AlliSwan
Well-known member
I'm wary of using a microwave because you can't control how evenly the gloss melts, and you wouldn't want it to bubble over.
I just held a measuring spoon (set of 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 tsp at target were like $4 and they have rubber handles so your fingers don't get burned) over a lit candle for about 20-30 seconds. Just make sure its an inch or two above the flame--it will STILL MELT, trust me--because if it's too close the flame will blacken the spoon and then that ash mixes with the gloss when you pour and you end up with black swirls in your gloss--gross.
Don't load the spoon up more than 1/2-3/4 full because it ends up taking a little more space when liquified. Use a little stir stick to moosh the unmelted with the melted and have LOTS of tissues/paper towels handy because you don't want to have to worry about what you're frantically wiping up drips with.
Some of the different formulas poured differently, for example I kind of had to coax amplified cream lipsticks to fill the whole well because they were beading up and not wanting to spread out. Just work quickly and carefully and leave them alone as they set up. You can always scoop them out, melt them back down, and repour like I did the first couple of times. The glossier and sparklier ones I melted poured beautifully. Any product that's already pretty creamy (CCBs, lip conditioner, rosebud balm) melts and pours really easily.
Good luck, share your results/successes/flops and I will TRYYYY to post some pics, but I can't promise I will be able to within the next week or so as my camera is on loan...
I just held a measuring spoon (set of 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 tsp at target were like $4 and they have rubber handles so your fingers don't get burned) over a lit candle for about 20-30 seconds. Just make sure its an inch or two above the flame--it will STILL MELT, trust me--because if it's too close the flame will blacken the spoon and then that ash mixes with the gloss when you pour and you end up with black swirls in your gloss--gross.
Don't load the spoon up more than 1/2-3/4 full because it ends up taking a little more space when liquified. Use a little stir stick to moosh the unmelted with the melted and have LOTS of tissues/paper towels handy because you don't want to have to worry about what you're frantically wiping up drips with.
Some of the different formulas poured differently, for example I kind of had to coax amplified cream lipsticks to fill the whole well because they were beading up and not wanting to spread out. Just work quickly and carefully and leave them alone as they set up. You can always scoop them out, melt them back down, and repour like I did the first couple of times. The glossier and sparklier ones I melted poured beautifully. Any product that's already pretty creamy (CCBs, lip conditioner, rosebud balm) melts and pours really easily.
Good luck, share your results/successes/flops and I will TRYYYY to post some pics, but I can't promise I will be able to within the next week or so as my camera is on loan...
