the lipstick isn't expanding. the plastic wells are disfiguring. this is the reason I stopped using the Japonesque palette. the plastic wells are too then so when the hot lipstick hits the plastic it reacts and bubbles towards the lipstick. the Wells should hold at least 1/2 a lipstick but don't add heat to these palettes! they will disfigure!
Regardless of all the worried people re: does the plastic melt, I think this is a really cool idea. Especially if you want to fit all your makeup into a small space and make you storage more conpact. I also like that you didn't entirely destroy the lipsticks, so now you have the best of both worlds! xx
I don't recommend melting your lipstick if you are using japonesque palettes. The plastic melts very easily. I ruined my palette by doing this. An expensive mistake to make
I agree. I stopped using these palettes because the plastic is so thin! for the price $28 they should have thicker plastic so that you can melt your lipstick down
The japonesque palettes buckle when melted lipstick is poured into them. That's why it seems as if it is "expanding." Other palettes with thicker plastic don't have this issue though.
But...isn't that made of plastic? You probably have melted plastic in your lipsticks now. Plus you're wasting sooo much lipsttick on that spoon. I can see doing this with some cheap drugstore lipstick (in a non-plastic container) but certainly not an Illamasqua!
***** I love when people are so wrong they have to resort to breaking out the vocab lessons to try and prove they're smart. Love, plastic burns easily, especially flimsy plastic like this. That's the reason the lipstick in the wells suddenly "expands", because it's burning the plastic. And you realize microwaving food in plastic containers is proven to cause cancer, right? Someone please help this girl understand heat and plastic before she gives herself more brain damage.
The heat required to melt the lipsticks is far less hot then it would take to melt the plastic.(haven't you ever put a gel liner into the microwave to smooth it out?the liner melts the plastic container doesn't.if all plastic melted we wouldn't have TV dinners (the same cheap plastic The wells are made of
This is a great way to keep lipsticks for both personal use and professional palette! As long as its cut and melted before any use! Great video Marlena! xo Michele
28$ are you crazy lol you could get the insert at MAC for 2$ and the empty palette from MAC also for 8$ so thats 10$ for a palette thatll fit 24 lipsticks
Looks gorgeous honestly. BUT I think it is absurd, it damages perfect lipsticks!! You usually have to reapply the lipstick during the day, so instead of taking a single tube what will you do? Carry the full palette? Is not practical because the makeup is not likely to last. It could be good for lipsticks that has few product left, otherwise just put some dams color stickers at the top to look at the color.
+missymani not for professional use; it's much easier to bring one palette in your kit with you on a job than 50 different bullets. Also it makes it easier to decide on what colour to use - rather than opening and closing each tube until you find the one you want. It honestly depends what you want to use it for.
Aimee Speight Sometimes melting the lipsticks change the formula. That is why I say it damages the product. I can't recall the names of the brands but some of the lipsticks I melted became very...waxy, more like lip gloss instead of matte. Poor babies, they never came back to be themselves jejejeje. But I see your point.
This is a great idea. Lisa Elridge did this to her lipsticks. Its super convenient to have all your lipsticks in one place and alot more hygenic as well.
I don't see the point in cutting the lipstick all the way to the bottom and then putting it back together again. That really is so silly. You can just cut the top half off instead and you should use a small metal measuring spoon to melt the lipstick instead using that big spoon and wasting.
If you cut it from the top you lose the pointed shape of the lipstick which makes it easier to apply straight from the bullet, that's why she cut it in the middle, to keep that shape intact
I love this tutorial-thank you so much for teaching me how to do this. I used the tip of a knife to flip out the metal pans in a used eye shadow compact, washed it with hot soapy water and sanitized it with rubbing alcohol, and filled it with melted lipstick. Loads of fun!
