STOP...DON'T THROW AWAY THIS MAKEUP!
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2022
- If you have makeup in your collection that you're not using because it's the wrong color, formula, etc., these hacks will help you to get the MOST out of those products that are just collecting dust.
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💖 ABOUT ME:
Hi, my name is Jen I am 44 and live in Connecticut with my husband and 8 year old son. I am a stay-at-home Mom and full-time RUclipsr with a degree in business with a focus in marketing. Before leaving work when my son was born, I was a commercial lender at a bank. I also worked at Sephora and Macy's doing visual merchandising.
I have dry skin with some hyperpigmentation and fine lines. I love natural makeup looks but occasionally go outside my comfort zone a little bit. On my channel you'll find lots of videos about drugstore makeup and drugstore dupes (those are my favorites to film!) but I also review high-end makeup as well. I hope you enjoy my channel and if you do, please don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & leave me a comment! 
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In this throw away society I truly appreciate the effort you put into your videos to help us be more conscious of waste we produce by lackluster product choices.
Thank you for what you do.
One additional tip. I found I really do not care for some of the vibrant pinks and orange shades in several eyeshadow pallets. I decided to use them as blushes instead! They can even be crushed down and one color blended in with another to customize the shades
I love that you have so much information to help people keep the cost of their make up down.
Amen.
Jen is amazing.❤
I hate throwing away good makeup, so I love these hacks.
I have two more that work for me: Sometimes it works if you mix too dark foundation with a bit of a light concealer.
I mix too light blush with some translucent powder to get a light pink brightening powder for my under eye area.
Thanks Jen for suggesting us these tricks to “fix” our products instead of just buying a new one! I only want to add that with a green pigment mixer, it’s possible to have basically any foundation ( or concealer ), to work for olive skin tone !
A green color correcting primer will work as well! I have fair olive skin and this trick is a life saver for me! LA Colors makes one that works great and I find it at Dollar Tree. I figured it was a great way to see if it would work and the formula is very nice as a mixer!
Jen- you are wowing on all cylinders! Congrats on your creativity ❤ it is much appreciated!
Elf camo was too dry as concealer but worked well as eyeshadow primer on greasy eyelids. I've also repurposed blinding highlighters as eyeshadow
I use my Elf Camo also as a primer!
I use the original Elf Camo Concealer as spackle (apologies to Laura Geller). Real spackle. Patching nail holes in the walls. Now, the Hydrating Camo Concealer is a keeper!
As I’m watching this video I’m using a mascara hack of mine. Sometimes if I don’t love the formula of a mascara but I really like the brush applicator, I switch the applicator out with a mascara that I love the formula of. This way I get the best of both worlds. It totally works great!
Using oil as a primer, just on the dryer areas of your face before using a drying foundation works really well too. Because I do this, one of my worst foundations became one of my favorites.
Thank you, Jen!! Most influencers don't bother to talk about this kind of thing, and I think we all need it, and we're going to need it even more if we're really headed toward a recession soon . . . .time to get some mileage out of the stuff we're all sleeping on!
I actually kind of like playing around with products when they don't work perfectly. First of all, I usually try to diagnose what the problem was, and then try to figure out if there's some other use I can find for a product; unless I paid over 20 bucks for it, I"m not returning something. Also, I was a teenager in the 80s, when we had extremely limited options, and we had to get creative and learn to use our makeup in unorthodox ways. I experimented a lot with contouring and sculpting my face in all kinds of crazy ways on weeknights in my bathroom because I had time in my hands. I'm sure it looked chalky and weird but I think we all did back then . . . . .
Also I'm so over the throw and go disposable attitude that the makeup companies cultivate with their customers; they know what they're doing. There's already planned obsolescence in the constant rotation of colors and palettes for seasons, plus every couple of years there's a big overhaul in the way we're supposed to do everything. It encourages the "aw, just throw it away" mentality that results in so much waste in packaging and products. I understand that it's difficult to make cosmetics both attractively packaged to the eye *and* ecologically sensible, and I love a brand new sleek lipstick tube as much as the next girl. I probably hold onto some things longer than I should, but I keep everything clean and take good care of it.
