Clever ways to repurpose your old or expired makeup

Makeup is one of those things that no girl likes to compromise with. However, no matter how expensive or inexpensive the product is, it eventually runs out of its shelf life, leaving us with no choice but to throw it away. And believe us; we know how it feels to get rid of your makeup product on which you probably spent quite a lot of money. Makeup products are no less than a luxury investment, it’s not every day that you get to buy makeup and when you do, you always try to get your hands on the best amongst the whole lot. However, certain things are beyond our control, and expiry date or product getting too old is one of those things. You cannot keep using the same product for years, every product has a particular shelf life and when you run out of its shelf life, you all probably get rid of the product. Considering the investment that we make, you would want to make the best use out of the product to make it worth every single penny you spent on buying it. And luckily, there are quite a few ways to repurpose your old makeup and create them into a completely different product. Curious to know about them? Keep on reading.

Eyeshadow

It hurts to see your favorite eyeshadow getting expired, but you don’t necessarily have to get rid of the palette. We are not telling you to use the palette to apply eyeshadow on your lids but to create some coolest nail colors for yourself using the eyeshadow shades. Take any eyeshadow color from the palette, crush it into a fine powder, and put it in a bottle of clear nail paint. Shake the bottle to mix everything to perfection and let it rest for a couple of hours before using it.

Face oils

Using old face oils may leave your skin irritated, causing acne breakouts and rashes. Therefore, instead of using it for your face, make another product out of it that won’t cause any harm. You can easily use your facial oils to create body scrub, add some sugar into the bottle and use it to scrub your body and voila, you will have buttery soft skin, free of dead skin cells.

Lipstick

Lipsticks are one of the most important parts of our makeup kit, and no girl likes to see her favorite lipstick breaking down into pieces, it’s heartbreaking. However, there’s a way you can put that lipstick to great use. Instead of finding a way to make it work as a lipstick, make it work as a tinted lip balm. Yes, you heard that right! Take those broken lipstick pieces and melt them until you get liquidy consistency. Pour the liquid lipstick in a tiny tub and mix it with some baseline to create a new tinted lip balm.

Expired mascara

Using expired mascara on your lashes can cause some serious damage. Therefore, you should completely refrain from using it. However, you don’t have to get rid of the mascara bottle, particularly the wand. It can easily be used to groom your lashes and brows. Just make sure to wash the spoolie thoroughly to get rid of all the residues. You can use it to groom your brows and tame the unruly brow hair, additionally; it can also be used to get rid of mascara clumps from the lashes.

Skin toner

Most skin toners contain alcohol in them, which might not exactly be beneficial for your skin but can be put to great use for serving another purpose in your life. Even if your skin toner has expired, you can use it to clean your windows and glasses. Pour some toner on a cloth and use it to wipe the glasses or mirrors to get rid of all the dirt and dust.