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How To Make Your Own Mixing Medium

April 13, 2008

 What it is: it’s a solution that makes your eyeshadow more vibrant and longer-lasting. It allows for a smoother application of eyeshadow—there will be no more of that powdery finish and loose glitters will adhere to your lid instead of falling off. I realized quite recently that a mixing medium is indispensable if you’re using mineral pigment since this type of eyeshadow doesn’t adhere as well as traditional ones. It usally comes in loose, powdered form so you’ll really need to "seal it in" with a little mixing medium.

 

 

What it’s made of:  Glycerine and water.

 

What’s glycerin and where can it be bought? It’s a colorless, thick liquid which can usually be found in beauty products, usually in soap and moisturizers. You can buy it off at Mercury Drugstore (it’s not in Watson’s, I think) for less than P50 if I’m not mistaken.

How to make it:

1.) For every one part of glycerin, add three parts of water. For example, if you use 1ml of glycerin, mix 3ml of water.

(lol wrong spelling. Too lazy to change!)

 

2.) Put the stuff in an atomizer or in a bottle, whichever you prefer. Shake!

How to use it: spray or put a drop or two on your brush before loading it with eyeshadow. Don’t drench the brush, just make it damp. Apply on your lid.

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Previous Comments

thanks for this! but I’m a bit hesitant to use any mixing medium because of my eye allergies from the past, i may give this a try … maybe….if I mustered the courage :) hehehe

Posted by Nikki at April 14, 2008, 2:08 pm

hm, you might swipe a bit of the solution on one eye and see what happens. just a bit, so if ever you get allergies, it won’t mess up your whole eye. however if you eyes are really sensitive, this is something you shouldn’t try. ^_^

as for me though, it works well. no allergies or anything when i use it.

Posted by projectvanity at April 14, 2008, 10:30 pm

hehe thanks for the tip, I am sooo afraid to swipe anything NEW on my eye. I had this SUPER HUGE eye allergies last year and it lasted like 3months! IMagine, super BLOATED eyes, can’t do anything but wear shades :(

Posted by Nikki at April 15, 2008, 8:55 am

ohhhh. where’d you get the allergy?

Posted by projectvanity at April 16, 2008, 5:26 am

Hmm, good to know because I just got my first samples of mineral eyeshadows and I haven’t tried it yet!

Posted by beautytalk at April 23, 2008, 6:24 am

Matagal ko na din ‘tong nadiscover pero imbes na pang-eyeshadow pinanggagamit ko ‘tong body mist na pangmoisturize ng skin. Ang galing nga, sobrang tipid pa saka mas light pa kaysa sa mga lotions.

Posted by Dreniva at April 24, 2008, 11:49 pm

oo nga, pwede rin yun. what brand do you use?

Posted by projectvanity at April 25, 2008, 2:40 pm

hey, liz.. this is ayra.. you can also make a facial mist out of it.. although i’m not sure if it will work like fix+, i mean make your make up stay longer.. but.. lagay mo lang siya sa fridge.. very good ngaun summer..

Posted by ayra at May 11, 2008, 1:13 am

nalibot ko na mercury drugs wala me mahanap kainis.. ano ba brand nyang sayo girl?

Posted by carina at September 17, 2008, 2:49 pm