Thanks again for your thoughtful content. You're one of the few beauty influencers I bother to watch anymore . . . .
Too-dark lipstick trick!! I’m pretty fair and have the same issues with most lipsticks looking shockingly dark on me. My trick is an SPF zinc-based lip balm that actually leaves a slight white cast. I layer it on top of the dark lipstick with a swipe and it keeps the opacity of the lipstick and also protects the lips! Lips are often overlooked for sun protection too so an unexpected upgrade tip☀️
The glitter glue is a holy grail for me, I use it for all my shimmery shadows. Really is great to keep it on with my hooded eyes
Dark foundations can double as cream bronzers
Definitely! I've used them as contour also!
I do this! I have a foundation stick that turned out it was way darker than I assumed. But voila - contour/bronzing stick!
These hacks were awesome! I learned several new ideas from this! I especially liked the highlighter and blush hacks! One hack I discovered was using a cream blush that is dark to stain your lips before applying balm. It makes the lip look like you woke up that way and it lasts a really long time. I use the ND Bloom palette, the red shade the most. It slight dryness really adheres and stains beautifully. The second is for cleaning brushes. Instead of cleaning them individually I group them with similar sizes and densities, I then swirl them all at the same time, rinse in tandem and then individually squeeze out the ends. The best brush cleaner I have found is a bar of Zote laundry detergent (Walmart, $3). It works amazingly and keeps the bristles soft! :)
I never realized just how cool my skin is. Which makes sense because I have all this red in my t zone area that I struggle to cover up. But w some sort f my foundations I have that aren’t quite right I have L’Oréal True match in cool 3 and 4. I add that to my neutral foundations. It’s awesome. True Match is an amazing foundation. I add that Essence glow serum stuff (the watermelon stuff) to foundations to make heavier foundations glide on better. I find it better than using an oil.
I have all the LA Girl Mixers. They are lifesavers! They save money too if you don’t have to declutter a poor match and repurchase a better one.
Since the beginning of my ‘lipstick life’, I have never worn a single shade. I always wear two.
But I mix them right on my lips. 😂
This was such a helpful video!
Thank you so much 💛
Thanks Jen...great tips! I've also used setting spray to thin out liquid foundation. Like you, I'll just mix it together on my hand. Also if a lipstick is too light you can line your lips with a slightly darker lip pencil and then kind of blend that color into your lips..apply the lipstick and blend it into the darker lip liner. Once blended it looks seamless, you don't want to actually see the liner
You can add the LA Gurl pigments to anything to adjust their color to your liking. They’re so useful.
Great video! I have several foundations that did not work for me for various reasons. I combined roughly equal amounts of them into a bottle with a dropper shook it up and applied like usual, it worked out perfectly! Beautiful color match, coverage and longevity! I love the finish too! Also I had a big problem with mascara smudging on me. The best tip I ever saw was from another RUclips video where she simply applied clear mascara over mascara. It works like a dream for me! I can slice onions and it has yet to smear my mascara!
That's an amazing tip!
Wow! Never heard this! And how do you do it? Do you wait until the mascara is completly dry and then you apply the clear one?
@@tammakeuptime3741 Yes I just apply my mascara as usual, let it dry and apply a clear mascara over it, let it dry and you are good to go. I have used several different clear mascaras. Currently I am using one by Wet n Wild that works fine. The best one for me has been a dual ended clear mascara and brow gel from ELF, but any clear mascara would probably work well.
Watching this again at your suggestion on July 6, 2024, and the opening scene with thr snow is so refreshing to my soul in the middle of this 110° heat index today!!!!! I had even forgotten some of the suggestions!! Thanks Jen. Can ALWAYS count on you!!!!💜💜🇺🇲
I’m watching on the 10 of July.
