How to Repair your Lipstick

I don't think there is anything worse for a beauty fanatic than when you are using a lipstick and it snaps in half!!!! It's not like you are using an obscene amount of pressure on the lippie but it just decides to quit on you (which by the way is very rude Mr. Lipstick).

The Culprit

Well this happened to me with one of my favourite red lippies quite recently. Understandably I was quite upset as it was one of the only matte lipstick that I actually wear as I normally steer far away from matte lipsticks as I suffer from quite dry lips, that no amount of ex-foliating or scrubbing can save me from but since it's super easy to fuse/repair a lipstick I wasn't too bothered and I thought it would be a good idea to share how I do this process so that if you suffer from the same lipstick epidemic *and chances are you will* you don't have to throw it away

Ingredients (or Things you need)

*A broken Lipstick

*A candle

*A tissue or Wetwipe

* Your hands

Step One
- Light the candle and apply a little bit of heat to both sides of the lipsticks. You only need to do this til the lipstick heats up a little and starts to melt. I recommend only doing this for a few seconds

 Step Two
- Push the lipstick together so that it fuses back together. Only a little bit of force is needed

Step Three
- Clean off any lipstick spillover you might have and VOILA your lipstick is instantly repaired!!!!

I hope you find this helpful, let me know what you think of my mini blog tutorial

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How to Sterilise Your Eyeshadows . . .

I am not a germaphobe *I am actually a prouD user of the 5 second rule* but when it comes to makeup and my eyes, I don’t play around.

Photo Source - http://nmcgroups.blogspot.com/2009/10/conjunctivitis.html

Conjunctivitis is not a joke people!!!! It looks absolutely horrible and very, very creepy!! (and I don’t mean Halloween creepy, I mean wake up the day after Halloween and you are stuck like that creepy!)

To sanitise your eyeshadows is not difficult and wont take you more than a few minutes, plus you can get all the tools needed to do this from your nearest Boots store or pharmacy.

Things you will need:-

Rubbing/ Surgical Alcohol

Cotton Swipes

Eyeshadows (duh!!)

Spritz Bottles

Method 1

1. Pour some alcohol onto a cotton pad
2. Place the cotton pad on the eyeshadow and hold it there for a few seconds
3. Swiped the cotton pad in a downwards motion
4. Eyeshadow sanitised!!

 

*You should repeat the above steps for each eyeshadow, making sure to replace the cotton pad as you go along – otherwise you are just moving bacteria from one eyeshadow to another, which defeats the point of doing this in the first place!*

Method 2

1. Pour some alcohol into the spritz bottle
2. Place your eyeshadow onto a flat surface
3. Hold the spritz bottle about 15cm away from the eyeshadow and press down on the spritz bottle nozzle a few times
4. Leave the alcohol to dry (it only takes a few seconds
5. Eyeshadow sanitised!!

See it’s not difficult to do and will same your eyes a lot of drama. I normally do the 1^st method every month or so, or when I receive second-hand makeup, and I use the 2^nd method every few days or so.

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