The lipstick does not over fill the lipstick is just a lol hot for the plastic and melts it try packing the plastic out and look under it melt the plastic
Great idea. I was just looking at some lipsticks I have that are more than half way used and would love to get rid of the packaging to gain more space in my makeup storage. I would probably try using something like metal eyeshadow palette pans. I am going to try this next weekend. Thanks
hey, yea ive done this before and the reason why it "expands" after you poured the hot lipstick into the pan is because the heat warps the plastic of the pan and the plastic is actually lifting up due the heat. if you check the pans afterwards, you'll see theres really not much of a pan left. it really sucks. if you havent already checked, you should. i suggest another way to do it is to just put the lipstick straight into the pans with no heat.
this is really cool and a great idea for travel! I'll probably start trying with a less expensive lipstick and if I feel like I can do it alright I'll move on and try my nice ones. Great video!
About all the comments on cutting the tip at an angle instead of the whole thing: Yes, you can cut it at an angle if that's easier for you, that's fine, but I think she wants to preserve the shape. The tip usually has a rounded shape around the corners, and I assume it looks and works better? Where as cutting the top will leave a more jagged edge? But I think you can round off the edges after as well... Great idea though :D Love how the palette looks with all those colors all smooth and perfect
@fedeANDresistenza cool! I like the resourcefulness of reusing a CD case - and since the product is in a pan, you don't have to worry about the BPA content of the plastic.
Keep up the great work. I love all things makeup, but it is sometimes really difficult to take tips from these very young girls Thank you for all that you do.
wow i cant believe it expands like that!! im ganna try this because i have so many but i never use them... maybe if they are in a palette ill use them more!
To avoid the melting plastic, you could always carefully press the lipsticks in the wells. It doesn't have the clean top like melting does, but you also don't have melted plastic in your lipstick.
The overflowing would be a pain. I wonder if it is because the lipstick is hot going in so it makes the well buckle/plastic melt a bit and pushes it upwards? Maybe it could be left to cool abit so its not hot but still runny? Thanks for sharing :)
Does melting the colors change the quality of the product? And are there types of finishes which are better suited for this or can any be melted down? Thanks for the tutorial :)
I love the concept of a lipstick palette : you can see all the colors at once and it's sooo pretty. But if you're like me, you need to re-apply your lipstick during the day and carrying an entire palette around to do that is impractical. ( I'm sure that's why she keeps the rest of the lipstick in its original case.) So it seems like a lot to do just to see all the colors you have.
@sparklesandolives The density of water changes right? I just figured it would perhaps be the same in this case. I was only suggesting that i didn't think that anyone should be worried that the 'expanding' was the plastic melting and mixing with the lipstick.
You can also cover one of the ''holes'' with alluminum foil and pore the lipstick in, and that take the foil off and then you have the perfect shaped lipstick to put back in the hole, and then it doesn't melt. (sorry for my english)
totally awsome, Im so excited to try that out. This would work great for a couple of lipsticks I left in my car last summer that melted into a funny shape.
@flyushkifly I actually have that palette n its not very durable. when I melted my foundation into it, the temperature was too strong n the divider inbetween, warped its shape totally. But i gotta admit the lipsticks looks SO neat n pretty!
@owly x One video I watched said that if you hold the spoon too close to the flame where the flame is touching the spoon then it will change the consistency but if that's not the case it might just be the lipstick formulation.
Do they make one of those palettes where you can fill eyeshadows and blushes and whatever else besides just lipstick? So you have it all in a little book like that?
I'm assuming you're cutting it at the base and melting the tip back on to preserve the nice angle, right? Would it not make more sense to just cut the tip off, but at an angle, that way you don't need to melt anything back on.
I've seen makeup artists do this with pill organizers. Just chop a little bit of the lipstick off and scrape it into the pill box. No flame or heating required.
do you notice the quality of the lipstick changing due to being melted and cooled? just curious if it takes on a different sheen the way chocolate will if it's not tempered.
Great tip! I've been doing this with palettes with mirrors on the opposite side so I could never add a label. I think I'm going to switch over to this palette so I can include labels :D
Wow I didn't even realize you could melt down lipstick and it would still be ok. I have a couple that were favorites that accidently were left in the car and melted this summer that I am going to try this with.
