Lipstick Palette and brief how-to

 Carting around a load of lipsticks, glosses seems like a frivolity. It is actually quite essential to running my daily errands. A comfort blanket sort of thing. One to refresh the favoured lip of the day, another dozen 'just in case'--to stave off boredom I suppose. Of course, one or two more, bought during the day's course, to come join the happy family.

 I tried to keep it up, I really did. Despite the already cumbersome 'diaper bag' (what an ugly term),  crowded with cosmetics, a couple of books, tissues, keys, coins, wallet, bottles of formula, and, yes-diapers... I persisted with my 10+ unnecessary lipsticks. 

But then I went and did this...

Ugly old eyeshadow palette full of chalky colours. In this pic the useless eyeshadows have been scraped out, palette washed and disinfected..

To snazzy lip palette painted prettily for kicks... 

There are plenty of depotting tutorials on the internet, for lipsticks. The gist is: behead the luckless lippie. Put it in spoon, hold spoon above candle (NOT TOO CLOSE!). 

Whistle the classic tune relied upon by generations of lumberjacks and gold prospectors, it's raining men.

 There will be fumes. They are not to be inhaled (nausea! headache!). 

Once the lipstick seems to have completely liquified, delicately pour it into the pan without burning yourself. Leave to set. You can mix lipsticks (eg a sliver of a brown lipstick, a sliver of a pink) to make different shades. Experimenting is fun! My favourite shade here is the mix of Vasanti's Spain and Estee Lauder's Bois de Rose.

Here we have an array of well-melted and not-so-well-melted lipsticks (where I got impatient, and didn't wait for it to fully melt, are the blotchy bits). Yes, it's been used and loved. Just this and a lip brush is all I need.

Right to left

 Estee Lauder Tiramisu
Revlon lip butter Creme brulee
Estee Lauder Tiger eye

Rimmel paradise
Rimmel Kate Moss 14
Estee Lauder Rose tea

Revlon Copperglow berry + tiramisu
Revlon Copperglow berry
Bois de rose

Estee Lauder Tiramisu (again)
Rimmel amethyst shimmer
Rimmel amethyst shimmer (twice because I have several tubes of this)

Vasanti spain
Vasanti spain + EL bois de rose
boots sheer temptation delight

Guerlain Gigi
Revlon fuchsia fusion
Revlon love that pink