We have to admit, cosmetic products can be pretty expensive, and they usually only come in a small amount, which can be pretty unfair. However, if you use a little more creativity, some cosmetic products can actually double up as other makeup, saving you tons of money! Here are some of the products that have more than one usages that you should probably own.

1, Lipstick as blush.

一，口红当红腮。

One of the most common makeup products doubling up would be using lipstick as blush. Sure they can look gorgeous on your lips, but they don’t look too bad on your cheeks. In fact, with the right shade, they can actually bring out the blush in you! As they can be quite pigmented, given that they are of a creamy texture, just make sure that you do not apply too much on your cheeks as they would be bad for your skin.

2, Lipstick as eyeshadow.

二，口红当眼影。

With the right lipstick color, they can actually look great on your eyelids, making them resemble cream eyeshadow. This is more flexible than blush, as you can put almost all kinds of colors as eyeshadow. The best part of this would perhaps be that it is extremely easy to apply the product on your eyes, and you don’t even need a brush for this! The best color to go with would be a nude brown shade or a summer peachy look.

3, Blush as eyeshadow.

三，红腮当眼影。

Just like using lipstick for eyeshadow, blush can do just the same as well, except that the texture of blush is similar to eyeshadow due to it being in a powdery form as supposed to a creamy form. Using blush as eyeshadow is great especially during the summer season, where the brighter makeup comes in, and you can even apply matching shade on your cheeks and your eyes.

4, Lip balm as highlighter.

四，润唇膏当亮粉。

Highlighter can be an important cosmetic product if some right, or else it would make you look like a hot mess. Highlighters can be pretty expensive on their own, given that they are only applied in a few places on your face. A good way to save money on those highlighters is to substitute with lip balm. As lip balm is made of oil and has that natural shine in them, they are great to use on your face to highlight places on your face.

5, Mascara as gel eyeliner.

五，睫毛膏当眼线膏。

Do you ever panic after finding out you have run out of eyeliner gel? Without eyeliner, you feel weird, you might not look like yourself! However, there is something you can do if you ever ran out of gel eyeliner: use mascara. Simply coat some mascara formula onto your eyeliner brush and use it like how you use your eyeliner. If your mascara is waterproof, that is another bonus for you!

6, Foundation as cover up for other parts of the body.

六，粉底当身体别部分的遮瑕膏。

If you get a scar on your body parts aside from your face, and you might be embarrassed to show it out when wearing clothing that reveals that part of your skin, just use your foundation to cover up any imperfections you have. Just like any blemishes on your skin, your scar would be covered just as well as those on your face. 

7, Pencil eyeliner as eyeshadow.

七，眼线笔当眼影。

Say perhaps you bought a pencil eyeliner that is of a color that you do not like, don’t throw it away just yet. You can actually use it as your eyeshadow! You could draw it on your lids and simply smudge it out with a smudger or a brush, or you could melt the pencil liner with a hairdryer. This way you don’t need to waste any money on unwanted eyeliner, and plus, you might actually like the new way of applying an eyeshadow color!

8, Mascara wand as eyebrow brush.

八，睫毛膏刷当眉毛刷。

When you have used up your mascara, don’t just throw away the wand just yet! There are many uses to a mascara wand, and one of it would be using it as an eyebrow brush. Instead of buying a whole new brush for your eyebrows, you can just reuse your old cosmetics, saving you some money, that’s for sure!

9, Lip balm as eyebrow gel.

九，润唇膏当眉毛膏。

Lip balm do have a lot of uses aside from keeping your lips moisturized and using them as highlighter. They are also great for keeping your eyebrows in place and not sparsely spread out. Simply applying them on your eyebrows, wait for a while, and then draw or apply your eyebrow pomade. Definitely saves you some money from getting extra eyebrow gel.

With these few small tips, you might be able to save some bucks and enhance your skills on utilizing beauty products.

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