Using make up for things they’re not meant to be used for….

I’m afraid I lack imagination or creativity and just use products for their intended purpose.

A bright nail varnish is good for marking a door key in a bunch, mascara for touching up eyebrows.

I still use lipstick as blusher now and then, but am careful not to make the mistake I once did! I got one or two very funny looks - just as well I was just nipping up to the post - on return home realised that I’d forgotten to rub it in, so was wearing two red spots like a clown! 😱

A dot of nail varnish on the knobs on the gas hob in the camper van to mark the off position. Overzealous cleaning over the years had rubbed the originals off.

I used mascara to conceal a scuff on my shoe. Worked a treat.

Black nail varnish on scuffs on the heels of shoes.

That’s so funny Witzend! I have used eyeshadow to conceal marks on a table black nail varnish for shoe scuffs. I use a taupe eyeshadow pencil to create eyebrows as I have none.

A friend once bought several shades of red nail polish until she found the exact shade with which to paint out a small scratch on a hire car. She would otherwise have had to pay a large excess if the car had been returned with the scratch. It worked!

I use eyeshadow for my eyebrows too, and lipstick as blusher - there's a much wider range of colours in lipstick plus you can get a nice creamy one that gives a little bit of glow without looking shiny. I also use a bit of eyeshadow in my hairline where it's slightly uneven - you can buy stuff for that but as I've got a range of brown eyeshadows I don't see the point.

My mother showed me those tricks many years ago.
She was also the first one to pluck my eyebrows, ouch !!!

I use black nail varnish for lots of things, scuffed black heels etc.

Witzend

I still use lipstick as blusher now and then, but am careful not to make the mistake I once did! I got one or two very funny looks - just as well I was just nipping up to the post - on return home realised that I’d forgotten to rub it in, so was wearing two red spots like a clown! 😱

So you did look like Aunt Sally!

My comment a repeat!

Redhead56

That’s so funny Witzend! I have used eyeshadow to conceal marks on a table black nail varnish for shoe scuffs. I use a taupe eyeshadow pencil to create eyebrows as I have none.

I have no eyebrows either. I’m tempted to have something semi permanent done but scared that they might do something that looks awful that I’m stuck with. Many people seem to have eyebrows that look quite alarming these days. I don’t want to look like Joan Crawford.

Would those who use eyeshadow for their eyebrows please tell me how to do it? Do you use a stencil or just brush it on?

I used to use a lipstick to draw a heart on the bathroom mirror for my husband to find.

An old tip...clear nail varnish to stop a ladder running on tights.

I don't wear eye shadow much anymore apart from "special occasions" but I do use them as an eyeliner mixed with water (the powder ones) and it is nice and subtle using a fine paint brush and lasts for the day. It just defines my eyes as I don't use mascara.

rubysong

Would those who use eyeshadow for their eyebrows please tell me how to do it? Do you use a stencil or just brush it on?

I’ve got eyebrow powder that I bought years ago that I use with a brush that came with it. Annoyingly I used to have a make up brush that would have been perfect for it but I’ve lost it. I want to go even lighter, though, which is why I’m looking at using eye shadow.

Could a washed mascara wand be used to apply your eyebrow powder, MayBee70?

When I was still colouring my hair, I would sometimes use brown eye-shadow to dull down my grey roots showing along my part. I've stopped colouring during lockdown and am enjoying my grey hair.

I have used gold nail varnish which I got as a freebie for some Christmas decorations, worked a treat on some fir cones. Have also used lipstick as blusher, but not too much

Insulation tape to mend a broken branch on a garden bush. the following summer I was delighted to find it was growing as normal.

Oops! I should have re read the title!