What do you do with the makeup you don't use?
- Hotmess
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What do you do with the makeup you don't use?
I am always finding myself with an excess and overload of random tubes, jars, pots, containers and compacts of makeup that I don't use anymore, or have stopped using!
However, I am a mineral makeup fanatic so I have to keep a lot of extra jars and containers for mixing and experimenting! Other than that, I usually scrap out the remains of my eyeshadows and mix them together to make cool colors, or I either keep the compacts to make mixing palettes.
Please keep in mind that makeup has an expiration date so I don't think I'll be mixing old, germy stuff with new stuff. =P
So what do you do with the makeup/makeup containers that you don't use?
(Other than re-sell on Ebay...)
However, I am a mineral makeup fanatic so I have to keep a lot of extra jars and containers for mixing and experimenting! Other than that, I usually scrap out the remains of my eyeshadows and mix them together to make cool colors, or I either keep the compacts to make mixing palettes.
Please keep in mind that makeup has an expiration date so I don't think I'll be mixing old, germy stuff with new stuff. =P
So what do you do with the makeup/makeup containers that you don't use?
(Other than re-sell on Ebay...)
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Re: What do you do with the makeup you don't use?
Anything I dont use I tend to give to my sisters. Esp my 12 yr old sister Jessie as she loves experimenting
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I keep them to make my makeup collection look bigger.
On a serious note, I don't really have much makeup I don't use. The ones that I don't wear out, I keep so I can practice without wasting my good makeup.
On a serious note, I don't really have much makeup I don't use. The ones that I don't wear out, I keep so I can practice without wasting my good makeup.
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Re: What do you do with the makeup you don't use?
loose them usually!
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foundation i just toss out but old eyeshadows, blushes and lipsticks i use in mixed media paintings. i also mix paint in old containers or use them as in ink well for india ink.
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I get rid of make-up I don't use. I know it's wasteful, but I also know if i were to keep it I would probably use it again after it's shelf life had run out, and I have really delicate skin and eyes!
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If I haven't used something then eventually I throw it away and keep the container if it's reusable. Plus I try to remember not to buy it again... I only buy most makeup on impulse
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there is rarely leftover old makeup. however i recently found some scary old lipstick in colors i cant believe i ever wore. with that i hissed at it and quickly trashed it.
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Bwaha. Once, when there was this show off of makeup back when I was in early high school, I whipped out all of my old stuff I'd never used to try and bulk up my collection xDtazzyface wrote:I keep them to make my makeup collection look bigger.
I keep around most of my old stuff to throw in a bag whenever I might end up needing to fix things up. I don't like carrying my better makeup around with me. I'm contemplating leaving some over at the boyfriends, since we're spending the night together much more often and all I need is enough to get me out the door and home.
The rest ends up getting chucked, or I crush up old eyeshadows and experiment with colors that way (so I don't end up wasting anything I could potentially sell).
Back when I was with my ex I'd let him play around with the old stuff. I didn't want him slapping on my favorites when he had zero talent for anything beyond eyeliner. Poor guy.
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Re: What do you do with the makeup you don't use?
TRASH THEM!
I only buy what I need
and what I dont need there is nothing else to use!
I only buy what I need
and what I dont need there is nothing else to use!
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I'm only just starting to run low on some eyeshadows for the first time now.
I'll most likely just throw out the empty container..I don't have any use for them.
I'll most likely just throw out the empty container..I don't have any use for them.
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If any of it's MAC don't forget you can back 2 MAC it for free lipstick.Countess-Grotesque wrote:I'm only just starting to run low on some eyeshadows for the first time now.
I'll most likely just throw out the empty container..I don't have any use for them.
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i only buy make up that i use, but if i dont like it i give it to my sister lol
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I watch enkore makeup on youtube, and he has a TON of videos on making makeup and stuff. Like lip gloss! I use a lot of my empty tubes for lip gloss and stuff. I use empty eye shadow containers for pressing my pigments and stuff.
I LOVE loose shadows, but I live really far from my school and have to wake up extremely early, so I usually sleep in the car....SO, I rarely have time to use my loose shadows and stuff, so I press most of them. I BUY makeup for the sole purpose of scraping it out and either mixing it for different colors, or just throwing it away and pressing other shadows.
Sorry that was kinda an unorganized rant going on up there, but I still haven;'t quit woken up....
I LOVE loose shadows, but I live really far from my school and have to wake up extremely early, so I usually sleep in the car....SO, I rarely have time to use my loose shadows and stuff, so I press most of them. I BUY makeup for the sole purpose of scraping it out and either mixing it for different colors, or just throwing it away and pressing other shadows.
Sorry that was kinda an unorganized rant going on up there, but I still haven;'t quit woken up....
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Re: What do you do with the makeup you don't use?
It's good to have a clean up and throw away anything you don't use.
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Dont be! In time, you will have accumulated a good deal of makeup and odds n ends. It takes some time (and money), but if you know how to bargain,...schwarz_engelblut wrote:I feel so left out!! I don't even own an eyeleash curler
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BIN.
Don't want old make-up laying around.
It just becomes clutter.
Don't want old make-up laying around.
It just becomes clutter.
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I either will throw it away or mix colors and if I like them keep them. If not than I empty out the containers and keep the containers for making other cosmetics and for holding paints.
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I wear mainly MAC, so I sell the unused or lightly used stuff on livejournal mac communities like mac_cosmetics and macsaleswap. If it's more used than not, I'll B2M the item so that I get a new free one!
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Re: What do you do with the makeup you don't use?
I bin foundations and powders but tend to keep things like eyeshadows & lipsticks in my giant container.
I think it's about time I had a clear out though, some things are bound to need to see the bottom of the bin by now
I think it's about time I had a clear out though, some things are bound to need to see the bottom of the bin by now
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I hardly ever wear makeup, so its just sort of sat there in my makeup bags...I really should I have a clear out!
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Makeupalley.com !! I swap stuff I don't use
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Most of the stuff I buy, I use again and again unitl itruns out, but I have a clear out every so often to get rid of the horrible impulse buys that don't suit me and I've only worn once.
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mizsyn wrote:Makeupalley.com !! I swap stuff I don't use
Me too!! <3 MUA!
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