Making pressed powder

[shopgirl61]

Could have swore I saw this posted some time ago, about how to make loose face powder into pressed for use in a compact.
I recall it involved rubbing alcohol. Could someone kindly post the how to?

 

[zombi]

Solanah of Vixen Vintage has a how-to for this on her blog:

http://vixenvintage.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-fill-vintage-compact.html

 

[shopgirl61]

Solanah of Vixen Vintage has a how-to for this on her blog:

http://vixenvintage.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-fill-vintage-compact.html

That's the one! thanks zombi

 

[St. Louis]

Hi there. I'm very new to this forum, as you can see, but I'd like to weigh in on this thread. I've been experimenting with refilling vintage powder compacts. I think somewhere on this forum there was a conversation (though unfortunately now I can't find it) about using the above-mentioned recipe -- people tried it, and found that alcohol made the resulting pressed powder too hard. Someone suggested jojoba oil, which I've also tried, but with unexpected results. I found that the powder never dried at all -- though the combination of powder and jojoba created a wonderful make-up base!

The thing is, Coty Airspun face powder happens to have a shade that matches my complexion perfectly: it's the "muted beige." I couldn't have a better match if I'd had it custom blended. So I continued to search for ways of refilling some of my vintage powder compacts. I do also use loose powder, but I have to confess that I haven't yet perfected the method of powdering my nose in public without recreating a sandstorm in the Sahara.

So, long story a little longer, I found a 1942 recipe in Popular Mechanics (via google books) that seems to work. Here is the link:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7t...8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q="powder compact"&f=false

Now, I had to find the ingredients online, and I had to experiment with the recipe because I couldn't figure out how to measure a "grain," but it really did work. I don't want to write an encyclopedic post, so if you're interested, I'll be glad to give more details,

By the way, I happen to have a tiny bottle of vintage L'Origan perfume, and I used a few drops to scent the powder -- which is exactly the fragrance Coty used to perfume their Airspun.