Usually posts about empties are about whether or not we want to re-purchase products. But this “empties” post is a little bit different. I am here to explore what to do with your empties. The actual empty container. I’m heading to grad school soon and will be very poor and in preparation I’ve been exploring how I can use my empties.
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You can use smaller empties for the same kind of products. If you have a gym bag or locker or cosmetics bag you can use smaller empties to store products in. In some cases you can use an empty for a totally different product. This may have ben a confusing explanation. Look below, hopefully it will make sense.
Empty: Big Lotion Bottles
New Use: Use it as a pump shampoo bottle
I’ve filled this empty lotion bottle with shampoo and now I’ve got a shampoo bottle with a pump in the shower! I really like it! Pumping out the shampoo is so much easier and its easier to control how much shampoo comes out
Empties: Smaller spray bottles (from sample hair products)
New Use: Put spray toners and hair products into empties
The original spray bottles for toners and hair products from Lush can be a little big to put in my purse and I hate lugging it to the gym and back everyday. SO, I use smaller spray empties to have a smaller amount in the gym or my bag.
Empties: Smaller hair serum pump and small facial gel pump
New Use: Put hair oils in smaller empties
I have a lot of empties with a pump designed for hair or facial serums. I’ve been putting my hair treatment oil into the smaller facial oil pump and taking it to the gym and putting it in my purse for oil treatment during the day. I really like it! The pump empties are hard to re-purpose for almost anything besides hair oils or serums.
Empty: small toner bottle
New Use: Put toners from larger bottles or spray bottles into empty
Sometimes larger toner bottles are difficult to use properly, it can be difficult to make sure the right amount comes out. And, sometimes toners come in spray bottles but I actually prefer to apply toner with a cotton ball rather than spray on. So I use smaller toner bottles for toner that comes in a spray bottle or that is in a container that’s too large to use properly
Empties: Small to medium lotion containers
New Uses: Great for traveling or aspirin
I travel a lot and sometimes its really hard to cart around huge containers of lotion. So I will put lotion in smaller containers (Lush products are really great for that!!) I use smaller lotion containers (i.e. eye cream containers, lotion sample containers) for Advil in my purse. Super convenient!!
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