Are you useless like me? I am forever slinging my bag onto the desk/car seat/floor/wherever without pausing to think that I have expensive powders and compacts which, not surprisingly, break if subjected to constantly being thrown around. Subsequently, I am often greeted with the heart breaking sight of the contents of my compacts splattered all over my make-up bag and shattered into thousands of pieces.
This happened with my last NARS Laguna, but it only had a TINY little bit left so I bought another one as Nars Laguna just doesn't really 'work' as a loose powder as you get far far too much on your brush and you end up looking like you went for a mud bath. Anyway, What happened a week after purchasing my swanky-dan new bronzer? Yup. I breaked it.
Now, I don't know about you, but I can't afford to just run out and buy ANOTHER one when a compact smashes to pieces (i.e all the damn time). I read a tip somewhere that if a bronzer smashes then you should pour the contents into your favourite moisturiser et 'voila' - shimmering body lotion. That's dandy if it was a £2 bronzer from Natural Collection but I am not about to pour away my £22 bronzer so my legs can have a little bit of extra shimmer!
So, I called in the big guns....
- Daddy.
Now, I don't know about you, but I can't afford to just run out and buy ANOTHER one when a compact smashes to pieces (i.e all the damn time). I read a tip somewhere that if a bronzer smashes then you should pour the contents into your favourite moisturiser et 'voila' - shimmering body lotion. That's dandy if it was a £2 bronzer from Natural Collection but I am not about to pour away my £22 bronzer so my legs can have a little bit of extra shimmer!
So, I called in the big guns....
- Daddy.
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I literally went downstairs and said 'Daaaaaaaaaaaaadddddd - can you fix my bronzer?'.
Dads are just good at things like that, aren't they? If i've ever lost something I can guarantee you - he'll find it, if it's broken he'll (try and) fix it etc etc. When I was little and needed a pencil sharpened, he'd be there, sharpening it over the sink with a knife (we never have normal things like pens that actually work, so a pencil sharpener has absolutely no chance of surviving in our house)
.HOW TO.
I asked my dad for the simple steps and I took some photos to illustrate. It's pretty simples!
I asked my dad for the simple steps and I took some photos to illustrate. It's pretty simples!
Step 1) Crush all of the product with a large spoon back into loose powder
(No photo i'm afraid! Just go mad with it -smash it all up!)
(No photo i'm afraid! Just go mad with it -smash it all up!)
Step 2) Place a folded up kitchen towel inside the compact as below and close the compact
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Step 3) Cover with weights - about 3kg - and LEAVE for AS LONG AS POSSIBLE! (2/3 days+)
Step 4) Remove the weights and carefully remove the paper.
Step 5) CAREFULLY turn upside down and shake off excess loose powder
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ET VOILA!
Good as.....almost new. Okay, it doesn't look perfect but this is so much more economical then going out and having to a buy a new one!
Good as.....almost new. Okay, it doesn't look perfect but this is so much more economical then going out and having to a buy a new one!
Just to prove it really works..
UPSIDE DOWN!!
xxx