Fantastic video! Thank you! One thing I've been doing to repurpose bronzers and powders is to use my darker summer shades that don't work for me in the winter down my neck over moisturizer. It looks more natural than applying foundation on the neck to make the face and neck match. Also with lipsticks that are too dark or bright for me, I put them on when I start my skin care. Once I'm done with my makeup and hair and everything, I wipe them off. They make a great lip stain and then I put either a nude lipstick or lip gloss over my lips.
Great tips!
@@R.L.Maverick thank you!
This is a keeper tutorial to relieve us of the guilt of buying things and not using them!!👍🤣😂💋👀👁️
The Ulta mineral tinted face lotion doubles up as a beautiful matte foundation, but it’s really drying. I agree, adding a few drops of facial oil helps a lot and doesn’t change the finish. That sunscreen is a hidden gem. Dark/light glosses over dark/light lipsticks has also saved many lipsticks from the trash.
I never thought about mixing in primer. That's gonna help alot.
Wow these are fantastic tips. Thanks Jen for a great video ☺️
I use clear lip liner as a base for any color powder eyeshadow. Works especially well for lining under the lower lashes. Won't change the color of the eyeshadow like a regular liner will, and the color lasts forever. Saves money too!
I needed this video. thank you for all your hard work! happy holidays Jen and family
Amazing vid as always Jen! Love your vlogmas series. For cream bronzers that are too warm/orange, I add a little green corrector - turns it into a more contour shade. If I have a bunch of eye shadows that are too colourful, I mix them all together into a separate pan, add some 70% alcohol and end up with a nice one-and-done brown / taupe shade
Never would have thought to do with eyeshadow! Going to have to try it! I have so many shadows I don't use, so can't lose trying something like this 😊
I love your tip! I have scraped out bronzer that I hit pan on or broke:( and mixed with powder blush that is almost used up but not worth trying to get a brush into. I got a Benefit Dallas type shade that I love.
This is great content, I've learned a lot this morning. And I meant to comment yesterday that the shot of it snowing out your windows was simply beautiful, so magical for us that don't get snow in Australia. And todays snow makes everything look so clean and peaceful, so a big thank you for filming it.
I use brown eyeliners that don't work well on my eyes as lip liners and use them to darken my lipsticks.
I love this idea! When I have too intense blushes, after putting the product on the brush I rub the brush into my hand to get off the excess product before putting the brush on my cheeks.
Thanks for all the great tips Jen! I’ve had great success mixing setting spray with foundation to improve a dry or thick texture and it helps to extend the wear time too. Happy holidays to you, your family, and all your subscribers!
Great video! I have been mixing more pigmented liquid/cream blushes (like Rare Beauty) with concealer. It mutes the blush and helps with longevity while helping me use up concealers I over-buy. I also apply lipsticks that are too dark with an eye blending brush.
Great tips Jen 👍.
Another tip is u can mix a drop or few of ur dark foundation in ur SPF to make it tinted 🙂🙂
Yes! I've done that, too!
Awesome tip!
I have two of the Milani matte lipsticks and I tried using them both as cream blushes per your video and I LOVE the effect!! Instantly became my favorite blushes!
Very nice tips & tricks! Thanks Jen. One tip I got from Jaime French is Inglot Duraline. You can mix it with eyeliner or eyeshadow & make colors pop & make it stay in place.
Thanks I'll have to try that!
Duraline is the best! I also learned from Jamie!
I do have ONE tip…..if you are using shadows that cause a lot of fallout, apply the shadow to your hand/wrist first and then apply to eye. This helps me a LOT!!!
I recently tossed a bottle of foundation because it was too yellow on my skin. Never thought of altering the shade myself. What a great idea! Also want to try adding a bit of moisturizer to shiny eyeshadow. Shiny eyeshadow can be very aging on older skin because it will show every wrinkle and crease. Something to make it absorb sounds worth trying.