First of all , this palette is very good for meltin lipstick , because the plastic is very durable, second , lipsticks melt very easily and doesent need very high temperature - so they cant melt plastic that easily and especially this plastic palette. One more tip - if u take lipstick , melt it and then add clear gloss 2x-3x amount of the lipstick , mix it with a spoolie , and pour it in a empty gloss tube , after 3 hours it gets just a tiny bit thicker and u actually have your own lipgloss.
I love this for mixing colors and finishes on a makeup palette. I am making my "Flash" palette in this manner. I will be filming in about a month. Thanks Marlena for the tip, no pun intended, on melting the BOTTOM HALF! Very good!
@gemneilson Silicon, Gallium, Antimony, Bismuth, and acetic acid all expand when frozen. There are always a few exceptions. GENERALLY though when substances are frozen they do not expand
@MosMaPrishGjumin hehe, me too for a minute! I was glad to see other makeup artists confirm my suspicion about the plastic warping. Marlena even says on her blog: "Just be careful not to over heat your lipsticks as they can melt the plastic insert." Maybe she just misspoke in the video - opening the issue up to tons of debate! I'm still worried about the BPAs in the warped plastic leaching in to the lipstick. yuck.
Acctually liquid expands when heated because the molecules bounce and move around a lot faster. When the hot lipstick is put into the container the warm lipstick molecules are being condensed togather so they try to reach the cooler air molecules above it,thus expanding the mixture ;)@gemneilson When matter is changing from a liquid to a solid it generally becomes more dense, "smaller" not expanding. the plastic didn't melt. the lipstick was surely not hot enough! -loulou(Chemistry Major)
Would a wax warmer (Those round warmers people some time use as coffee cup warmers) work better for setting the spoon on it to melt the lip stick? You could melt more than one lip stick at a time that way.
@Jsunsetsky87 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think she does it that way because she doesn't want to use the lipstick part that she used on her lips onto her clients next :)
@HilaGabay Pencil insides and gel liners are different ingredients, but if what you mean is can you melt out the inside of a pencil? Yes. There are a lot of videos on how to "depot a NYX pencil" you might check. I don't know how easy it would be to apply any other kind of pencil once "depotted". I'd say try it out on a cheap pencil first...
@stepherdoodle16 i think to not spoil the look of the lip stick , also she said u won't need a whole lip stick maybe that will be a lot to put in that space and it won't fit
@shmidgetpro She doesnt wanna melt the top off, or else the lipstick will be very ugly. This way she melts the middle and the top stays pretty, like she didnt cut it at all!
@mariansabele I think its because if you reattach the top part then the shape of the lipstick is still the same and not flat so you can still use it out of the tube? I think thats why anyway xD
Do you find you have issues with doing this to a shimmer lipstick? I have done this method with a shimmer lipstick and I find it changes the whole consistency of the lipstick. Any tips?
that's why the lipstick "expands". It's not expanding at all; it's just melting the plastic and causing it to shrink which forces the lipstick up and out of the well.
the lipstick isn't expanding. the plastic wells are disfiguring. this is the reason I stopped using the Japonesque palette. the plastic wells are too then so when the hot lipstick hits the plastic it reacts and bubbles towards the lipstick. the Wells should hold at least 1/2 a lipstick but don't add heat to these palettes! they will disfigure!
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+Elana Greene Which palette we can use instead of the Japonesque?
+Amy B. I use the mac palettes with inserts. there is 2 inserts you can choose from for lipsticks.
Regardless of all the worried people re: does the plastic melt, I think this is a really cool idea. Especially if you want to fit all your makeup into a small space and make you storage more conpact. I also like that you didn't entirely destroy the lipsticks, so now you have the best of both worlds! xx
I don't recommend melting your lipstick if you are using japonesque palettes. The plastic melts very easily. I ruined my palette by doing this. An expensive mistake to make
I agree. I stopped using these palettes because the plastic is so thin! for the price $28 they should have thicker plastic so that you can melt your lipstick down
+Elana Greene which palettes are you using now?
