Have you been told that mayonnaise is a great conditioner for your hair? How about making your own sugar scrub for your face, or egg white for a facial mask. I read that glue spread onto your face is good as a face mask.
Now for the facts. Science has spent years and millions to find the best products for our hair and skin. There are many inexpensive products that work wonderfully. Food is to be eaten, not smeared on our face and in our hair. Forget it.
Get recommendations from your friends or the Internet to find what you might like too. You can read reviews on Amazon for cosmetics to see what might meet your needs.
I hold to one exception; baking soda. I know it does many unconventional things, so you can experiment.
As for sugar scrubs; not for me! I tried it once, and my hairline was sticky, as well as behind my ears, and around the sink. Leave the sugar in the kitchen, and read reviews for store bought scrubs that are even better.
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You must have had some horrible concoctions you've tried, to say making your own beauty products is a waste; it's so wrong. I dislike all the chemicals that are in the commercial creams, soaps, etc.
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I will start out by saying, use caution when CVSing its easy to get caught up and spend more than you planned! There prices are a bit high so use caution when comparing prices and make sure the extra bucks make up for it!
I love the feeling I get from wearing a perfume that smells wonderful on me, but don't appreciate the expense and disappointment when a scent doesn't compliment my body chemistry just right.
In the days when soap was boring and bland, brands like Bath and Body Works were a refreshing break from the normal. Now, almost every brand has followed through with similar products from foaming pump soaps to body washes.
Think you can't survive without your must-have pricy eye cream or moisturizer? Your skin will survive for a few months, maybe even longer, on lower priced skin care products you can find at the drugstore.
I no longer color my hair, which saves us some money. But, when I did color my hair, I would buy my supplies at a beauty supply store. Much cheaper than the drug store brands.
After our baby was born, I wasn't working and I went to the hair salon to buy my hair products and simply couldn't pay the $76 of product I was buying. So, I started buying better drugstore items and found there is no difference.
Free beauty samples are yours for the taking. You just have to know where to look! You can stock up by signing up for free samples online or doing it the old fashioned way: Visit all of the beauty counters at all of your local malls and go "shopping."
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
Tips for using the last little bit of beauty items and cosmetics. Post your ideas.
If you put your lipstick in the fridge and use a fine brush to apply, you can gather the last little bits you may otherwise discard.
I also add a little moisturiser to my foundation to make it go a bit further.
Hope this helps!
Julie
When my lipgloss runs out, I pull the wand out put the tube in the microwave for about 20 seconds and it loosens the gloss off the sides!
When my eye shadow is running low, I mix it with vaseline. It gives the shadow a soft look.
I also put my lipstick on and then dab my lips with vaseline. It takes a matte lipstick to look like a gloss and gives you two different lip looks.
RE LIPSTICK:
Recently, out of desperation, I found out something great. When my lipstick reaches the point where I can no longer directly apply it to my lips, all is not lost. I take a Q-Tip and scoop a little from the base and voila! There are at least 10 or more applications left.
Anjeena,
I recently found a website of a company that will make any lipstick shade for you of any color you want, even if discontinued...of course, I didn't write it down, but I was on google searching for a discontinued lipgloss. Try searching on google for this company.
If you scoop out the last bit of your lippy from the tubey bit, and put it in and empty lipgloss container, microwave, let it cool and tada you have more lippy. But you have to apply it with a brush, or your finger, so its not quite as convenient
Anjeena wrote that her favorite lipsticks becomes discontinued.
I hate that too. But what I do now is email the manufacturer telling them the color that has been discontinued.
Mix maple syrup, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and coconut extract also smell good.
Streaching your burts bees products.
I love berts bees, and have discovered how to get a great night cream from their products. I buy the small samples packs that are $ 11 and they have a small ammount of each product. I mix a small ammount of the night cream, the royal jelly, and the serium with coco butter in a 1/2 cup resealable container and it gives me the same results for less than a penny a jar, one small sample pack will last me months.
Changing the color of lipstick:
I'm just about the most frugal person you'd ever know, and I've found a way to change many lipstick colors I dislike to one I can wear. I'll take a light beige or a flesh-colored, neutral lipstick then apply it over or under a color I dislike or that's too dark or bright. The light beige, or light-flesh color lipstick will then tone down or completely change the lipstick you first applied! After applying, just rub your pinkie finger along your lips and the 2 colors will easily blend together. Try this, you'll like it!
Recently, my daughter was given a bunch of brand new full-size lipstick samples from a relative that buys Estee' Lauder and other high-end brands to get the "free" sample kit (if you spend over $25 or so on other make-up products). Anyway, my daughter gave me 5 or 6 tubes in colors she didn't really like. At first, I thought I'd never wear them, but after I applied the lighter neutral color over them to tone down the darker colors, most of them looked quite nice on me. I find that very dark reds tend to make me look older, but when I place the lighter colored lipstick over the top of the red (after I've blotted the red) then I get a wonderful color that looks good on me!
This trick also works to change a color from a "bluish" or a "more coral" color. (Say you are wearing a red outfit and the lipstick you have clashes). If you have a tube that looks like it's way too orange, save it and apply it over another color that's too "purplish", and the orange-coral lipstick that you may have hated, can totally change your lipstick's color and save the day!
A NOTE: When you start mixing colors by applying one over the other or one under another, you may end up with some lipstick colors that you totally love, but might not remember and can't repeat. Do yourself a favor and keep track of the lipstick blends by keeping a tiny pad and a pencil in your make-up drawer. Also, you'll get a whole different look depending on which one goes on first or last and if you do or don't blot in between.
ALSO: If you buy a "Mineral Powder Foundation" that's a bit too light for your skin, it makes a wonderful eye shadow. I use it on my eye lids, and it really brightens them up and makes me look more awake and alive! You can also apply the lighter mineral foundation powder over your under-eye-dark-circles to lighten them up as a sort-of "concealer" before you apply your regular mineral powder. Try it, you'll like it!
I am looking for discount grocery stores/outlets that carry health and beauty products in PA? It doesn't have to be in Ephrata, anywhere in PA would be worth looking into. Thanks in advance!
By lily4 from Ephrata, PA
By using the Google search engine you can find most anything for any state.
Do you have any of the following stores: Dollar Tree, Dollar General or Family Dollar?
Check out the beauty aisle at Amelia's in Lancaster county. They have some items there that you might like. Check out their website and it will have locations near you.
Try the Sharp Shopper. It's on Rt. 322 and Sharp Ave. in Ephrata, by Martins and Ace. I go there a few times a week. They do sell health and beauty items as well as groceries. The prices are 50-75% off retail prices. I think this place is better that Amelia's.
Health and beauty items that you don't use or want to use for their intended purpose can often be put to a different use such as using lotions for shaving. If unopened they could be donated to a shelter. This is a page about using it up health and beauty products.
When you have sunscreen that is past it's 'use by' date, you should not use it to protect your skin from the sun. It could possibly be useful as a lotion, if you are certain there is no bacteria present.
A manager at a CVS drugstore told me that the sales are recycled every 3 weeks, so if what you want isn't on sale and you can wait to stock up, be aware that this is a possibility and may also be true of other stores. This may no longer be practiced, but it was true as of a few months ago.
