Many of us use serums, moisturizers, etc., to keep
our skin smoother and fight off those signs of aging as best we can. And many of us have found that our favorite products come at a price—frequently a rather high one. So we don't want any of it to go to waste.
I recently squeezed what appeared to be the last of a pricey serum out one morning.
Hoping to have more the next day, I stood it, propped by some other bottles so the serum would run down to the opening. I still did not get much out. I shook it in a downward motion. I got one more drop.
Being convinced there was still a little bit in that tube, I took a pair of scissors, and cut across
the bottom end of the tube about an inch from the bottom. I was rewarded by finding more serum in each part. I used the bit in the tube's bottom piece first.
That was all I needed, so I
squeezed the sides of the larger part of the tube together slightly and put the bottom part of the tube on top to close it and keep what was left from drying out.
The next day I used some more serum from the nozzle end of the tube that had run down the sides. There was enough for two days before
the tube was thoroughly cleaned out.
While tubes are easily cut, bottles are another thing. Turning a bottle upside down (ensuring that the top is closed well) and letting it sit until the lotion runs down usually works, but not always. My favorite moisturizer is thick; no matter what I do, much
clings to the bottom of the bottle. But there is a solution here too.
You can buy a set of thin makeup spatulas to get down all the way down to the bottom.
So the next time you think you have run out of skin or haircare products, try one of these tricks and maybe get a few more applications before you recycle that container.
