This tutorial is a left over relic from my previous blog where I blogged on coupons. Yeah cheezy I know but somewhere along the line I took all the step by step photos for a tutorial to create your own professional looking lipstick palette. Most of the tutorials I had seen were very messy looking very cheap and ad hoc so I wanted to post this anyways since I feel it fills a need for a foolproof way for creating something slick and smooth and polished. Also they usually have you melt the lipsticks in either the microwave and then pour it in the pans or worse melt it in a metal spoon with a lighter like a heroin addict. Ladies shouldn't do that ;). So here we go.
Ok before you start you need to gather your supplies. First you need a selection of lipsticks that you want to palletize. You can also use lip balms and thick lip glosses if your patient. You will need a palette or box in which to put the final pans. I used a MAC eyeshadow palette that I had pulled the dividers out of but really your choices are unlimited on this. There are some wonderful tutorials out there on how to make a palette out of a shallow hinged box and some craft foam. What you use doesn't affect this process though so be as basic or adventurous as you feel like. You will need some empty eyeshadow pans. I bought mine from this place on eBay and she has both the square or round ones. You will also need an oven (toaster or conventional), some rubbing alcohol and a knife and some plastic spatulas or something similar to spread the lipstick into the pans.
Cover your working surface with some paper towels and assemble your supplies so they are at hand. Pop your lipsticks in the fridge for a little bit because it will make it easier to slice off just the amount you want to use so you can save the rest of your lippies for later. It's also a little easier to spread cleanly if its not so soft to begin with.
1) Roll up your lipstick so 1/3 -1/2 of the lipstick is showing.
2) Carefully slice off with a sharp knife and place in the pan
3) Use the spatula to carefully spread the lipstick as evenly as possible over the pan.
4) Use a paper towel to clean off the edges with rubbing alcohol to avoid messes when you melt it. You can usually get about two pans out of one lipstick by scooping the lipstick out of the tube. You'll notice how much product is saved this way and making a lipstick palette is a great way to stretch your lipstick dollar and get the most out of your favorite (and ALWAYS discontinued) shade
5) Turn on your oven to the lowest temperature. About 200 degrees is about right. Cover a baking
sheet with waxed paper and place your pans on top.
6) Once you have made enough pans to cover a baking sheet place inside the oven for approx 5 minutes or until you can visually see the lipsticks have melted.
7) Carefully remove from the oven to avoid creating airbubbles or spilling and allow to cool. You should be able to see at this point the pans have a nice shiny smooth and even and PROFESSIONAL look to them.
8) While they are cooling look for airbubbles and gently pop them with a toothpick. Half the time they will smooth over. If they don't pop them back in the oven until they melt again. It will not damage the lipstick at all.
9) When they are completely cool and to your satisfaction pop them in your palette and enjoy. I'm not going to cover how best to mount them or arrange them since there are much better tutorials out there on that subject.
10) You can do much more than just plain lipsticks you can do plain or colored lipbalms and thick glosses. Experiment and see.
I hope this was helpful to someone I know its not really sewing related or even sewing adjacent but it's fun and fairly easy to get great results.
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