Surprising Q-Tip Beauty Hacks You’ve Never Heard Of Before

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Who says keeping yourself beautiful has to be expensive? You can hide pimples and dark circles or restore your makeup using a very handy tool in your bathroom: Q-tips. Here are some amazing Q-tip beauty hacks!

Your humble Q-tip does way more than cleaning your ears or fixing ugly winged eyeliners. It’s one of the helpful little tools stored in the bathroom. It can make you appear great after hours of poor sleep or even bring new life to your makeup. If you want to know more about what you can do with it, then you better read these Q-tip beauty hacks I’ve come up for you!

#2 Helps to thicken eyelashes

Every one of us wants to have thick eyelashes, and with Q-tips we can achieve the same. Once you have applied the coat of mascara, apply one coat of translucent powder by using Q-tip and again apply another coat of mascara. It will also help to keep your mascara all night long.

#3 Use as eye makeup remover

Dip the Q-tip in cleansing milk and use it to remove your eyeliner/mascara and the gunk that builds in the inner core of the eyes. All the makeup will come out easily.

#4 Useful for hiding under eye bags

You can apply concealer with the help of a Q-tip for hiding the under eye circles. This would make your job of hiding the eye bags quite easy!

#5 Makes travelling lighter

These Q-tips will help you to get rid of carrying a heavy makeup kit. Use the Q-tip with your favourite eye shadows, keep it in a (Transportation Security Administration Approved) plastic bag, and apply it as and when required. Also, if you want to avoid carrying your perfume bottles, you just need to spray your favourite fragrance on a Q- tip and keep it with you. You can apply it later over your pulse points.

#6 Fix a scuffed patent leather shoe by rubbing a cotton swab dipped in nail polish remover on top of the scuff mark.

If your patent leather shoes are scuffed, soak the end of a cotton swab in nail polish remover, and rub the end in a circular motion on top of the mark to easily remove it.

#7 Conceal a Pimple:

Use one end of a Q-tip to dab concealer onto a blemish, then blend away any harsh edges. Then use the other side to set the makeup with loose powder. Because you'll throw it out once you've finished, this technique is more hygienic than using a brush!

#8 Contour Your Crease:

Shade your eyelid along the "outer V" (in your crease to the outer edge of your eye, and then along the lash line) with a darker shadow, using the rounded edge of the tool. Not only will your makeup look more defined, but your eyes will also look larger.

#9 Fix a stuck zipper by rubbing shampoo on the area with a cotton swab.

Dip one end of the cotton swab in a little bit of shampoo, and rub the end along the area of the zipper that is stuck. The shampoo will act as a lubricant and will help loosen the jammed zipper.

#10 Outline your lips with translucent powder using a cotton swab to prevent your bold lip color from bleeding outside of your lip line.

No one likes when their lipstick bleeds, so to prevent that, dip the tip of a cotton swab in translucent powder, and sweep it along the perimeter of your mouth. The powder helps create a barrier around your lips, preventing any lip color from bleeding.

#11 Touch up your roots in between dye jobs with a cotton swab dipped in eyeshadow.

Need to cover your roots in a pinch? Swipe a cotton swab over an eyeshadow that matches your hair color, and then run it over your roots to camouflage any regrowth.

#12 Faster Fake Lashes:

When applying false lashes, it seems that the edges never fully stick to the lid. Once you've applied your falsies, put a bit of lash glue on the end of the tool, then dab it on the ends of the strips to make them stay in place.

#13 Make your Teeth Whiter

Mix baking soda, toothpaste, and hydrogen peroxide together to make a teeth whitening paste, and then apply it with a cotton swab.

Mix a dab of toothpaste, hydrogen peroxide, and baking soda together until you get a paste-like texture. Then, use one end of a cotton swab to wipe down each tooth so it's dry and the other to apply the paste you just made. After one minute has passed, brush the blend off with a toothbrush. Repeat this a few times a week until you've reached the desired effect.

#14 Use a cotton swab to buff out the self-tanner in spots that are prone to darken.

When applying a self-tanner, your cuticles, knuckles, knees, ankles, and elbows are likely to soak up more DHA (the ingredient that creates with the amino acids on your skin to make you tan), making you darker in those areas. To prevent this from happening, wipe away excess product before it has a chance to set it using clean cotton swabs and circular motions over those spots.

#15 Clean up your messy manicure.

“My favorite beauty tip is to use a pointed cotton swap to wipe off excess nail polish around the nail in a manicure or pedicure,” says Christina Carter, owner and creator of red beauty bar. It’s better than using your finger, which can get messy, and the precision tip on the swab allows you to remove just the polish on the skin without messing up your freshly-painted nails.

#16 Create nail art.

“Remove the soft end of a cotton swab and dip it into nail polish to create fun nail art, such as colorful polka dots,” says Jill Marcordes, Executive Director of Cosmetology & Nail Technology at Tricoci University of Beauty Culture.

#17 Get the perfect brow shape.

Take a matte brown shadow in the color closest to your brows and apply a tiny bit onto your cotton swab, then blend over your brow area. To clean up the shape, flip the swab to use the clean reverse end to apply a bit of concealer or makeup remover to clean up the shadow, leaving you with perfectly filled-in eyebrows that aren’t overdrawn, Expert says.

#18 Prevent cuticle crack

We ladies love our manicures and our hands, but no matter how much we take care of them, they’re vulnerable to a lot of things. These include cracked and dry cuticles. You may not stop yourself from washing the laundry, cooking food, or do many other chores with your hands. But you can avoid cuticle problems with one of the amazingly simple Q-tip beauty hacks, put a small amount of shea butter lotion on the tip and apply it to your cuticle for a more hydrated hand.

#19 Restore Shattered Shadow:

Pour the powdered remains of your shadow into a spare, clean contact lens case, then add a few drops of rubbing alcohol. Use the cotton tip of the tool to pack the product back together, then let it dry. The shadow will be as good as new in a few hours!

#20 Fake eight hours of sleep

Let me say this clearly, I don’t advocate sleeping less than you should. After all, it’s unhealthy. Hormones go out of whack, your skin appears dull, your mind’s focus is poor, and it’s easy for you to gain weight. But on those days when you can’t get enough sleep and you need to face your boss, attend a meeting, see a friend, or go out of your house, learn to fake it by dabbing a little shimmer on the inner corners of your eyes. Voila! Brighter and more alert-looking eyes!

#21 Give yourself a smoky eye by lining your eye with a kohl liner first, and then smudging it with a cotton swab.

Line your upper and lower lash lines with your favorite eyeliner pencil, keeping it close to the lash line. Then, gently smudge out the lines using a cotton swab and side-to-side motions to create a smoky eye. Voila!

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