized as a rubefacient because it evaporates quickly and is used to cool and soothe skin. It is, however, more widely used as an antiseptic for sterilizing surfaces or clean minor cuts or abrasions.

Isopropyl rubbing alcohol can also be supplied in a 99% concentration. This product is used to harden skin such as in the case of the feet of novice hikers.[citation needed] Care should always be taken, and the label should be read carefully.

It is unsuited as a fuel in alcohol stoves because of the relatively low vapor pressure of isopropyl alcohol.

In the UK the equivalent skin preparation is surgical spirit which is always based on an ethyl alcohol-methyl alcohol mixture, and which often has the addition of small quantities of iodoform as a topical bacteriocide.

A typical modern composition for Surgical Spirit BP is: ethanol, methanol, water, castor oil, methyl salicylate, diethyl phthalate. It has a strong smell of wintergreen due to the presence of the methyl salicylate (Popular for curing acne. Ex: Loreal anti blemish cleanser).


*According to my dad, you can get this type of alcohol at any diy hardware store. Alternatively, ask for 70% alcohol if there's some uncle who don't know what rubbing alcohol is.


Useful link:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRvaaM7MwTw




This post has been edited by Moonstroke: Dec 5 2007, 03:39 PM

oh..
the alcohol can gget it from DIV hardware store??
ok.. i'll find it..
coz i went to guardian or watson(farmasi) they oli sell rubbing alcohol in swabs packet..
but not in bottle...
thanks~~