Every makeup lover has that heart-dropping moment. You reach for the expensive eye-shadow palette you just spent a good chunk of your paycheck on, it slips out of your hands, and bam! Your prized eye shadows are shattered in pieces all over your bathroom floor.

But there's hope—no need to dump it in the trash while sporting a Carrie Mathison ugly cry face just yet. You can re-press your palette back together, and it's surprisingly easy to do. All you need is rubbing alcohol, a small Tupperware container, a spoon, and a piece of fabric or paper towel. And thanks to a Reddit user named earworms, we have a step-by-step guide on how to fix your broken palette:

First, dump all of the sad, shattered pieces of your palette into the container:

Use your spoon to crush up the chunks: