Tribe.net. Local Connections Anne http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#56a2c76f-e0a4-4773-89aa-7bb9a7bf9b73 2007-12-31T17:55:22Z 2007-12-31T17:55:22Z

I make lip gloss out of old lipsticks. Just like Sooz, I use a little bowl in a pan of hot water to melt the lipstick and whatever lipids for the gloss. I usually use vaseline with a little bit of beeswax. I've found the beeswax keeps the gloss from being too soft. I even found these cute little rings to hold the gloss: http://annaramma.typepad.com/annaramma/2007/07/a-soft-gooey-ce.html

Anne 2007-12-31T17:55:22Z Radhiya http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#6f8c830c-f201-4136-a924-fa9957576ec0 2007-12-30T03:01:07Z 2007-12-30T03:01:07Z

Do you place them in molds or just use them with a lip brush? This sound very interesting, I've have lots of samples and extras. I'd like more info.

Radhiya 2007-12-30T03:01:07Z Soooz: biker/priestess http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#934a77c2-02a2-4452-b22e-06f2e6cdc56c 2007-12-08T04:23:08Z 2007-12-08T04:23:08Z

It's been a while, I may have, a few seconds at a time, lipstick responds a lot like butter to nuking. I believe I used a double boiler - a small oven-proof custard cup in a pan of water.

Soooz: biker/priestess 2007-12-08T04:23:08Z polymorph http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#f58ee400-4234-42a2-9b89-20e6606a72a7 2007-12-08T03:29:33Z 2007-12-08T03:29:33Z

Zemis: - I love your stencil & photo touch-up ideas! They'd probably work especially well with crisp-edged metal stencils. - Also, what's a decent (i.e., non-toxic) way to fix makeup onto non-facial skin? Calvaleigh: - Do you know of a good way to "fix" makeup to clothes - besides the usual waterproof hairspray? (Funny question for theater folk, since you're always trying *not* to transfer makeup to your costumes ;^) Soooz: - Do you use a microwave to melt down your lipsticks? I *love* saving and re-using the brushes and containers from old liquid eyeliner - they make very precise applicators. (They all get old on me, too - since I probably wear eyeliner 4 or 5 times a year!)

polymorph 2007-12-08T03:29:33Z Zemis http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#5f68e6a6-ee5e-4362-a5a7-7185e2520dee 2007-12-06T03:34:11Z 2007-12-06T03:34:11Z

Eye shodows are great pastels, Use them to stencil cards for Xmass then spray with aqua net, several light to medium coats.. place tissue paper on top to protect it in the envelope. Use them to add color to a charcoal or pencil drawing, a look of vintage photos, any black and white print image as long as the medium it was printed on had a tooth, Glossy wouldn't work.. um... crush small portions of it and apply it to the skin, chest, neck arm in shapes, swirls symbols... pad it well, take caution that clothing not rub.. you could do a design on your legs, or cheek... Mascara never more then six month... prevent the "goupies" buy taking a paper towel *(having little to no lint to worry about getting on the brush/applicator)* the first few times you use it roll the tip on a fresh paper towel and remove the access you cant scrap that off in the tube, just doesn't work well and gets sticky as it builds up. its exposed to the air more.. if you can don't scrap it , do it as little as possible... wipe it gently, roll it, or slightly pinch it on paper towel.. It will go on neater and less globs on eye lashes.. Tissue or toilet paper put fuzz/lint on the applicator will get in your eye and drive you NUTS... don't do it... warned ya... Lip sticks use them as oil sticks and draw with them, heavy weight reaves paper, may want to coat the paper with a coat of gesso.. use them in the Xmass cards and set the lip stick with eye shadows.. combine the two in your design.. Brush the lipstick in from the edges of stencil, dust with eye shadow from inside of design outward.. or?

