How To Reuse Cosmetic Containers

If you're a DIY person then you can get creative with ways to repurpose and reuse makeup and skincare containers. This is part of DIY, being able to reuse items again and being creative with them. Sometimes makeup and skincare containers can be used again, some containers may not be in the form to be used again or maybe they are in a tube, so you can recycle those.

This is a good way to make sure you are clearing out and keeping organised.

You can reduce clutter, that just piles up and is all around the place, this can also be small bits and bobs. Small items can be stored in tubs and tins so they are not left in the open and so you know where they are. You can store jewellery, bobby pins, bobbles, clips, pins, nail files, nail clippers and anything else that will fit into the containers you have.

I have been using mine to store in bobbles and bobby pins and hair clips and it's exactly what I need, these small items normally go all over the place but with these helpful tubs it makes it much easier to store them. I use small and big tubs and have them small ones placed inside drawers and the big tubs outside so I can grab what I need. This does not have to be makeup containers only it can be anything jars, food tubs, cardboard boxes anything you feel that will be great to use.

Y.ou can also get creative and make your own lotion again when you run out, by adding an unscented lotion and then mixing in a drop or 2 of your favourite perfume into the lotion. You can reuse the cream tubs to store your own made lotion and keep on redoing it.

You can also use your perfume bottles that have ran out to store flowers in or use it as an ornament in your home, there are some pretty looking perfume bottles out there, you can design them even more and make it into something beautiful.

Another helpful way is to use the containers for travelling, when travelling you normally use smaller sizes also known as travel sizes because you want something that will easily fit into your bag and is not big and taking too much space, this will be perfect because it will be travel friendly you can use it to store your small items which you need to take into pods, lip balm tins, cream tubs and makeup containers.

You can even design the tubs and tins you have, maybe to assemble the theme you have in your bedroom. If you want to remove any labels you can do so by using vaseline or even better acetone, acetone will also remove the ink from the containers.

I hope you try this out this saves money and also allows you to be creative. I also did another post on how to make a DIY makeup brush holder to storage your brushes.

DIY Makeup Brush Holder

If you need somewhere to storage your makeup brushes, then this DIY makeup brush holder is the best way to organise them. To make a DIY makeup brush holder you can either use, a jar this can be a jam jar or any type of jar you have, a pringles box, a can this can be a soup can or beans can or even a glass. Use anything you like and before making it test it out whether you will like it or not by placing your brushes in them.

For this tutorial, I will be using a Pringles Box.

You can get pringle boxes in a small size or a large size, don't worry if you don't have a small box you can always use the large can and cut it carefully using a blade to make it smaller, and that's exactly what I did.

For this DIY you will need:
-pringles box
-paper of your choice to wrap around
-scissors
-blade
-sellotape
-superglue
-decorations of your choice

1. First, cut the pringles box in half, you can do this by using the blade, but be careful with it and start cutting at a halfway point on the box and cut around making it smaller until you get the size you want. If you already have the small box you don't need to do this step.

2. Secondly, get your paper this can be wrapping paper, coloured paper or any type that you want to use, I use gold reflective paper. Start off by making sure you are using the right amount it is best to use a bit more because that can always be cut off or hidden, start with one side of the paper on the box and sellotape that on securely. Then get the other side of the paper and tightly wrap it all the way round, you don't want it to be loose, so make sure you can do it tightly as possible, and it will be best to secure that down with super glue so you can't see any sellotape on the box.

3. There should be paper left at the top it will be good to have some left so you can hide the c circumference of the box, to tuck that inside cut down at four sides and apply glue to the inside and then fold it inside the box.

4. This is the fun part, now you can decorate your box, I used silver glitter foam at the bottom of the box and added a yellow crown foam sticker. I had lots more like sequins and gems but I preferred mine to look nice and simple.

Then that's all done, you have a perfect makeup brush holder.

To create volume in the box or to make the brushes stand up higher you can add some beads, marbles, rice or coffee beans. You can organise them by labelling them face makeup brushes and eye makeup brushes. It's affordable and you can design it the way you like it.

I hope you enjoyed this DIY makeup brush holder, and I will definitely be making more and next time I will be using an acrylic clear vase and adding marbles and beads, a bit like this image.

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10 Ways To Use Bobby Pins | Tips and Hacks

Bobby pins are hair pins that are either plastic or metal and are mostly used to hold your hair in place.
They can be called bobby pins, hair grips, hair pins, jumbo pins, or kirby grips. They are affordable to purchase and here's how you can use them in 10 different useful ways other than using them for your hair.

1. DIY Bobby Pins

You can DIY your bobby pins by using nail polish or acrylic paint to paint them to your own preferred colour, you can even add glitter on your bobby pins, to do this you need to make sure you add the glitter when the nail polish or paint is still wet so the glitter can dry with the polish or paint. You could even add a small flower of ribbon at the end of the bobby pin, the end result will look beautiful than the plain bobby pins.

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2. Awesome Hairstyles

You can make fun designs and create cute hairstyles using bobby pins, and to hold them together you can use dry shampoo, texture spray or hair spray to hold your hairstyles and bobby pins in place. You can find the Hairstyles here.

3. Chevron Earrings

You can use bobby pins to get more creative and make DIY chevron earrings, you can choose the colours and make your own design. The full method for making the DIY earrings you can find here Chevron Earrings From Bobby Pins

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4. Storing Bobby Pins

To keep all of your bobby pins together you can store them in a tic tac container or any small box like an empty cream tub. This way you won't lose them and they will be there for you to use. You can also decorate your small box by painting it, adding stickers or writing bobby pins to make it look lovely.

Or, if you want the bobby pins to be right there for you to grab, attaching them to a magnetic strip and then placing the strip inside a draw or around a makeup brush holder will be efficient.

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5. Apply Lash Glue

If you have trouble applying glue to false eyelashes or you need something to apply it with, you can use the end of a bobby pin to apply the glue onto the eyelashes, it will be much easier and the right amount will be applied.

6. Use it for nail art

If you love nail art but, you just don't have all the tools to make the lovely patterns, you can use the end of a bobby pin to create dots, flowers, hearts, stars and even lines. It's a good alternative to nail art tools.

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7. Hiding Pins In Hair

If you want to hide bobby pins in your hair get the same colour bobby pins as your hair colour to hide them in your hair. So, for black hair black bobby pins, for brown hair brown bobby pins and gold colour for blonde or light brown hair colour.

8. Alternative to bobbles

If you love creating new hairstyles and braids to your hair, but you don't have small elastic bobbles or enough of them, you can use a bobby pin to secure the braids and hairstyles in place instead of small elastic bottles, they will do the same job.

9. Fixing bobby pins

If your bobby pin has widened just use pliers to push the side down together or another recommended technique is to criss-cross the two grips of the bobby pin so first pushing one side to the left and then one side to the right and then push it back to it's normal position and it should be back as normal. Here is a video which shows how to do it Fix Loose Bobby Pins.

10. Bobby Pin Right Way

Finally, in case you don't know you use the bobby pin so the flat side of it should be showing on your hair and the zig zag part of should be in underneath in your hair this helps the grips to hold on to your hair and keep it in place.

I hope you enjoyed these bobby pin tips and hacks, and will want to use them to make life with bobby pins more easier.☺