+artplosion I started using the MAC pro palettes with the 12 or 24 well inserts! the palettes are $8 and the inserts are $2 a piece
Elana Greene oh cool thanks!
The japonesque palettes buckle when melted lipstick is poured into them. That's why it seems as if it is "expanding." Other palettes with thicker plastic don't have this issue though.
But...isn't that made of plastic? You probably have melted plastic in your lipsticks now. Plus you're wasting sooo much lipsttick on that spoon. I can see doing this with some cheap drugstore lipstick (in a non-plastic container) but certainly not an Illamasqua!
*****
When you heat plastic it releases toxins and yeah, it's melting....do you not understand how heat works or...
***** I love when people are so wrong they have to resort to breaking out the vocab lessons to try and prove they're smart. Love, plastic burns easily, especially flimsy plastic like this. That's the reason the lipstick in the wells suddenly "expands", because it's burning the plastic. And you realize microwaving food in plastic containers is proven to cause cancer, right? Someone please help this girl understand heat and plastic before she gives herself more brain damage.
***** You're trying so hard, honey. Just stop. No one on the internet cares how intelligent you think you are.
The heat required to melt the lipsticks is far less hot then it would take to melt the plastic.(haven't you ever put a gel liner into the microwave to smooth it out?the liner melts the plastic container doesn't.if all plastic melted we wouldn't have TV dinners (the same cheap plastic The wells are made of
This is a great way to keep lipsticks for both personal use and professional palette! As long as its cut and melted before any use! Great video Marlena!
xo Michele
28$ are you crazy lol
you could get the insert at MAC for 2$ and the empty palette from MAC also for 8$
so thats 10$ for a palette thatll fit 24 lipsticks
+Natasha London where can i buy the mac lipstick empty palette? i search on mac.com and mac store but no luck... :(
+RAQUEL palette m.maccosmetics.com/product/13814/22060/Products/Brushes-Tools/Tools/Pro-Palette/Pro-Palette-Large-Single-Compact
Insert: m.maccosmetics.com/product/13814/22065/Products/Brushes-Tools/Tools/Pro-Palette/Pro-Palette-Customize-x-24-Insert
+Natasha London Thank you!!!! :)
Great idea! & it was totally amazing to see just how much the lipstick expanded.
Looks gorgeous honestly. BUT I think it is absurd, it damages perfect lipsticks!! You usually have to reapply the lipstick during the day, so instead of taking a single tube what will you do? Carry the full palette? Is not practical because the makeup is not likely to last. It could be good for lipsticks that has few product left, otherwise just put some dams color stickers at the top to look at the color.
+missymani not for professional use; it's much easier to bring one palette in your kit with you on a job than 50 different bullets. Also it makes it easier to decide on what colour to use - rather than opening and closing each tube until you find the one you want. It honestly depends what you want to use it for.
Aimee Speight Sometimes melting the lipsticks change the formula. That is why I say it damages the product. I can't recall the names of the brands but some of the lipsticks I melted became very...waxy, more like lip gloss instead of matte. Poor babies, they never came back to be themselves jejejeje. But I see your point.
+missymani You're not wrong! I personally wouldn't melt the lipsticks; rather I'd mush them into the wells. Saves the palette too, haha!
The palettes are a good idea for if you are a makeup artist. If you make the palette, then you don't have to carry around tons of lipstick tubes.
This is a great idea. Lisa Elridge did this to her lipsticks. Its super convenient to have all your lipsticks in one place and alot more hygenic as well.
I don't see the point in cutting the lipstick all the way to the bottom and then putting it back together again. That really is so silly. You can just cut the top half off instead and you should use a small metal measuring spoon to melt the lipstick instead using that big spoon and wasting.