Zemis 2007-12-06T03:34:11Z FreckledGirl http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#cb5b6060-386a-4633-9887-ce4d0d17d89d 2007-12-06T02:49:48Z 2007-12-06T02:49:48Z

I think Mac's program is that if you turn in 5 or 6 old lipsticks, you get a new one free. *woot*

FreckledGirl 2007-12-06T02:49:48Z Dusty Nipples (Kim) http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#29fb59e5-2f06-4235-aa33-18af31a942c4 2007-12-05T15:53:50Z 2007-12-05T15:53:50Z

Is any of it Mac? Mac will take back old makeup. I've returned old lipsticks I never really used and swapped for new ones. They also 'recycle' their old containers... I think 5 of them will get you a free something.

Dusty Nipples (Kim) 2007-12-05T15:53:50Z Mme. X http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#7fd75bfd-c345-4673-92ef-d4efea65929e 2007-12-05T15:02:38Z 2007-12-05T15:02:38Z

I heard every 6--but my mascara doesnt last that long--it always gets all goopy and blech after about 6 weeks and since I only wear it 3x a week tops...... I will go thru the lipsticks and clean off the ones I want to keep, and Ill try "oil painting" with the rest

Mme. X 2007-12-05T15:02:38Z JoJo http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#8705c434-7797-4f97-ab1d-76aa41a7f874 2007-12-04T23:42:30Z 2007-12-04T23:42:30Z

An eye doctor once told me that you should get new mascara every 3 months.

JoJo 2007-12-04T23:42:30Z Tuffy http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#7aff31ff-64f3-40ad-b67e-bbc2822aafc3 2007-12-04T17:30:24Z 2007-12-04T17:30:24Z

With lipstick if you give it a quick spritz with rubbing alcohol and then wipe the outside with a tissue your good to go as far as bacteria and yucky stuff. Mascara I think really only lasts a year. Good Luck!

Tuffy 2007-12-04T17:30:24Z Calvaleigh http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#931d6eb8-4365-470c-a02b-6aa8469546e2 2007-12-02T16:10:13Z 2007-12-02T16:10:13Z

Some of that stuff will dye your clothes--we've used it as art stuff on garments after my fellow thespians and I in a show realized exactly how much it was staining our before-show clothes. Kind of fun--it changes colour, and fades after a long while, but it's neat to do once in a blue moon....

Calvaleigh 2007-12-02T16:10:13Z Datura http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#1eaa90fe-56df-48e3-905f-9c9a795e5343 2007-12-01T06:37:31Z 2007-12-01T06:37:31Z

Lipstick lasts a *really* long time. Unless its turning colors its probably ok if you want to keep using it or give it away. Just wipe it down and it should be sweet. Eye stuff, not so much. 3 years max on shadows and I think 1 or 2 on mascara. As for the arts n crafts side, I think the sky's the limit. Its just paint, after all. :D I like the idea of clear coating afterwards to make it stick.

Datura 2007-12-01T06:37:31Z Eridun http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#4b41552f-f98a-4f32-b2c7-e4aafc25b1a2 2007-11-29T23:53:15Z 2007-11-29T23:53:15Z

I would think you could paint with lipstick as well - it's a little thicker but using a brush I think you could get a nice texture effect.

Eridun 2007-11-29T23:53:15Z Soooz: biker/priestess http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#07fb0680-4622-4845-a166-1678fa4e511a 2007-11-29T03:08:01Z 2007-11-29T03:08:01Z

clear shellac, or spray paint? I melt down old lipsticks to create new ones, I figure the melting process kills any bacteria.

Soooz: biker/priestess 2007-11-29T03:08:01Z Mme. X http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/d05a0058-974a-4eac-9211-8840a144726e#570b34b6-6b8b-483f-a25b-122d9ad1f2bb 2007-11-29T03:02:28Z 2007-11-29T03:02:28Z

I have got a whole lot of old make up I canmt give it away, and Ive spent so much money on it I hate to just trash it any ideas on what to do with it? like, I know I can use the eye shadow to "paint" and tint polynmer clay before its baked--especially the ones that are shiney but what about lipsticks? I was thinking about rubber stamping with lipstick, but how would I cure it?

Mme. X 2007-11-29T03:02:28Z