All About Beauty : Repair a Broken Tube of Lipstick

Like most women, you have several shades of lipstick in your purse. They go everywhere with you, even if you know that you aren't going to need them. But what happens when the cap falls off, or you forget to put it back on and you end up with you favorite color of lipstick broken at the bottom of your purse?

Take your hair dryer and use it to hear up the remaining base of the lipstick tube. This should take less than 30 seconds. When it starts to melt place the broken top back onto the base and continue to heat as the pieces meld together. Smooth the edges with your finger and then place the tube in the freezer for about half an hour. When you take it out your lipstick will be good as new.

Applying heat to the oily, pigmented lipstick turns it into a soft putty that can be easily molded. Cooling lipstick has the opposite affect, hardening it. Using these principles you can fix almost any broken tube of lipstick.