My poor husband.
You know what the new normal has been in his life since we got together and I ended his bachelorhood? It’s that now when he opens the fridge, instead of seeing his old Big Gulp-sized Simpsons cup filled with premixed protein powder and Tupperwares upon Tupperwares filled with leftover chili and rice (one of his bachelorhood staples), he gets to see cute lipstick mugs filled with chilled eyeliners and lip liners. 🙂
Because that’s where I keep mine! I keep them in the fridge because it makes them less apt to break when I sharpen them, and I really hate it when my pencils break when I sharpen them.
DRIVES. ME. BANANAS. ? I can’t even tell you…
I don’t keep them all in there, though, because that would be weird (whereas one mug is not, haha), and our fridge would be FILLED with makeup…although that would also be kinda cool.
So I just keep the main lip liners and eyeliners in there that I’m using at moment, which is usually my favorite UD lip liners and MAC Teddy, MAC Powersurge and MAC Costa Riche Eye Kohl.
The fridge keeps the tips hard, because most makeup pencils have a pretty low melting point, and sometimes, even at room temperature, they just break so easily.
Before I use them on my face, though, I warm and soften them up a little by rubbing them against the back of my hand for 5-10 seconds. And then they glide across my lids and lips, ahhh. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. TGIF! (For reals this time.)
I’m not sure how sanitary it is to place makeup in the fridge? (Ours is a mess and always full). I have some friends who have a smaller fridge (usually for cold drinks) in their bedroom to store unopened makeup and skincare, I think it’s a brilliant idea, since those smaller fridges usually don’t have enough power but cosmetics don’t need that much freezing anyway.
I keep mine in a side shelf where there’s not a lot happening, so I don’t worry about it too much, but I get what you mean. If it freaks you out, you could put your pencils in there for 10 mins or so, or just enough time to chill them, and then take them out to sharpen.
When you say you rub them on your hand to warm them up, do you mean you rub the product on your hand? Don’t you end up with a blunt pencil before you’ve even started on your face?
Hi mimibelle,
Yup, I do it just on the side of the pencil, not really pushing down hard on it. Just to get some contact with my skin and the body heat.
Also, when I line my eyes, I don’t really do it straight on using the tip. I do it from the side, holding the liner horizontally, parallel to my lash line.
I hope that’s clear. Have a great holiday.
I keep my Bite Beauty lipsticks in there right now. They’re super soft and mushy if I don’t (much like a certain tabby’s tum tum). 🙂
LOL, Chris! Tabs is thrilled you compared his tummy to your fave Bite Beauty lipsticks. You know he’s a cat who loves makeup.
Happy holidays!
What a good idea! I never thought of trying this.