Just dust it lightly with translucent powder and it will give you a nice lit from within glow. Fellow oldie.
Hey Jen. This was great and useful. I was thinking like wow she is a genius! I also use scotch tape rolled into a loop to get glitter off my face. It works. Just put your finger inside the loop with sticky side out obviously 😜. Great video. 👍 hope your week is going well enough.
That's a great trick Najette! I'm going to do that next time!
@Jen Phelps I got that from Johnny Ross recently. But I used to do it a long time ago.
Yes! I just recently thought to do this! It can be tedious but definitely works!
I do this too- works quite well!
Yup, I have a dedicated roll of tape in the bathroom just for this.😊
Something I love doing with an inexpensive eyeshadow palette that maybe doesn't work great is scrape some of the pigment onto a mixing plate & mix it with inglot duraline to use it as liner for graphic liner, or for lips for interesting colors or lip art! Inglot is a little pricey, so this can be done with any mixing medium!
I saw an interesting tip yesterday for a blush that’s too intense. She said to put the blush on before your foundation. Once you put the foundation on the color was perfect. I have a few blushes I want to try it on but I haven’t tested it yet.
That's an awesome tip!
Great tips! Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to your channel! ☺️💖
LOVED this video. Some of the tips will be very useful for me, especially the eyeshadow ones. Thanks so much!
I'd love more hack videos.
My personal favourite hack is one for lazy People: find an eyeshadow palette that has colours you can use for your whole face; I love grabbing one palette and using it for shadow, blush, bronzer and highlighter. It's also a very travel friendly tip. There are plenty of palettes that can be used for that, no need to search for a face palette.
Love to get more tips and tricks!
Thanks so much,
Love from Israel
yes more hacks plz
Creative ideas Jen! Thanks for the tips!
Thos are excellent makeup advice. I have 2 tips to share 1) I use the nyx liquid BROW pen (lift & snatch) as my actual eyeliner since the tip is so much finer than the felt/brush tip for eyeliner, I can draw super fine lines on my thin hooded lids 2) If my lipstick is color is too intense, too matt or too dark, I rub some of my cream highlighter over it to tone it down while gives it a slight shimmer.
I love the Lift and Snatch. I'm definitely trying the eyeliner hack. Thanks.
This video is super helpful. Thank you Jen!
Jen, this was great!!! Ty so much! 💓
Jen, these tips and trips are excellent! Thank you so much!
Another great video Jen!! Definitely learned some new tricks!
Great tips! Thank you Jen!!
Loved the highlighter and fixing spray for eyeshadow tricks 🎉😍
These are some really great tips-especially the one with the white eye shadow :)
I'm so thankful you shared these tips!! Helping me use what I have and saving money.
Love all the tips! Thanks Jen for all the hard work you put into your videos.
This is a great video - Thanks Jen! As usual, this was super helpful - you are on fire girl!
As always, thanks Jen! I love these tips and tricks!
Great tips Jen! I'm definitely taking quite a few of them 2 use.
These are incredible hacks Jen! Thank you, thank you.
Amazing tips!!!! Thank you!! Taking notes to incorporate into my makeup application!!! Love you Jen!!🥰🥰🥰
Jen.. you are amazing!! How come you don’t have YET 1M subscribers?!?! 😊😊
Very helpful tips and tricks. I appreciate all the great videos that you make!!
These tips are so GREAT! I need to save this video :) Thank you so much, Jen! Have a beautiful day!
A hack I love doing is to use my eyebrow products as contour aids. Pomades and powders can be used to pop cheekbones and pencils can be used lightly to help contour your nose. I’ve even used eyebrow pencils as lip liners if I’m going for a 90’s brown lip.
Thank you so much for this video! My primary takeaway (above and beyond all the terrific and practical tips you shared) is that I’m too fast to decide a product doesn’t work for me. I need to “play” with different application methods and apply some of the tips you shared before reaching a final verdict. Thank you again!
Exactly!🥰
I love all your Christmas music and videos. I love your channel. Thanks for what you do.
