Aug 28 2008

An Easy DIY Lipstick Palette

by Carla, Filed under: Cosmetics, Tutorials

Have too many lipsticks and want a better option to carry them around? Jenbabae from the Makeup Alley forums has an easy do-it-yourself lipstick palette you can do at home. All you need is your favorite lip balms or lipsticks, a palette with however many wells you would like (you can find some great empty palettes at Japonesque), 1 teaspoon stainless steel measuring spoon, floss and flame. With that, you can achieve this:

Cute right? I’m going to try this one of these days.

The first step is to take the product you’ll be adding to the palette and use floss to slice through it as shown. Be sure to not do all the product at once or it may overflow when it melts. After slicing the product, place it into the stainless steel measuring spoon.

It will soon look like this. Feel free to stir the mixture using the spatula included in the palette. This isn’t necessary for lip balm, but for lipstick it is recommended. This keeps the shimmer (if applicable to your product) even throughout the mixture. Otherwise it may sink to the bottom of the measuring spoon.

Then slowly pour the mixture into the pan with a steady hand.

Your final product will look like this. Do not disturb it while it solidifies. You will need to repeat this process with each item you add to your palette. This is Jenbabae’s palette.

What would you put in your palette?

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22 Responses for "An Easy DIY Lipstick Palette"

Hazel August 28th, 2008 at 2:59 pm 1

This is great! Thanks for the tip!
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Dianne August 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am 2

What a very cleaver idea.I would have never thought of doing something like that.Thanks for the tip.
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Valerie August 30th, 2008 at 12:16 pm 3

I love how it looks like you could buy it from a store that way. Very cute. Thanks!
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Amly September 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm 4

That’s so cool! What an amazing idea, and it looks great! It almost makes me wish I wore makeup. ALMOST.
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beautymakeupdivas.com September 5th, 2008 at 12:18 am 5

that a good idea, only thing all should remember is hold the spoon far away from the flame we have to melt it not fry the product.
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Trisha September 5th, 2008 at 2:57 pm 6

Oh! I’m totally going to try this! This would make my life a heck of a lot easier.

Thanks!

Now to tackle those lipsticks….
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nicola September 6th, 2008 at 2:24 am 7

Awesome
If I can save a few dollars in my wallet instead of putting them into anothers thenthats a great idea and looks like this would work for me Thanks
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kamila September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 pm 8

I’ve done this on a student’s budget (read: using pill boxes) and it’s a great idea! It gets you to dig up shades you never thought you could use and get creative. Plus the resulting palette is so much more convenient to carry than an arsenal of tubes.
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Paige September 7th, 2008 at 8:53 am 9

Love this idea. A couple of months ago I “shopped” my own makeup collection and pulled a few lipsticks to make my own pallete. Makes it very convenient for travel! Also, thank you for your postings. I really appreciate your time in sharing all the reviews and tips!
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Kristina Brooke September 10th, 2008 at 1:40 pm 10

This is a great tip.
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Ria September 10th, 2008 at 5:51 pm 11

I am now dumping out my purse and rummaging through my makeup bags (yes bags) to find things I could melt down and put in these palettes. Thank you!!!
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Happy Lists September 12th, 2008 at 4:08 am 13

This could be a great gift – go buy a bunch of really cheap chapsticks, glosses, and lipsticks – and make a pallette for an important gal in your life. It has that very homemade and special effort touch to it. I love it!
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grace September 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 am 15

wow! this is so cute! i never would have thought of something like this. i guess i have a birthday present to give after all…
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Tashina September 27th, 2008 at 6:29 pm 16

This is such a great idea!
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Elena October 31st, 2008 at 3:56 pm 19

LOVEIT!
Copied…..
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aidan December 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm 21

Thank you for this idea! it’s really helpful..
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jasen December 4th, 2008 at 11:20 pm 22

Cool idea making your own lipstick pallet !! give thumbs up!!
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