If you cut it from the top you lose the pointed shape of the lipstick which makes it easier to apply straight from the bullet, that's why she cut it in the middle, to keep that shape intact
Emily Routledge yeah or you can just apply the lipstick at an angle to create the same edge.
Eliza Rogers but then you'd have to do multiple applications for that edge to form again.
Understandable but I just see as a better option than waisting product
Eli babee She didn't actually waste any product though, she just cut some for her palette.
I love this tutorial-thank you so much for teaching me how to do this. I used the tip of a knife to flip out the metal pans in a used eye shadow compact, washed it with hot soapy water and sanitized it with rubbing alcohol, and filled it with melted lipstick. Loads of fun!
where did you find your palete?
Wow you look so beautiful without any makeup on! Well im sure u are wearing makeup but it looks very natural and just gorgeous! Like always!
The lipstick does not over fill the lipstick is just a lol hot for the plastic and melts it try packing the plastic out and look under it melt the plastic
Great idea. I was just looking at some lipsticks I have that are more than half way used and would love to get rid of the packaging to gain more space in my makeup storage. I would probably try using something like metal eyeshadow palette pans. I am going to try this next weekend. Thanks
cant you use a old paint palette?
i feel like you could, as long as you disinfect it first :)
I will probably never have a need to do this myself, BUT I absolutely loved this! Such a great idea!
Cool idea but kinda seems like your wasting lipstick D:
hey, yea ive done this before and the reason why it "expands" after you poured the hot lipstick into the pan is because the heat warps the plastic of the pan and the plastic is actually lifting up due the heat. if you check the pans afterwards, you'll see theres really not much of a pan left. it really sucks. if you havent already checked, you should. i suggest another way to do it is to just put the lipstick straight into the pans with no heat.
Make-up geeks really ok sure
this is really cool and a great idea for travel! I'll probably start trying with a less expensive lipstick and if I feel like I can do it alright I'll move on and try my nice ones. Great video!
this orange color top looks really nice on u. it makes u look brighter.
Idk how haven't discovered you sooner than today, but so glad I did! This is such a cool video thank you!!
About all the comments on cutting the tip at an angle instead of the whole thing:
Yes, you can cut it at an angle if that's easier for you, that's fine, but I think she wants to preserve the shape. The tip usually has a rounded shape around the corners, and I assume it looks and works better? Where as cutting the top will leave a more jagged edge? But I think you can round off the edges after as well...
Great idea though :D Love how the palette looks with all those colors all smooth and perfect
i love you! you are such a genuine person and i can tell from the way you laugh and talk in your videos :)
this is great for makeup artists.. you still have your lipstick and u can use it on clients!
@fedeANDresistenza cool! I like the resourcefulness of reusing a CD case - and since the product is in a pan, you don't have to worry about the BPA content of the plastic.
This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. I almost want to cut a lipstick, melt it, and pour it out somewhere just to watch it expand. lol
Keep up the great work. I love all things makeup, but it is sometimes really difficult to take tips from these very young girls Thank you for all that you do.
Can you do a tutorial on your makeup in this video? It looks so fresh and pretty. I love the lipstick you have on. What color is it?
Love this! Have you ever melted some colors together to create your own color? I think I might try it!
the best custom lip palette video I have ever seen
Could you possibly post swatches or a tutorial using the lipsticks? I'm curious if the texture of the lipsticks change at all.
@FoxyBJ the manufacterers melt their products to mold them for the lipsick tubes,its the same thing, doesnt change the lipstick at all
wow i cant believe it expands like that!! im ganna try this because i have so many but i never use them... maybe if they are in a palette ill use them more!
Your eyebrows look amazing!!
I love this! I have one question though... how long did u cool the pallet and where? freezer or the fridge?
To avoid the melting plastic, you could always carefully press the lipsticks in the wells. It doesn't have the clean top like melting does, but you also don't have melted plastic in your lipstick.
the lipstick color you have on this is really nice and i really like the first color that you show melting. what are they ? thanks!
This is a great idea, thx for taking the time to share. Are you still in Paris?
