We recently came across an old Carmex lip balm pot whose contents had dried out. Well, we weren’t about to throw out a perfectly good container! Here’s what we did…
We salvaged a clump of remains from our favorite tube of lipstick, and put it in a small microwave-safe glass bowl along with an equal amount of petroleum jelly. Then we zapped the bowl on high for 10 seconds at a time, until the mixture melted (it ended up being 20 seconds in our 1100-watt machine). In between zappings, we stirred the mixture with a toothpick. While it was still warm, we transferred our new lip gloss to the lip balm pot using a small rubber spatula. Voila! Free lip gloss!
If you don’t have any old lip balm pots, you should be able to find similar empty containers at your local drugstore.
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