Recycle your lip color and the model test shoots

Creating lip gloss where there once was none
Okay, so the news is reporting that everything is going south in a hand basket. Sure, gas is high, jobs are scarce and you need to get a fresh look on a pinch back budget.

What to do?

Well, you and I both know that you have a ton, I mean a ton of half used lip products from glosses to lipsticks lurking somewhere in your handbag, desk drawer, bathroom drawer and I would even go so far as to say your glove compartment.
Nothing goes to waste in my kit. I keep plastic snap lid pallets around for this very reason. If you don’t have any, a pill box, the kind that is marked with the days of the week will work also.

I would separate them one for lipsticks and one for glosses and if you want to take it a step further, categorize them from their finish: ie: matte, semi-matte, gloss, moisturizing, get the idea?

Scrape the “bullet” which is that little bit of product used to secure the lipstick into the tube so it can be twisted up by the base, and press it into the pill box or plastic pallet.

Do some good smooshing and mashing of the product to make it soft and pliable. A good home made tool for getting the bullet out is a qtip snapped in half, then use a plastic spatula that is made for cosmetics. Most likely one came with your eye cream or night cream if they are in jars and not air tight pumps.

Once the lipstick is crammed in, consider mixing colors and finishes to create new colors for your summer look.

The possibilities are endless!

Not to mention, now you have several shades and lip looks in one container. Pack this in a snack sized Ziploc baggie with a retractable lip brush and a nude liner and you have a beauty pallet that can go from casual to business to night time party til the wee hours all in one!

Plus, in a real tight jam, some of that lip product could be dabbed onto cheeks and substitute for a rouge if you don’t carry any with you.
See, necessity is always the mother of invention!

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