Household Items That Help Me With Makeup

by dunia_dandan — Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

in Beauty School, Eyes, Face, Makeup, Pro Tips and tagged with Concealer, Egg poacher, eyebrow, Household items, Illamasqua Rich Liquid Foundation, Lights, Mascara, Microwave oven, Mixing palette, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar, Spoon, Tape measurement, UDPP, Urban Decay Primer Potion

We need to be creative with makeup: Combining eyeshadow colors, choosing the right lipstick for the right look and all, but apparently it doesn’t stop there.

These are household items that I use to help me with the makeup process.

1. Lights: You can us your own fingers to warm concealer so it is easier to blend, but these lights above my vanity offer more heat. I just need to tiptoe a little bit, place my concealer under the light for about 10 seconds, and they become creamier and easier to use.

Lights (Medium) Spoon (Medium)

2. Spoon: Applying mascara on the lower lash line can be tricky. To avoid messing up my already concealed, powdered, and lined lower eye area, I use spoon as the lash base. The dome shape places the lashes away from the skin to avoid mascara mishaps.

3. Measurement tape: I don’t have symmetrical eyebrows. One is higher than the other, so I use a flexible tape like this to make sure that the eyebrow peaks are of the same height. The numbers on it also help in determining precision eyebrow length—if you’re really that meticulous.

MeasTape (Medium)

4. Microwave oven: There’s a new–and safer–way to depot your Urban Decay Primer Potion by using a microwave oven. I only have a pair of big kitchen knives and I’m not interested to put their lives in jeopardy (I’m gonna break them, I know), so microwave oven is my choice. It only takes 90 second to heat and several minutes to tap the product out of the tube. It doesn’t really depot the product to the last drop, but I still get a small jar full of extra UDPP.

Microwave (Medium) (Small) Poacher (Medium) (Small)

5. Egg poacher: I bought this for my hubby who likes poached eggs. Well, it ended up on my vanity as a mixing palette where I can mix moisturizer with foundation (hello, thick Illamasqua Rich Liquid foundation), or different lip colors to create a new color (obsessing over Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar?). And the poached eggs never materialize

So, what about you, Ladies? Do you use anything around the house to help you with makeup at all? Do share!

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15 comments for this entry

etoy

huaa..kreatip juga yah…keren jg tapi, baru tau gw pake maskara dengan bantuan sendok. Bisa diaplikasikan nih!

November 11, 2009 at 4:39 pm
aimi

Kreatip bgt mbak..
Yang no.2 tuh yg paling aku butuhkan

November 11, 2009 at 6:10 pm
ijoli

heeeeuuuuu merk GoldStar masih adin ya?

November 11, 2009 at 6:40 pm
dewdew

No 2 plg kreatip

November 11, 2009 at 7:52 pm
marshella

wow…very helpful..kok slama ini gue ga kepikiran yah masalah sendok itu yah?
thanks to dudan…

November 11, 2009 at 9:58 pm
morgan

tube UDPP tahan tuh di microwave-in??
and i hear you about OCC Lip Tars – pengenn!!!

November 12, 2009 at 5:20 am
dunia_dandan

Morgan – Tahan tuh.

November 12, 2009 at 6:13 am
dewdew

Langsung praktek yang nomer dua itu dundan….thank you for the tip….

November 12, 2009 at 8:53 am
juliettehasagun

jiaaah… jadi pengen punya lampu model begitu :p

November 12, 2009 at 8:54 am
glebova

Jeng, microwave bisa dipake buat manasin gel eyeliner nggak ya? TIA

November 12, 2009 at 8:59 am
Lince

ya ampuuuunnn, pengorbanan Pak Debbie dengan egg poachernya

November 12, 2009 at 10:01 am
Affi

Deb gue jadi pengen beli tuh egg poacher….tp buat bikin poached eggs beneran

November 13, 2009 at 2:20 pm
jenna

Kreatip abis deh ibu satu ini……….salut :twothumbup:

November 13, 2009 at 2:40 pm
pia

Deb, love love all the photos! You look like some vintage model and all the poses were awesome. And cerminnya cantik!

I also use metal spoon to freshen my eyes. Put it in the freezer for couple of mins then press it on my tired eyes (closed eyes lho)

November 13, 2009 at 7:55 pm
dunia_dandan

Glebova – Masalah microwave utk ngelembekin gel liner, nanti lihat aja postingan Amal di Blog ini. Dalam wkt dekat, kok.

Lintje – Sstt… Pak Dundan lupa kalo pernah gw beliin egg pocher!

Pia – Yup, I heard that too. Nyesss ya bok.

Anyone else with ideas?

November 13, 2009 at 9:20 pm

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