How to fix broken eyeshadow / blush / powder compacts

Written By Joanna Blair
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Have you ever dropped your favourite eyeshadow, blush or powder compact, it has smashed and is now almost un-useable? Worse still if it’s a product that has been discontinued and can’t be replaced. Not to worry! Any product in a pressed powder form (eyeshadow, blush or powder) can be rescued.

It’s actually quite easy to fix this (thank God!!).Here’s how:Pour Isopropyl Alcohol into your compact – enough to saturate the powder (you can get this from a pharmacy or from Bunnings)

It’s actually quite easy to fix this (thank God!!).

Here’s how:

Pour Isopropyl Alcohol into your compact – enough to saturate the powder (you can get this from a pharmacy or from Bunnings)

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Then smooth out the product, you can use your fingertip, back of a teaspoon etc to do this

Then smooth out the product, you can use your fingertip, back of a teaspoon etc to do this

Leave the compact to dry and completely harden – this can take a couple of hours.Then you’re good to go again!

Leave the compact to dry and completely harden – this can take a couple of hours.

Then you’re good to go again!

(photos courtesy of FB Brigette)

Joanna Blair
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