These were brilliant! So glad to find you.
Your video ideas are killing it, thank you!
BRILLIANT ideas!! Thank you Jen!! 💗
The powder & blush trick is amazing...as is the highlighter & moisturizer!
These were wonderful tips Jen!! Thank you for sharing these great ideas. 👏😊❤️
Genius!! These are truly helpful. Thanks Jen 💕
great tips!! Thank you for all your work on your channel!
Now this is content I'd subscribe for! ... If I wasn't already 😃😃 Such genious, resourceful, useful, doable, budget conscious ideas!!! Holy grail status video Jen! Thank you as always! Happiest of Holidays!!
What truly helpful tips! This was truly fantastic! I’ve never thought about doing so many of these. You’re the best!
thanks for the helpful tips; I can definitely see myself putting these to use
Great tips Jen!!
Hi Jen, these are some great tips. I have used a few of these before but just great tips. Thanks for all your hard work. 🎄🎄🎄
Beautiful Jen, thank you for your tips 😊
Great video! I got some great ideas from this! I have a few to add... For dark lipstick you can just blot it on with your fingers to make it more like a stain. It's way more subtle than a full-on application. Using a tubing or waterproof mascara on the lower lashes will prevent smudging on me. It's usually not the upper lashes that cause me issues, but the lower ones. I also add contour and darker cream blushes under my foundation for a subtle, but pretty, look. Then I use a too-light blush powder to top it off. It's long- lasting that way too (like you mentioned as well). If you think liquid liner is too harsh, dot it in-between the lashes for definition and a super long-wearing effect. Green primer is a great mixer for foundation for olive skin. You can turn any creamy lipstick into a matte one with a little translucent powder. You can mix it on your hand before applying or just add a little on top. Muted plumb blush makes a great bronzer for olive skin or if bronzer always look orange on your skin tone no matter how cool-toned it is.
I never thought of scrapping bronzer into the foundation. Thank you that was a great tip!
I use foundation sample cards that you can add to your order for free. There are cards that come with decent amount of product. And I use deep shades as much as needed for foundation or concealler color match.
Thank you so much Jen, these tips will be super helpful 😍🤗
This is the video we all needed! Thank you for the awesome tips!
Love this video! So helpful and informative!! This is definitely my favorite makeup video. No joke!
Thanks for all the hard work that you do to create great content. Your recommendations are so helpful. 😊
Love all the jacks!! Thank you for sharing this.
this is why i love you and your channel. you take it to the next level. Im never disappointed.
Holy cow! I never would have thought of some of these tips! Game changer indeed! Thank you!!
I am terrible at picking a foundation if I'm buying from a brand I've never tried. So I have resigned myself to spending twice the money and buying 2. So that if one is too light or too dark, I can just mix them. I've been doing it for years. Usually the first one I choose is too light. I have never thought about mixing it with a cream bronzer. Genius. Also, most foundations are too warm for me and tend to go very yellow. There are more neutrals than there are cooks, so that's what I usually end up having to get. I will pick up some if the blue LA Girl mixing liquid! That is going to grow the fiundations that I am able to wear by at least 50% . Thank you so much for all of this incredible information!
This was so helpful.
I just love you intros!!
Thank you for being here for us !
Thanks for these tips. It’s very appreciated.
Thanks for sharing these hints and your beautiful home!
Don’t forget to thumbs up! Thanks for another great video Jen!
That was such a great video!!! Great tips!! Thank you!
Hi Jen. The snow is so beautiful! Thanks for the hack with darkening foundation that is too light. Can't wait to try. Have a terrific day!
These are great tips!
Hey there, Jen! Thank you for this video! I hope you are having a great week 😊💜💚💙
Great hacks!! I already do them all too. I'm always mixing my lipsticks
There’s snow!!! Loved all these tips are so helpful! I’ll get more use out of my stash!
Thank you so much!! Need to watch this one again, tons of great tips!