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The Binder Clip: A Beauty Bag Must Have?

July 20, 2016 by jessica

Stop Wasting the Last of Your Beauty Products in Tubes

I’ve always been annoyed by the amount of product left in tube packaging. No matter how much twisting and cinching and squeezing I do, there’s always a sizeable amount left and it feels like such a waste to throw it away. In the case of Smashbox’s Photo Finish Foundation Primer, an ounce typically lasts me between four and five months. It’s not terrible, but it’s still an expensive primer and I’d like to get my money’s worth before moving on to a replacement tube.

I finally had an “Why haven’t I been doing this for years?!” moment and snipped off the end of the package, which allowed me to scoop out enough product to last another three weeks. You could put the extra product in a little airtight jar, but I just fold over the edge of the tube and secure it with a binder clip to keep the product from drying out. (I should really up my game with these glam gold clips.) So, there you have it. A binder clip is your latest money-saving beauty hack. Who knew?

P.S. There’s still time to enter to win a piece of engraved gemstone jewelry from LovePendants!

Stop Wasting the Last of Your Beauty Products in Tubes
Stop Wasting the Last of Your Beauty Products in Tubes

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Comments

  1. Lorena Lorena says

    July 20, 2016 at 9:22 am

    I did the same recently for a expensive Bioderma cream. But instead of cutting it at the top, I cut it in the middle and then used the top part as a cap and squeezed it in 🙂

  2. Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says

    July 20, 2016 at 9:44 am

    So smart!

  3. Yolonda Washington says

    July 20, 2016 at 10:46 am

    I’ve used this trick before.

  4. Lyddiegal says

    July 20, 2016 at 11:07 am

    Very clever! Totally go for the gold clips 🙂
    http://www.iamchiconthecheap.com/

  5. Closet Fashionista says

    July 20, 2016 at 11:55 am

    I never thought to clip! But I’ve definitely tried to fold over stuff without cutting off the top, hah. Although that would be easier! They make something like that for toothpaste, you can dowsh it down as the paste goes away.Wonder if it would work for beauty products too
    http://www.closet-fashionista.com/

  6. sherry @ save. spend. splurge. says

    July 20, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    I do this with everything in a tube like this. Skin lotion, etc. I clip it so it doesn’t dry out…

  7. Allie Provost says

    July 21, 2016 at 7:16 pm

    such a clever idea! i need to use that for toothpaste too! (and that smashbox photo finish is my favorite thing ever!)

    xo
    allie

    pretaprovost.com

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Hello there! I'm a first-time homeowner updating a 1920s house in Madison, Wisconsin. I have a penchant for travel and a love of costume jewelry.

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