What can leftover lipstick be used for?
If you were like me and have a basket full of leftover lipstick, I can’t throw them away because I might be able to use them. Then I am here to teach you the great options that will help you with some great new techniques that can be applied using your unused lipstick.
Lipstick is a makeup product that will give you color, texture, and protection for your lips. Lipsticks come in many forms and textures. There are many colors to choose from. Lipsticks are not the only thing for your lips; many lip balms come in color or transparent. One design of lipstick and lip balms is formulated to give your lips the hydration it needs; this keeps your lips looking healthy. These forms of lipsticks and lip balms are genially found in a tubular container that is around 10mm in diameter and 50mm in length.
The history of your leftover lipstick.
Lipstick dates back 5,000 years ago to the Ancient Sumerians, and Indus Valley men and women were the first to invent and wear lipstick. Cleopatra crushed bugs (carmine) to create a color of red on their lips. The Egyptians wore lipstick to show social status rather than gender. They would extract the red dye from Fucus-algin, 0.01% iodine, and some bromine mannite, but this dye is made for people with serious illnesses. Shimmering lipsticks were initially made by using a pearlescent substance found in fish scales.
The Chinese made their lipstick by using beeswax as a source or 1,000 years ago. They created beeswax lipstick to protect their lips. We just wanted to give you a little history as to where the lipstick trend began.
What ingredients are in my leftover lipstick?
The ingredients found in today’s Lipsticks contain wax. Lipsticks may be made from several waxes such as beeswax, ozokerite, and candelilla wax. The reason for using the waxes is because they have a high melting point. Carnauba wax is a key ingredient in terms of strengthening lipstick. The wax helps give the form of a solid lipstick. Oils, antioxidants, and emollients. Various oils and fats are used in lipsticks, such as olive oil, mineral oil, cocoa butter, lanolin, and petrolatum. Lipsticks also will use a variety of pigments and lake dyes, depending on the lipstick color.
Other ingredients in your leftover lipstick
Matte lipsticks contain more filling agents like silica but do not contain many emollients. Crème lipsticks contain more waxes than oils. Sheer and Long-Lasting Lipsticks contain more oil, while long-lasting lipsticks also contain silicone oil, designed to seal in colors. Glossy lipstick contains more oil to give a shiny finish to the lips.
Frost and Shimmery lipstick may contain mica, silica, and synthetic pearl particles, ingredients Bismuth Oxychloride, to give the lipstick a shimmering glittery shine. These ingredients are heated, and waxes are added to the mixture for texture. Lanolin and oils are added specific formula requirements. Once the liquid is hot, it is poured into a metal mold. The mixture is then chilled. Once the lipstick is hardened, they are heated in a flame for half a second to give a shiny finish.
Lead and other trace metals may be found in many lipsticks. This happens accidentally because of the natural ingredients during production. The contaminants are not added to the listed ingredients.
HOW ELSE CAN YOU USE LIPSTICK BESIDE ON YOUR LIPS?
Create your own new lipstick.
As Lip Gloss, add Vaseline or coconut oil over your lipstick; this will give you a gloss look.
The process for creating your own lipstick involves mixing and matching your lipstick colors to create a whole new fabulous look.
Use Leftover Lipstick as a Highlighter
You can use frosted lipstick as a highlighting stick. Use the frosted lipstick like a highlighting stick; apply it anywhere you would normally highlight, meaning the bridge of your nose and your cheekbones, and do not forget your cupid’s bow and under your eyebrow arch, along with the tip of your chin. You would take a small brush and blend in the frosted lipstick in the areas that have been applied as a highlighting makeup.
Tattoo cover-up
Yes, you can use your lipstick to cover your tattoos. The DIY how-to is to apply red lipstick to fill in the area you want to be covered. The red color works as acts as a neutralizer making the perfect seal to conceal with a full-coverage concealer, and then you will set with powder.
How to create a monochromatic look with leftover lipstick.
Believe it, and you can make this look your own. All you need is one color to achieve this look. Take your favorite lipstick and apply it as an eyeshadow and a blush, and finish with applying to your lips. Know you have created the monochromatic look.
Leftover Lipstick as a cream blush substitute
You can use your lipstick as a cream blush. Gently swipe the apple of the check-in in an upward direction. Blend using your fingertips in an outward direction. If you would rather apply with a brush, then we recommend using a stiff brush. For a more dramatic look, you will want to use a deep red to achieve this look. If you desire a softer look, you will want to use a pink shade of color. Corals will give a natural look.
Leftover Lipstick can be used as Eyeliner
The best lipstick that will achieve this look is using your liquid lipstick. Make sure you have a mini angled brush for application. Add a little of your liquid lipstick on the back of your hand, then use the mini angled brush to apply. For a deeper look, we recommend brown shades. If you like a subtle look, then we recommend pink shades.
How to Add Definition to your look with leftover lipstick
You can add definition by contouring specific places on your face. Brown and bronze hues work best. You will suck in your cheeks and draw lines on the hollows. Take a sponge or a stiff brush to blend in an outward direction.
Camouflage Dark Circles
Dark circles are inevitable if you are constantly pulling long nights. Some of us are just prone to have dark circles under our eyes. To counteract the dark circles under your eyes is very easy. Take your red or orange lipstick, dap a little right on the dark circles, and then apply your favorite undereye concealer. This will give you a more natural look and not an ashy look that your eye concealer alone can do. Choosing a red or orange lipstick is the opposite of blue and green on the color wheel, allowing the availability to cancel out the dark circles. Once this has dried, then you can apply your concealer over it.
You can use your Leftover Lipstick for DYI projects
Feel free to use your old lipsticks to draw and paint with. There are many options for using your lipsticks for DIY projects. Instead of using crayons or paints, consider using your old lipsticks instead.
Lipstick can be used as Sunscreen
Lipsticks are made with sunscreen added to them. We use lipstick as a beauty enhancer for your lips. You may not have realized that it will protect your lips from the sun’s harmful rays.
Reuse the Leftover Lipstick Tube
Do not throw away your lipstick contains reuse them, especially the lipstick containers that lock some of the tubes lock so well they are even waterproof. This comes in handy for keeping medications dry and safe, so they don’t get crushed in the bottom of your purse.
Did you ever think about using a lipstick container (tube) as a place to keep your chase money? This works great if you do not want to carry a bag or purse. The tube will slip so easily into your pocket or even your bra.
The containers that close well are a great place to store your hairpins instead of them being loose on your table and falling on the floor, and then their kick under the table and are lost for good, never to be seen again. So, recycle your old lipstick tube into your hairpin container so you can keep them in one spot, making it much easier to keep track of.
Did you know that you can waterproof items with your lip balm or lip gloss, or Chapstick? The items that you would waterproof would be something small. These work great on paper cuts or hangnails.
Bonus on leftover lipstick
Formal Events & Nights Out, the recommendation for lipstick colors can be Bold Lipsticks. For suggestions for color, shades could be wine or deep reds. You will want to get your lipstick in matte long-wearing. This will help keep the lipstick off your teeth.
For Casual looks, the recommendation is to wear soft light Lip Stick colors, or you could consider using a Lip Balm for more of a nude look. If you want to wear a lip color, we recommend light pinks or corals.
*Applying lip balm is important for hydrating your lips. Dot the lip gloss at the center of your lips and press your lips together, so it spreads out naturally.
*To help your lipstick last longer, you should fill the entire lip with a coordinating lip liner that will match your lipstick. Choose a smooth and shiny gloss to give you a perfect look if you want a gloss look.