| All of the eyeshadow colours were mixed and pressed myself as was the lip colour, I’ll show you how I did those after I show you how to make the box!
So what I used:
- Old cardboard box
- Felt
- Scissors
- Old eyeshadows and the metal pans they come in
- Glue gun
- Sticky Tape
- Mixing stick
- Hand sanitizer gel
- Old lip sticks
- Velvet Ribbon
- Tea light candles
- Paper towels
- Pliers
So let’s get started already!
To make the box to keep it all in I use a cut up cardboard box. You need to decide how big you want your finished product to be and decide how many pans of make up you want in there. I decided 6 and measured it out.
Ignore the bits of glue and felt on the cardboard because it used to be a ring box ^_^ Anyway this is what the pieces of my box look like, you can see how it will fit together eventually with the hinged lid…
So tape it all together
You want to leave the hinge tape a little loose so it can swing easily:
Now it’s time to cover the whole thing in fabric using your glue gun to stick it. I used felt because that’s all I had left in my stash. Next time I think I will use something else on the outside but again use felt on the inside.There is no need to cover the bottom of the inside part on the right as that’s where the make up will go ^_^
Notice that on the inside of the lid I cut slashes going from one side to the other, I also only glued it around the outside. The reason for this is that you can use the strips to hold important things such as make up brushes, applicators, false lashes or glue :D Very useful!!
Next I glued a ribbon in place on the spine so it could be tied around and hold the hold thing closed with a bow.
Now let’s make the palette to go inside the thing!
I had this old palette that cost me like $4 a long time ago. I didn’t really like any of the colours anymore so it seemed like good craft fodder ^_^
I broke it open and removed all the little trays using pliers. Be careful because they can be sharp!
I put all of the powders into containers in case I ever wanted to mix them later and washed the metal trays so I ended up with this:
Next I cut a piece of cardboard that was the correct size to fit in my box thingy and glued the trays into place ^_^
Now while we’re here at the palette part you should cut out a piece of felt a couple of centimeters bigger than the cardboard. Unfortunately I didn’t get photos of this part but you need to cut holes that are big enough to fit the metals trays snuggly. Basically what you’re doing is making a nice little cover to make it all look pretty and so the trays don’t look so far out of place sticking up so much. So in my case I cut 6 holes… if that makes sense! Don’t glue it on yet though, we’ll fill the trays first.
Now time to mix up the powders :D
As a mixing bowl I used the metal bits from empty tea light candles. They are perfect because you don’t have to clean them when you change colours, just throw them out! Also if you make too much you can actually just press the extra powder into them and keep for next time :D Just make sure that you clean them well and get rid of any old wax!!
To press your powder you will need the kind of gel hand sanitizer with alcohol so it will evaporate to make it all sticky again.
Put your powder into the candle and add one squirt of sanitizer. Mix it very very well until it forms a paste:
Tip the paste into the metal tray and squish it down with the stick:
Using a piece of paper towel press all of the liquid out with your finger. Be careful to make it nice and flat and smoosh as much liquid out as you can. You can use this same technique to fix cracked/broken eyeshadows, pressed powder, blush and the like, very handy to know!
Taadaa let it dry and that’s it! Repeat with any other colours you want to put in there ^_^
Now I wanted to include a lip colour too so I took some lip sticks I didn’t 100% like the colours of and mixed my own ^_^
First thing I did was add some shimmer dust to my mixing bowl.
Then I cut off pieces of each of the lippies and added them…
Using the pliers I held my pliers over a lit candle to melt the colours together. I mixed it together properly and poured into the tray. To get a nice clean finish on the top I use a lighter to *VERY CAREFULLY* melt the top so it was perfect!
I ended up going with 4 eye shadows, 1 shimmer and 1 lip colour so this is what my finished colours looked like:
After that the last and yet somehow hardest step is to fit the felt piece over the top of the palette so you can glue it in place and wrap around to the back.
You should have a nice pretty little tray to go in your box like this:
The best part of this is that because it fits so snugly there is no need to glue it in place so in theory you could have one master box and put in a different palette depending on the make up you wanted to wear that day! At least that’s what I’m planning to do ^_^
Closed it looks like this:
So all in all I think this was a really good experiment! while it didn’t turn out perfectly, I can see what I want to improve for next time and I can’t wait to give it another go :D
What do you guys think? Have you ever done something like this before? |
That is awesome!!!
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Thank you!
I’ll be happy just to have at least 1% of your creativity when it comes to crafting!
Aww I bet you are plenty creative!!
I love it! XD except that maybe the hand sanitizer part may not be very suitable for ppl with sensitive skin in case the alcohol or whatever ingredients in the hand sanitizer makes the person break out or something haha.
That’s very true, you should only use something you’ve checked the ingredients of ^_^ I’ve got very sensitive skin and this one is ok with me but everyone’s different!
