So you have 20 or 30 lipsticks in your kit and the only way to see the colours is to open each one and see...boring!!! not to mention time consuming!
You can buy an empty pallet..... scrape the lipstick out....smooth it into the pallet so that it doesn't look like you've had it done by a two year old, but that's all so very messy!
Alternatively, get yourself down to my old friend MUJI (they really are a treasure trove of 'stuff') and get yourself several sets of PP Pillcase - 7 days (RRP £2.25). As the name suggests, these interlocking pill cases come in sets of 7. Screw out your lipstick to full capacity, lob it off at the base and it drops right into its compartment. No wiping, no smoothing required. I club all my colour ranges together; all the reds, pinks etc and then make a little sticker to go underneath so I know the brand and colour I'm using. As I said these pill cases can slide in and out so you can make them into sets of 5, 6, whatever works best for you. They also open independently and if there is a shade you never want to use again, you just slide that case out and chuck it away (unlike a lipstick pallet that you would have to wipe and clean and then get under your finger nails!)
You can buy an empty pallet..... scrape the lipstick out....smooth it into the pallet so that it doesn't look like you've had it done by a two year old, but that's all so very messy!
Alternatively, get yourself down to my old friend MUJI (they really are a treasure trove of 'stuff') and get yourself several sets of PP Pillcase - 7 days (RRP £2.25). As the name suggests, these interlocking pill cases come in sets of 7. Screw out your lipstick to full capacity, lob it off at the base and it drops right into its compartment. No wiping, no smoothing required. I club all my colour ranges together; all the reds, pinks etc and then make a little sticker to go underneath so I know the brand and colour I'm using. As I said these pill cases can slide in and out so you can make them into sets of 5, 6, whatever works best for you. They also open independently and if there is a shade you never want to use again, you just slide that case out and chuck it away (unlike a lipstick pallet that you would have to wipe and clean and then get under your finger nails!)
Amazing idea and very practical but I can't see myself cutting my beloved lipsticks.
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In the words of the great Rod Stewart, "the first cut is the deepest"...Contact me again when you've got over 50 of them just sitting in a bag! lol!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Love that quote! and I guess you're right....I probably have 15 (if) lipsticks. XX
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