How to fix broken powder makeup - photo instructions

This is a Bourjois eyeshadow in Blanc Diaphane

As you can see the eyeshadow tray has fallen out and the product had started to crack and crumble.  

I decided to put the product direct in the pot instead of back on the tray it came with because the tray was made of wood so it would not work as well.  I used some hand sanitiser to just clean the pot it came with before putting the rest of the product back in.

I then scraped the product back into the original tray using scissors.  If it is already in the tray you want to use just mash the product up finely.

The product crumbled back into the original pot and empty wooden tray.

You will just need a few drops of alcohol.  It is better to use more concentrated alcohol but I only had vodka which is 40% so I decided that would have to do.

It just needs a few drops

Then I put some plastic wrap over the product and pushed the product around to make a smooth paste.  You could just use your fingers or a stick to do this but I didn't want to get too messy.

I then tried to blow dry it, I don't think this step is worth doing unless you are in a rush because it hardly dried out this way.  I wouldn't bother with this step if I did this again.

It was still a paste after blow drying!

I tried squeezing the alcohol out with a cotton wool pad.  This was much more successful and most of the excess alcohol came off with this step!

It did however leave a weird imprint in my product but after a few uses this will flatten out again.  

After leaving it for another hour it was dry again and not cracked so could be put safely back into my makeup bag! 

As you can see here, the product is still just as pigmented.  In fact i actually think this process increased the pigmentation of the product as I pressed it firmly so the product became slightly denser.

Bourjois 1 seconde Gel polish in Coral - Review

The bottle

The brush

Polish after 3 days of wear

Price I Paid

I paid £5.99 for this polish although at the time there was a "spend £12 get a free blusher deal" on so i bought a few things and got the free gift that I will review later.

Design

The design of the bottle is good, I like the long pointed lid because it makes it very easy to control the brush attached.

The reason this polish is called 1 seconde is because the brush is shaped in a way that makes it easy to paint polish on your nail in one second.

Colour

It is quite a nice peachy orange, it isn't too bright and garish so goes with most outfits.  It has a hint of gold shimmer which makes the colour perfect for summer.  Unfortunately because the polish is so thick the sparkles do slightly sink to the bottom as it is drying so they are very subtle.  It is not as shiny as some polishes which i think is a shame as it would really finish of the look but it could easily be coated with a shiny top coat.  There are a few colours in the Bourjois gel polish range although currently they are limited to about 7/8 quite strange colours such as yellow and bright gold which I think is a shame although i'm sure they will bring out a better selection soon enough.

Texture

Although the gel title gives the impression that it has something to do with the uv cured nails you might get at a salon, what it means is that polish is much thicker than their usual range of polishes.  This consistency does make it a bit harder to apply but the handy brush makes up for it.  It claims to dry in about 50 seconds and it is touch dry in that time but after doing two layers i have found it needs about 30 mins to actually be dry enough to go about day to day activities without damage.  Probably best to put this on during your favourite tv show and by the end it would probably be dry.  Although this drying time is a bit annoying I do normally do my own actual gel nails and therefore I found the thickness of this gel to be a real positive.  Normally my manicures stay on for about 3 weeks so it was refreshing to find a polish that has lasted 3 days with only one minor chip and can be left on for around 7 days with only the odd touchup.

Smell

Smells quite strongly for a nail varnish, definitely keep the window open or polish your nails outside after using this one.

Ingredients

I know very little about the ingredients but Bourjois is owned by Chanel and both are well established brands.  Therefore i would think that the ingredients in the products have been thoroughly tested for skin reactions etc.

Overall Reaction

This polish has incredible staying power, just a shame there aren't better colours!!

9/10