We all know the sinking sensation when we find one of our favorite lipstick buried in our bag and torn apart. Well, what should a girl do? Do not be afraid, we have a solution! A broken lipstick can become a DIY lip balm in just a few steps. Here’s how…

You will need:

• Your Broken Lipstick
• 1 tablespoon cocoa butter/shea butter
• Bowl

To start using a paddle stick, coffee stirrer, cuticle pusher, or anything else you can find, pick up the remainder of your broken lipstick in a bowl.

Take a look at the amount of lipstick you placed in a bowl and add that amount of shea butter/cocoa twice in a bowl.

Throw the container in the microwave for about 10-20 seconds until half of the mixture has melted. Stir the liquid until all the pieces are dissolved.

Let the mixture cool for a minute and thicken a bit, but make sure it is still rotten. Take a blank lipstick tube and rotate it so that the inner tube holding the lipstick moves down as much as you can.

Pour the molten mixture into the chimney. Use an empty lip balm to store the remainder of the mixture.

Fry the lip tube in the refrigerator upright and allow the mixture to harden for several hours.

Ready! You always have the same color as you want, but with a pure tone lip balm.