The overflowing would be a pain. I wonder if it is because the lipstick is hot going in so it makes the well buckle/plastic melt a bit and pushes it upwards? Maybe it could be left to cool abit so its not hot but still runny? Thanks for sharing :)
This was a great tutorial!!!! But I do have one concern, are you sure the lipstick left in the tube will be reusable and weld itself together??
I like using my lipsticks in its original form. Gliding them over my lips makes me happy!
love your make up in this vid, so natural and so gorgeous
Does melting the colors change the quality of the product? And are there types of finishes which are better suited for this or can any be melted down? Thanks for the tutorial :)
I love the concept of a lipstick palette : you can see all the colors at once and it's sooo pretty. But if you're like me, you need to re-apply your lipstick during the day and carrying an entire palette around to do that is impractical. ( I'm sure that's why she keeps the rest of the lipstick in its original case.) So it seems like a lot to do just to see all the colors you have.
@sparklesandolives The density of water changes right? I just figured it would perhaps be the same in this case. I was only suggesting that i didn't think that anyone should be worried that the 'expanding' was the plastic melting and mixing with the lipstick.
This is such a creative concept! Thanks, Marlena!
Great Tutorial. I travel alot and this is a great idea. Where can i get the empty palette from though?
Amazon
Hey, do you know where I can buy the small magnetic refill pans to pour the lipsticks in those?
You can also cover one of the ''holes'' with alluminum foil and pore the lipstick in, and that take the foil off and then you have the perfect shaped lipstick to put back in the hole, and then it doesn't melt. (sorry for my english)
This is a really good idea! I do this when I'm sorting out my make up so I can buy some new ones, I wait until it gets to the bottom of the lipstick.
Could you please list the lip sticks that you already depotted? They look gorgeous and I want to try them out(:
totally awsome, Im so excited to try that out. This would work great for a couple of lipsticks I left in my car last summer that melted into a funny shape.
@flyushkifly I actually have that palette n its not very durable. when I melted my foundation into it, the temperature was too strong n the divider inbetween, warped its shape totally.
But i gotta admit the lipsticks looks SO neat n pretty!
Really handy tutorial thank you, I have some lipsticks I never use and I forget about them. I am going to try this.
😃😃awesome teach!! Will it work with a concealer stick??
woow you look soo beautiful and natural in this video! just gorgeous! maybe a tutorial?
does the finish of the lipstick change when you do this?
@owly x One video I watched said that if you hold the spoon too close to the flame where the flame is touching the spoon then it will change the consistency but if that's not the case it might just be the lipstick formulation.
I love your videos :) you always make me smile, your such a sunshine.
Do they make one of those palettes where you can fill eyeshadows and blushes and whatever else besides just lipstick? So you have it all in a little book like that?
This is a really cool idea! I'd love to try it out
Marlena please can you add in the info box a list of the lipsticks you have chosen for this palette??
Thank you very much!
I'm assuming you're cutting it at the base and melting the tip back on to preserve the nice angle, right? Would it not make more sense to just cut the tip off, but at an angle, that way you don't need to melt anything back on.
I've seen makeup artists do this with pill organizers. Just chop a little bit of the lipstick off and scrape it into the pill box. No flame or heating required.
do you notice the quality of the lipstick changing due to being melted and cooled? just curious if it takes on a different sheen the way chocolate will if it's not tempered.
Great tip! I've been doing this with palettes with mirrors on the opposite side so I could never add a label. I think I'm going to switch over to this palette so I can include labels :D
Such a cool tutorial! I guess I hadn't thought about melting them down :)
Awesome tutorial marlena! It's the perfect combo of interest & TH-cam. Loves it.
Hi, love your channel. Where did you find the lipstic wells?
Wow I didn't even realize you could melt down lipstick and it would still be ok. I have a couple that were favorites that accidently were left in the car and melted this summer that I am going to try this with.
never thought that mangling my lipsticks would be so worth it - thanks!
