Silk Naturals

Floral pattern? I think that is just the texture of the paper towel that I used then pressing....

cclee00 wrote:Happyhiker, what colors are those big rectangular blushes? The orangey-peach one looks so pretty.

That one is 1/4 Climax (my favorite and in my cart to get more!), the other 3/4 is not a SN blush.

I went ahead and pressed my Liberty glow into a similar but smaller compact than I pressed the face powder/bronzer into.(It's from DIY Cosmetics and called blush 1 and the other one I think is just called foundation compact, if you want to know). I had a sample of Crystal, so I mixed that into it, that's why it looks more peachy than gold.

FIY, if you are thinking about pressing a finishing powder that has a lot of silica, you will need a lot of FCO! I ended up breaking down and repressing the Liberty finishing glow from above because it was too soft. I re-pressed it by re-wetting it down with FCO only, and now it is solid enough for me. Silica really sucks up so much of the oil!

Which gives me an idea, if you ruined something by pressing it with too much oil and it is now too hard, try breaking it down, re-wetting with alcohol only, and adding some silica. The silica will absorb some of the excess oil and hopefully when you repress and it dries the product will be "fixed".

Does that affect the performance of the powder?

I can't tell any thing is different, but I would venture to guess the powder is less oil absorbing since it already absorbed some of the FCO and therefore there is less room in the individual little granules of powder for more oil. So maybe this would not be good for real oily types, but my skin is dry so I have no problems with it. This is just a guess, as I can't really tell anything different on my skin.

Hmmm doesn't soud to be much of a problem to me. I've ordered samples of various perfecting powder. If a mix of those colors work maybe I can try pressing the samples into one.

this might be a silly question, but what do you use to press down the shadows/powder when the shape of the pan is not coin-sized (i.e. square, or bigger)?

Just a suggestion.

After swatching, I noticed different finish in EyeLights that I received in different period of time.
http://host.silknaturals.com/forum/view ... f=3&t=3687

Model (pressed) and Magpie swatched FCO-damp (to mimic its finish after pressing) have the exact same finish as loose Fusion and Propinquity (swatched damp with water), because the FCO kinda eats/blurs out the shimmer.
However, when Fusion and Propinquity were swatched damp with FCO, they became rather dull and lost its beautiful illuminated finish.

swatched damp with FCO over primer. Model was already pressed.



swatched damp with water over primer.


So, if I were you and have the "newer" version of EyeLights, I would avoid pressing them. I don't know if there's a binding agent out there that won't transform EyeLights' illuminated finish, but if not, don't bother pressing EL and end up ruining it, unless you like the final finish.

With the greatest of respect, that's convinced me not to press them. While still beautiful, the finished results are not at all the same as the loose eyeshadows I love, even allowing for camera gremlins etc. I wouldn't have recognised most of those if not named. Dampening the shadows seems to create a deeper colour and in some cases, changes the tone a little. It's good to play and make the products you use feel truly your own but I'm rather protective of mine and like 'em just as they are.