If life deals you broken shadow, make lip gloss!

Have you ever had an eye shadow disaster? It may look something like this...

Even if you're not an optimist, I promise there's an upside to your shadow disaster!

YOU JUST GAINED A NEW LIP GLOSS!!! 

And actually, I find that powdered eye shadow can be even more pigmented than cake eye shadow, so even the darker colors can be put to good use! More on this in a bit...

What you'll need is:  

1. Pill container that has screw-tight lids (I got mine at The Container Store for $2, but you can find them anywhere).

2. Clean (unused) contacts container

3. Butter knife or spoon

4. Vaseline (or Un-Petroleum by Alba)

5. Q-tips

**As a general rule of thumb, your lighter, peachy or pinky-shimmery colors will work best as lip gloss, and your darkest colors best as powdered eye shadow. However, it's up to you to be creative - you can even mix and match!**

 Let's get started!

To make lip gloss:

1. Fill the contacts case halfway with vaseline.

2. Carefully let your loose shadow fall into the case, and mix with a q-tip. (This takes more pigment than you'd imagine to get the desired color, so it's better to use less vaseline than you'd think).

It's that easy!!! And now you can use the other side for another lip gloss color, and it's super easy to carry in your purse! You can always add more vaseline and pigment as it depletes too.

And now for your powdered eye shadow! 

If you've never used powdered eye shadow before, it's a great product when you want a lot of concentrated color. Just wet your eye shadow brush with a tiny bit of water before dipping into the pigment, and you'll have long-lasting, WOW-factor eye make-up!

Here are the steps;

1. Carefully transport your broken eye shadow (if it's in manageable pieces) to the pill container. (If it's already powder, just spoon it out). Use your butter knife or spoon to gently smash the pieces into powder!

And here is where your creativity juices can flow! I have mixed colors, such as this brown and purple combo below, it came out so pretty!!

Now I've turned my shadow disaster into new awesome make-up products to use, at almost zero cost!!

Here is the finished product of the broken shadows I combined:

Enjoy your new products, and have fun being creative!! The possibilities are endless :)