First of all , this palette is very good for meltin lipstick , because the plastic is very durable, second , lipsticks melt very easily and doesent need very high temperature - so they cant melt plastic that easily and especially this plastic palette. One more tip - if u take lipstick , melt it and then add clear gloss 2x-3x amount of the lipstick , mix it with a spoolie , and pour it in a empty gloss tube , after 3 hours it gets just a tiny bit thicker and u actually have your own lipgloss.
I love this for mixing colors and finishes on a makeup palette. I am making my "Flash" palette in this manner. I will be filming in about a month. Thanks Marlena for the tip, no pun intended, on melting the BOTTOM HALF! Very good!
@gemneilson
Silicon, Gallium, Antimony, Bismuth, and acetic acid all expand when frozen. There are always a few exceptions. GENERALLY though when substances are frozen they do not expand
@MosMaPrishGjumin hehe, me too for a minute! I was glad to see other makeup artists confirm my suspicion about the plastic warping. Marlena even says on her blog: "Just be careful not to over heat your lipsticks as they can melt the plastic insert." Maybe she just misspoke in the video - opening the issue up to tons of debate! I'm still worried about the BPAs in the warped plastic leaching in to the lipstick. yuck.
Acctually liquid expands when heated because the molecules bounce and move around a lot faster. When the hot lipstick is put into the container the warm lipstick molecules are being condensed togather so they try to reach the cooler air molecules above it,thus expanding the mixture ;)@gemneilson When matter is changing from a liquid to a solid it generally becomes more dense, "smaller" not expanding. the plastic didn't melt. the lipstick was surely not hot enough!
-loulou(Chemistry Major)
This is the most ingenious tutorial ever!
I love reading the "first" fails! There's always so many!
Should you stick the palette in a fridge when you first melt the lipstick?
you have such a great personality
@yekaiv as liquids cool, they expand, that's why they're expanding when she pours them into the palette.
Would a wax warmer (Those round warmers people some time use as coffee cup warmers) work better for setting the spoon on it to melt the lip stick? You could melt more than one lip stick at a time that way.
@Jsunsetsky87 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think she does it that way because she doesn't want to use the lipstick part that she used on her lips onto her clients next :)
Thank you for all the trouble you went through to do that. I like the idea and options, maybe I'll try it.
There is no possible way anyone could unlike this video..Loveeee ittt!!!!!
seeing the melted lipstick expand in the empty palette was some harry potter magic
@HilaGabay Pencil insides and gel liners are different ingredients, but if what you mean is can you melt out the inside of a pencil? Yes. There are a lot of videos on how to "depot a NYX pencil" you might check. I don't know how easy it would be to apply any other kind of pencil once "depotted". I'd say try it out on a cheap pencil first...
@stepherdoodle16 i think to not spoil the look of the lip stick , also she said u won't need a whole lip stick maybe that will be a lot to put in that space and it won't fit
@beautycoookiie but why not cut it at an angle, and then reshape it as u use it?? she did cut the lipstick a bit crooked as she mentioned.
where can you get a palette like that. Does it matter what kind of material it is--or is something better than the other?
Love that you saved your original lipstick :)
I created my own version of this too if anyone's interested! Love from Canada, xxx
@shmidgetpro She doesnt wanna melt the top off, or else the lipstick will be very ugly. This way she melts the middle and the top stays pretty, like she didnt cut it at all!
@mariansabele I think its because if you reattach the top part then the shape of the lipstick is still the same and not flat so you can still use it out of the tube? I think thats why anyway xD
you should totally do more DIYs like this
Do you find you have issues with doing this to a shimmer lipstick? I have done this method with a shimmer lipstick and I find it changes the whole consistency of the lipstick. Any tips?
I've heard that sometimes the hot liquid lipstick melts the plastic on the Japonesque palette. Did this happen to you at all?
that's why the lipstick "expands". It's not expanding at all; it's just melting the plastic and causing it to shrink which forces the lipstick up and out of the well.