Wow that’s really neat, and so much cheaper than ordering a custom palette from a company. Your creativity always amazes me!
Thanks Becky! I’m really glad you enjoyed it!
You are so creative! What a fantastic idea. :-)
Heehee thanks Dee!
Oh my word, aren’t you a clever trousers? I love the way you pressed your own shadows, I never knew you could do them that way before. That’s brilliant. I think this might be one of my favorite tutorials ever!
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Seriously the pressing shadows has changed the way I think about cosmetics! You have to try it!
WOW making your own shadows and lippies from old ones? :O
sooo eco friendly :D
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Lots of fun too!
Brilliant. I’d have never thought of mixing my own colours. That hand sanitiser tip is worth a mint!
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Seriously you need to try it, custom colours= the best thing ever.
i did something similar ages ago but what i used was an old pink cd case XD! making ur own case is much cooler of cos!!!
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I’m so going to use the CD idea for keep at home ones!
Cooooool *O*
U’re a genius!!!
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XD Definitely not a genius!
One word: AWESOME.
Mixing lipsticks when you can’t get the right colour is such a good trick, for our graduation ball last Friday my friend couldn’t find the right shade of red lipstick to suit, so she mixed a red and brown together until she got the perfect shade!
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That is so cool that she mixed a lipstick for grad! Now that I know how to do this I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop XD
I LOVE this, but is felt really a good choice..? It seems like it’d get really dirty really fast… :(
You’re right, as I mentioned I was using up things that I had in my stash so I didn’t have to buy anything else. This one was just a prototype to test the concept for me to recreate with nicer materials next time ^_^ So far with a week of use the felt has held up surprisingly well, because the powders are pressed quite tightly it doesn’t get very messy, if any does drop on the side I just wipe it off with a damp cloth. Definitely going to take it all into consideration for the next one though :D Thanks for commenting!
Hi! I was wondering if you could do a basic tutorial on pressing powder in general? I have a beautiful face powder but it’s only available in loose powder which makes it messy to travel with (at school, in the car…. anywhere XD). I’d love to find a way to press at least some of it into a compact. Would I just use hand sanitizer?
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Hey Victoria Suzanne! I most definitely can do a tutorial on that kind of thing, it’s pretty much the same concept though just hand sanitizer and press into place :D Added it to my list!
oh wow this is an amazing tutorial, I’m gonna try this at home, thanks so much for sharing <3
No problems, I hope yours turns out well!
That’s preatty awesome! WOW.
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Thanks Tamara!
Love this!
Thanks Paulien!
Next time you go to Daiso your should look for the cases. I know when we had an Ichibankan they sold empty pallets with Usagi or Pandas on them. It might be a bit less messy than a felt liner. Some of them even have mirrors too ;)
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They actually had some there when I went but I didn’t have any money >_< The felt is surprisingly not very messy, it just wipes clean. I'm definitely looking into other options for the next time though :D
That’s such a cute idea :)
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Thanks!
Love it !
I’ve used one of those metal cigarette cases, lines the bottom with double sided tape and stuck eyeshadow pots in there. It’s like my own little custom pallet.
Oh and by the way, youtube has tons of videos for pressing your own makeup.
Thanks for the tutorials Violet, you are very creatively inspiring !
That’s a great idea Rebekah! I’m glad you enjoyed the post ^_^
WOW — That really is extraordinary! I definitely want to give this a go. You’ve really outdone yourself! =D
Haha thank you :) I would love to see yours!
Wow, that is really impressive! I love the sanitizer tip. I’ll definitely be using that in the future.
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:D I’m glad you enjoyed it! The sanitizer thing is so useful!
You would probably enjoy mixing your own eyeshadows with Mica’s.
http://www.tkbtrading.com/category.php?category_id=1
you can get a lot of colored pigments that you can use for eyeshadows, soaps, and nail polish!
I really want to try mixing my own, I’ve been eyeing off that site for a while! :D I’m thinking it’s going to be a good christmas present !
I finally learned how to turn loose powders into pressed powders! I like them more because I feel like I have more control with them, so thank you! I might attempt to mix lipsticks too!
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I’m very glad to help :D I like pressed powders a lot too though I prefer loose for when I’m at home!
Heya! I know you’re super busy, but is there any way you could do a tutorial specifically on saving broken shadows/blush/lipstick? I’m working on a travel suggestions post/tutorial and it would make a terrific companion piece. Plus its a perfect excuse to find out how you do it because I have far too many smashed eye shadows that I refuse to throw out. lol!
Hey! Sure thing, I’ll add it to my list ^_^ It’s a really quick easy thing to do, same technique I used to make the travel make up palette. I might be able to fit it in this week, I’ll see how I go <3
This is epically awesome! Do you have a link for how to make the eyeshadow?
Like make eyeshadow from scratch? There are lots of recipes on the websites that sell ingredients like http://www.tkbtrading.com/ hope that helps!