How I depotted my NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil (in Milk)

Hi beauties,

So I gave into the hype and got the NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk recently and boy, am I glad I did! It's been my go-to eyeshadow base since I got it as it makes any shadow placed over it pop in a really unique way. The wonderful creaminess of this product which is a major plus, could also be a minus as I had heard (and read) about how sharpening it wastes so much product.

So, I decided to depot my Pencil. There are a number of ways to depot this wonderful product and after some research, decided to go with the least messy and effective method (in my opinion) - 'microwave' the pencil!

Here's what you'll need:

NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil (any colour you have)
A 5g jar or slightly bigger (as the net weight of the pencil is stated as 5g)
A cup/mug
A microwave

Here's how I did it:

I twisted the bottom cap of the pencil till it came off.

I broke off the tip of the pencil in the 5g jar and mashed it. I stuck the pencil in this mash to make the pencil stand upright.

Then I placed the jar with the pencil in it in the microwave for 6 minutes on high heat, making sure to check on it after every minute.


And voila!

Here's the hollow pencil

 

All of the product in the jar. Noting gets wasted! :)

I must warn that the microwave method works really well with the NYX Jumbo pencil but be careful with other products as applying heat to some products could change the consistency of such products.

Hope this helped someone.

You are beautiful,
Reni