Money Monday - Mascara

Hi! Been a little while and even though I'm a little more focused on the other site, I still want to keep Frugal in Florida and keep it more focused on money, saving and being intentionally frugal.

Hence ...
Money Monday!

My little frugal tip for the week?? Extend your mascara!

eye drops and mascara




I buy somewhat pricier mascara ... why? I'm not sure, other than the fact that I like it when it does NOT flake off, smear, smudge and just goes on smooth.

Snobby? Sort of ... and I make no apologies for it!

But lately, I've been trying to use up what I have on hand (that shampoo thing was soooo much fun, NOT) and now I'm getting down to the bottom of the mascara stash ...

And you know what that means?

Clumpy, dry and awful to put on.

BUT LOOK!

I found a tip and figured, heck, let me give it a try!

Saline eye drops (like you use for contacts)!

I don't wear contacts but I do have eye drops aka visine!  So I used that instead!


2 drops in to that tube of dried up mascara works like a charm!

I'm 3 weeks in with that rejuvenated tube and so happy that I am putting off spending $28 for a few more weeks!

Whee!!!

I even went and did this to a sampler tube I received that I really enjoyed and have been using that as well and can I just tell you what a GREAT HACK this is!

Go ahead, give it a try and thank me later!

#BeautyHack   #SavingMoney   #Mascara   #FrugalHack


Looking forward to sharing with some of these GREAT Parties ... go check them out!

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Comments

  1. Michele MorinWednesday, June 20, 2018

    Well, that's something I would never have thought of myself! Thank you!

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  2. LisaFriday, June 22, 2018

    Man! I wish I had read this before now. At the beginning of the week, I added some water to my mascara and thought I was genius! It revived my mascara but I like you eye drop idea since Its made for eye. I have an old sampler (of some high dollar stuff) I'm gonna try your trick. Thanks for the idea.
    Lisa

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    1. UnknownSaturday, June 23, 2018

      Totally use it on that sampler! I had a tiny bottle of some stuff from Clarion that I added a drop to it and have been using it for TWO WEEKS now! Trust me, this is the best thing to do!

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  3. LizWednesday, June 27, 2018

    Thanks for the tip! I am getting to the bottom of my own tube. I am going to try it.

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    1. UnknownFriday, June 29, 2018

      Let me know how awesome of a tip this is when you do! I'm still amazed :)

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