7 brilliant everyday tricks for which you need a cotton swab
We all know them and our bathrooms make Q-Tips indispensable. But what are the small cotton swabs actually used for? Many use the little helpers especially to clean their ears. We all know that doctors do not like the idea, but very few people stick to it. For which the rods can be used without hesitation and at which point they even make everyday life even easier, we explain to you here:
1st perfume to-go
Few women still have enough space in their handbags to carry their favorite perfume. If you do not have a small atomizer to decant to use the perfume on the go, you can easily switch to a cotton swab. Here's how it works: Soak the cotton swab with your favorite perfume and pack it in a small bag or cling film. If you are on the way, you can bring out the Q-Tip inconspicuously and press on the desired skin area. Finished!
2. Beauty Tool for Smokey Eyes
Which woman does not know that: With the evening make-up one would like to try something a little more conspicuous, decides for smokey eyes and the result reminds then unfortunately of panda eyes. Cotton swabs can help to create a beautiful look without it being over the top.
Simply apply an eyeshadow base to this Smokey-Eye variant and draw a long and curved eyeline with a kohl pencil. This has the advantage that it can easily be blurred. If the eyelid line is drawn, pick up a Q-tip and smear the eyelid line slightly upwards. The look looks wicked and no bombastic makeup skills are needed.
3. Never knotted jewelry again
A great hack for those who suffer from knotted chains: To store the jewelery, simply thread the ends around the center of a cotton swab, close the closure and then place the small bundle in the drawer for storage. By the way: The system works just as well with small cell phone headsets.
4. Remove stubborn make-up
Waterproof mascara or eyeliner paint can often not be removed with normal make-up remover. A good SOS tip is therefore coconut oil. Due to its high fat content and its antibacterial effect, it is a true miracle cure when removing make-up remnants. To find the right dose, take a cotton swab and dip it into the oil. Incidentally, this also works on the go: prepare a cotton swab with coconut oil, wrap it in a small plastic bag and put it in your purse.
5. Trace eyebrows perfectly
Ever since supermodel Cara Delevingne made her breakthrough, we all want to have full eyebrows. If these are traced with a pen, the look can quickly become unnatural. It gets a lot nicer with the help of a cotton swab. For this you should simply get an eyeshadow that has the color of the eyebrows. Then moisten a Q-Tip with the paint and drive along the eyebrow to lightly color it. So the look is guaranteed to be subtle and natural.
6. Fight off bags under the eyes
Unfortunately, bags are often genetically programmed and removing them completely usually requires surgery. Everything about eye bags can be found here.
But there are different ways to mitigate it. One of these is to soak two cotton swabs in eye cream, put them in the fridge overnight, and dabbed their eyes the next morning. Swelling will recede faster with this trick.
7. Mask the lugs
This trick is certainly not very ladylike, but it helps against bright approaches that you want to hide. All you need is a dark eye shadow, into which you dip a Q-tip and then stroke it over the hairline.
