This leads me to my makeup collection, which contains maybe 30+ lipsticks, at least half of which I bought, tried once, and realized the color was terrible or not what it appeared to be in the tube. And throwing them all out just seemed like a giant waste of money. Then I realized lipstick melts in your car on a hot day, so could I recycle all those icky lippies and make a color I would actually like?
I grabbed up all those old, weird colored lipsticks, as well as a couple that had been favorites and were now all used up except for bits down in the bottom of the tube.
I actually used an old dental pick I had lying around to pry the product from the tube, but something like a tiny spatula would have been much better for scraping out the very bottom of the lipstick case. Some of the info I found online mentioned using a double boiler, but I am an impatient person, so after emptying all the lipstick out into a small jar...
I melted it in the microwave.
You don't want to boil it, or get it so hot that it burns or separates, so I just did short 15 second bursts, three times, and stirred it between each go-round.
It is really important (and I can't stress this enough) that once it is melted, put it into the container immediately. And when I say 'immediately' I mean ZOMFGS HURRY HURRY HURRY! The first one I did is still useable, but it is super-messy and lumpy. Your new lipstick will pour right out of the jar easily, provided it is still very hot.
I ended up with this:
From a bunch of unwearable orangey-reds, a pink that looked like cotton candy (ugh), and some tans...AWESOME! :D
I didn't do any real measurements, but here's the list of colors I used:
L'Oreal Timeless Tawny
Cover Girl Toasted Almond
Revlon Natural Cocoaberry
Revlon Blackberry
Revlon Smoky Violet
Revlon Mulled Wine
Clinique (unknown pink)
Google tells me you can also add a stick of lip balm to make a sheer color, or throw in one of those lipsticks with sparkle to jazz things up a bit...You could even go raid the bargain lipsticks at the drugstore and make your own custom colors!
Imma need more containers... ;)
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