Saint Salvage

I was inspired by Va-Voom Vintage's Vintage Lipstick Refill Tutorial: How to refill a vintage lipstick tube   Va-Voom Vintage's "BEFORE"     Va-Voom Vintage's "AFTER" I also had a washer/dryer accident with my dupe for Tom Ford's "Wild Ginger" lipstick . It was melted all over the clothes in the dryer! Sniff.... Instead of crying over melted lipstick, I went into my vintage lipstick collection. I have a tube from Revlon's "Futurama" collection. The color inside was Lustrous Lipstick, named "Queen of Diamonds", similar to "Schiap" by Nars.       So, here's what I did. I bought a brand new tube of Revlon's Colorstay Ultimate Suede in 075, Cruise Collection. I wanted a great dupe of the Wild Ginger to fit into the vintage tube. I froze the whole tube for 3 - 4 hours. I also sanitized the vintage Colorama tube.   I unscrewed the tube all the way after freezing, and...

This post is about the most ambitious salvage yet! I had a laptop that dropped dead.... So, I was very fortunate that someone I knew was getting ready to dispose of an old Gateway 450ROG laptop. So, after the hard drive was wiped, I was given this. So.... Here's what it looked like, scratched and blah.   CNet's Review of Gateway's 450ROG. I went to the Hobby Lobby in Millville, NJ and bought a can of "German Silver" spray paint and some Testors Contour Putty. They came from the model making section, and were labeled as "plastic safe". I filled in the Gateway logo with the molding putty. I let it dry and then sanded it and buffed it down. I sanded and buffed the rest of the top of the laptop. It helps the paint bond better. Then, down goes an old cardboard box on my deck. Then, I covered the cardboard with a plastic bag from the local store. I didn't want any spray to go through the gaps. N...

I was interested in going from a dark manicure to a light one last night, so I used two polishes..... I started off with Revlon Colorstay "Bare Bones #300" (above). Then, I added a coat of Revlon's Fast Dry "230 Popular" (it's a pale pinky-peach with different sizes of glitter). It's a nice, early spring combo.....