How to store beauty products in sachets

Each skin is different. What could work for me may not work for you and vice versa. I've learnt  this the hard way by buying makeup on what reviews online says is good, wonderful etc, only to find out that it doesn't work for me. I would end up giving those products to my sister or my cousins. It's financially draining.

I can't use western products on my skin since those are the ones notorious for giving me horrible zits and acne. :( So, I'm pretty glad a lot of korean BB creams have their own testers conveniently sealed for us middle class people who can't afford to throw away their money. And they're very generous about it too. Those sachet contains like 1-5 ml of goodness! And as Korean makeups goes, usually a drop or two is enough. Some people would say Korean makeups are expensive, but if you think about it logically, it's not. They're very cheap.

But I do find these disgusting. These sachets aren't shampoos which you could just leave on the bathroom since you wash shampoos off. These is makeup we're talking about, you know, putting something on your face that has been left open is just ew. what if some sort of insect has gotten into it? o.O

I tried closing them, with a tape or paperclip, even tried the fridge, but no. it's very inconvenient, and no way would I bring these with me on a bag since it just spells disaster. I can't throw them away though, since one sachet could last for a week or two depending on how big your sachet is. Quite a waste. I want to use them for that long so i could tell if I should buy the regular size or not.

Our tools:

1. contact lens cases. they came free with contact lenses I bought from the internet. They look cute, and can be bought anywhere from 7-11's to high end department stores. You can get the one with a case like my hello kitty (it used to have a case, but it's gross and broken now) or the one that comes in cute compacts. I would recommend the ones with compacts, since most of them comes with a tweezer and a spatula with a silicon bulb ends

 I plan to give the hello kitty one to a friend of mine, who was asking me for a sampler of  Lioele Pore Solution balm. since my sister bought that, she gave me a generous amount. A week later, I found out our supplier had a sampler pack of it =_=


why I use contact lens? i have a lot of them lying around the house, since they come free with contact lens solution or contact lens themselves. very convenient. They're tough and leak proof so I love them <3

Why I don't use store bought travelling jars/pillboxes: they break easily, I tend to misplace them AND THEY LEAK!!!!!!! X( They're very expensive too :( They usually cost as much as a contact case lens that comes in a compact travelling case.  I'm still dependent on my parents you know. I don't want to be a burden.

2.1 Sachets: Like I said, Korean brands have them made. Very smart of them in my opinion. Western products doesn't have those, only store samples. If you like them there, then buy it. Never mind if it will give you a break out the next day.
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2.2 Your Regular-sized Product: Girls are social creatures. we love sharing what we think is great <3 or you can do this for yourself. Since I go home every weekend, it's very inconvenient for me to bring my BB creams back and forth. I refrain from doing this since travelling them tends to scratch their lovely surfaces >< oh shush you I love looking at their clean scratch free surface

Procedure

First we clean our cases, and this is for obvious reason. Some people would recommend using alcohol but, plain soap and water is okay.

drying the contact lens case

air dry or dry the case with a tissue. we don't want tap water in our product

For demo purposes, I'll be using Skinfood's Good Afternoon Peach Green Tea BB Cream

Skinfood Good Afternoon Peach Green Tea smells so wonderful <3

I don't want to waste sachets. Wasting stuff is bad, first-world people! if you're using the sachet, cut it at the corner so it comes out in small amounts

And now time to pour it in!

le pouring <3

This amount is enough to last me a for days. 

I know some of you are thinking ew, how unhygienic, since you have to dip your fingers on that. read on okay?

Replace the cap, put it back in your compact and there you go!

See why I recommend the contact lens case? it has it's own mirror, so you can use it anywhere you want. And most of these cases comes with that spatula thingie. IDK what you call it sorry ^^


Nifty ideas huh? :) Hope you like them :)