How to revive your dried out Creme eyeliner
You all know how much I love the cream eyeliners, and I have been on my same pot of L’Oreal HiP cream liner since I retired my dried out MAC fluidline early last year. Unfortunately my HiP is on its last leg and has began to dry out also. While I wait for another BOGO sale I am cream liner-less, and the liquid and pencil just doesn’t do it for me anymore, so I set out to find a way to revive my cream liner.
In my quest, I found a lot of suggestions, including a recommendation to microwave for 10sec. I don’t recommend that BTW, the thought of all the multiplying bacteria is not worth losing an eye.
The best method I came upon involved mixing in some Visine, which I have posted below. Simple and safe enough, and since I had nothing to loose if it didn’t work I decided to give it a try. It worked! I wish I had known about this when my fluidline ran out, but then again I probably would have never tried HiP and would still be paying more, so it all worked out.
Here is what you will need:
1. The eye liner pot that needs to be resuscitated
2.Visine eye drops or a similar product. Note: DON’T use contact solution – it doesn’t work as well
3. A brush to mix. I used the eye liner brush I use to apply the liner because that’s all I had with me, but you can also use a toothpick. If you do use a brush, I recommend one that has a bigger brush than this one. You’ll see why later
4. Hand sanitizer if you are using a brush like I did
5. Q-tips
STEP 1: Apply 2-3 drops to the dried eyeliner pot. I put a little more by mistake (about 5 drops instead of 3), and if you do too, don’t worry. I’ll show you how to fix that in the end.
STEP 2: Since I’m using my makeup brush, I washed it first and sanitized the pointy end (opposite from the end with the bristles) with a hand sanitizer. I then used this end to stir the eye drops with the eye liner.
STEP 3: After mixing it thoroughly, I then turned the brush around to pat it down.
By the way, this is why I think a brush that is a tad bigger would be more useful than the one I used, since it can be used to pat down the contents better. This is all I had on me at the moment though!
STEP 4: Since at this point, you might also find the rim of the pot a little messy, I used one end of a Q-tip to clean it up. I then used the other to pat it down to a smoother finish. The Q-tip also absorbs any excess liquid if you added too much of the eye drops at the beginning.
Use one end of the Q-tip to clean around the rim of the container; use the other to pat and smooth down further
And voilà! Your eye liner is good as new
Thanks again to Beauty and the Feast for sharing.
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great tip! wont be needing it soon hopefully since i just bought my bobbi brown gel liner but when it does dry out i will definitely be trying this!
and i just wanted to add that microwaving your pot would not increase the number of bacteria, as you seem to infer. microwaves actually kill bacteria, a good no-bleach way to sterilize your kitchen sponges/cloths is to microwave them damp for about 20-30 sec, which i learned, and still practice, in undergrad from my microbio class. thought i might add this since you seem to be keen on germs, as am i! but i dont think i’d microwave my make up anyway since heat can alter the chemical formulas of the compounds found in the product.. and plus i don’t like the idea of cooking my makeup!
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thanks!! I have the same HiP pot & noticed it’s drying out but i had no desire to get rid of it, now i wont have to!!
Wow. Great tip. Works great I cannot believe it. I knew I saved those for a reason.
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@Q Thanks for the tip, I never thought of that
Some moisturizer(Baby Lotion preferrably) also does the trick & helps it glide more smoothly.
Try it,ul be amazed!
You’re welcome! glad it helped
EXACTLY what i needed!!! thanks so much!
@ Lady Kina The distilled water sounds like a great alternative, let me know if you try it.
@Starlight It really works, but still keep the expiration date of the liner in mind.
I’ve noticed my Indelible gel liners are drying out too. I may have to try this. Thank you.
I have been needing to revive my ink pot from MAC for some time now and actually thought of using distilled water rather than the eye drops, but since that worked for you then I will try it too! Thanks!
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