Comments on: Use Eyeshadows Wet for more colour and intensity

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:28:34 +0000

Yes, there’s another method to apply eyeshadow wet without compromising your shadow pans. Just pick up your color with a dry brush, then get one of those cheap, plastic spray bottles and spray once at your brush. In fact, I saw this tip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF03GWkPisc

The girl who does this also loves cosmetics, and I picked up how to apply my own makeup just by watching her!

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:31:21 +0000

Yup the home made mixing medium works and is true! The only annoying part of the home made medium is just that since there’s no preservatives in the glycerin and it’s being mixed with water bacteria can grow and it needs to be used up within 2 or 3 days. So I’d only make it in small batches of a drop to 3 drops of bottled water at a time.

Also you can just take your toner (I use LUSH’s Breath of Fresh Air) spray it on your brush and dip in the eyeshadow. Or the other way round. I find if I dip my brush in to water it makes it too wet.

By: ParisB

ParisB — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:43:36 +0000

@Jooj : Thanks for the tip! I agree with you about BB shadows. I was so surprised the first time they crusted over too especially because the SA told me I could use them wet.

By: Jooj

Jooj — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:17:56 +0000

my BB shadows crust over when i use them wet too. i hate that, esp because they’re supposed to be used dry and wet. it’s almost like false advertising!! so when i line with my BB shadows i just line with it dry, then load up my brush with more shadow, wet it, and then line again. bit of a hassle, isn’t it, but sometimes i want a softer line than gel liners so i do it anyway. i find that soft, shimmery shadows hold up to wet use better. and piggies of course.

just another useful tidbit: the other thing i typically hear about is using Visine as mixing medium. it’s a sterile solution so you don’t have to worry about bacteria in the liquid, and it comes a dropper bottle so it’s convenient! it’s available from the pharmacist at guardian/watsons.

By: Tine

Tine — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:28:31 +0000

Thanks for the tips! Yeah, I’ve read on doing the whole wet eyeshadow thing with glycerin as well, which I’d love to give a try. But first, I’ll do yours

By: ParisB

ParisB — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:16:19 +0000

@Connie : Thanks for the tips. I prefer using pigments wet too rather than pressed shadows.

@prettybeautiful: It doesn’t dry up anything but it might cause the texture to change. That said, you will only be using one little corner of the shadow so its not that bad.

By: prettybeautiful

prettybeautiful — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:01:08 +0000

wow the wet eyeshadow looks so much cooler than the dry version! but, if it runs the risk of drying up whole palette, i might need to think twice before experimenting this…

By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:42:26 +0000

I only use eyeshadows wet when I’m using it as a base or I wanna do a liner. Instead of water, I’d use homemade mixing medium with the same measurements provided by @blue3. Usually, I’d use pigments wet because they adhere much better to a wet base and the color pops even more. As for pan eyeshadows I usually don’t use them wet. For liner, I find that using water or mixing medium doesn’t give a very good staying power so I use this thing called Magic Eye Changer from Missha. Should be around RM20 or so. A tip to avoid mold on your eyeshadow is to let it dry first before closing the lid (if it has one).