I’m not a big fan of cream eyeshadows because they tend to crease on my somewhat oily lids, but I had a couple of eyeshadows that fell down and broke in a thousand pieces so I thought I’d put them to good use and create my own cream eyeshadows with them. Wanna know how I did it? Read on:
What you need
I prefer to use broken eyeshadows that just sit around in my drawers unused, but you can use loose or pressed powder eyeshadows too if you prefer. But if you choose to use a pressed powder shadow, you would also need a spatula or scraper to scrape it out the pan. In addition, you need either a clear gloss, vaseline or a lip balm and something to mix everything with such as a q-tip or a spatula. Oh, and a clean container to mix and store your cream eyeshadow in.
How to create your own cream eyeshadow
First of all, clean the container well with soap and water even if you’ve just bought it. You never know where it’s been and you don’t want to risk anything nasty to end up in your eyes. Once the container is dry, mix the eyeshadow with either a clear gloss, a lip balm or vaseline. How much of them? That depends on your preference. Just keep adding the ingredients until you get your desired consistency. And remember to stir well to get rid of all the lumps. And voilà, your cream eyeshadow is now ready to be used!
Safety tip
Before mixing any loose pigment, clear gloss or lip balm, make sure they are approved for use around the eyes. A quick way to do this is to compare their ingredient lists with those of your eye products. If you find any ingredients in a lip balm for instance that aren’t used in any of your eyeshadows/primers/eyeliners etc, don’t risk it and use something else. This will prevent negative reactions and infections.
Have you ever created your own cream eyeshadows? And what do you do with your broken powder eyeshadows?
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When I break a powder eyeshadow, I just repress it – there are lots of tutorials online.
If I mixed it with something like this, I’d be worried about creasing – it seems like commercial cream eyeshadows have a very different consistency than gloss or balm. But this is definitely intriguing!
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Emi, I use to repress them too but then I found out this trick and really love the result. But as is the case with most cream eyeshadows, you will need to use a primer to avoid your homemade cream shadow from creasing. But then I always use a primer anyway.
I love DIY tips on a tonne of things but a cream eyeshadow is one thing I never considered. Fantastic idea, I can’t wait to try it!
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Hafsa, it’s a shame this “recipe” is not more commonly known as cream eyeshadows are fun to make and a great way to use broken eyeshadows.
You don’t have any problems with them creasing with your oily lids? Which works best to help avoid the creasing- you mention a few different mixing mediums.
Lorraine, when I use them on their own, yes, they crease. On me, vaseline works best.
It’s seems to be a very good trick!!!
ciao! 
Frak13, it’s very nice and handy trick indeed.