The Mother of Invention
March 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Tags: Beauty & Grooming, mamas
Mama B’s of babies and t oddlers don’t usually have time for lots of make-up—most women we know apply moisturizer and lip balm and call it a day. We’re always on the lookout for quick, cheap beauty tips, and recently, by sheer serendipity, we discovered a good trick.
A certain inquisitive two-year-old got into our make-up bag. Eager to explore the magic of twisting lip balm containers, this toddler broke off our favorite, practically unused Weleda EVERON lip balm. Arg. We were about to toss it in the trash when it occurred to us that we’d be better off saving the broken balm. We found a tiny plastic container, smashed the balm inside, then added a small bit of our favorite intense red lipstick (a splurge, which we feel guilty for not using more). The result? Best made-to-order lip tint we’ve ever used. Hands down. Totally wearable and sheer, need no mirror to apply. If you’ve got lipsticks in shades you love but you aren’t in a lipstick-wearing frame of mind, mix a dab with good clear balm and color yourself gorgeous.
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I totally do this all the time when my lip balms get broken, dinged, cap-sliced, or when the dreaded bite from a toddler occurs.
My favorite Frank-n-queen’ed creation has to be when my Burts Bees lip balm was broken like 12 hours after I purchased it. In true glorious B fashion I mashed it into a little container, and added Clinique’s Black Lily lipstick to it.
Now for the B’s not in the know…this particular shade of Clinique Lipstick retails for $12.50 BUT it has blue undertones to it so your teeth automatically LOOK whiter when you use it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now at $12.50 a pop it is one of my more splurge-y items but I consider it to be money very well spent!