10 Genius Ways Celebrities Multitask Their Makeup Products

by Jason Pham / Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Though there are a lot of purists who believe that eyeliner should stay on your eyes, there are a lot of pros to multitasking your makeup products. Along with cutting costs by doubling (or tripling) a product’s use for different steps of your beauty routine, you’re saving valuable space in your makeup bag—something that’s crucial if you’re on the go or traveling and don’t have the room to lug around your entire vanity.

Even celebrities such as Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, and Lindsay Lohan are known to multitask their products. Everyone loves a good beauty hack, even A-listers who can afford every high-end makeup product on the market. Can’t find the perfect black lipstick? Maybe Kylie Jenner has the trick for you. Take a look at 10 genius ways celebrities multitask their beauty products, ahead. Prepare for your mind to be blown.

Gigi Hadid—Concealer as Lipstick

Still looking for the perfect nude lipstick? Hadid
might have the hack for you. In an interview with
W magazine, the model revealed that she
used to use Maybelline's 24 Hour Concealer as
a nude lipstick dupe before she graduated
to colored lipsticks. The trick makes sense
considering the concealer would be the same
shade as Hadid's skin, making it an accurate match
for a nude lipstick.

"I am nude a lipstick enthusiast," she said. "I always
wore nude pretty much until I started working, I
started wearing colored lips, but before that, in
high school, my first makeup was Maybelline
24 Hour Concealer, and I used to put it on my lips
because I hated how dark my lips were. And I still
do that."
Kylie Jenner—Eyeliner as Lipstick

Kylie is known as the queen of lips, so of course she
would have some genius lipstick hacks up her sleeve.
Before she was known for her own lipstick line, Kylie
used black eyeliner as a dupe for matte black lipstick.
She eventually concocted the right recipe for a
matte black lipstick with her Dead of Knight lip kit,
but her hack is still worth knowing.

"Black Lips Forever. I used black eyeliner when it wasn't
as easy to find matte black lipstick," she wrote on
Instagram.
Kendall Jenner—Bronzer as Eyeshadow

Don't have a bronze eyeshadow? Try Kendall's hack
of using bronzer in the place of eyeshadow. In a video
for Vogue, the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"
star revealed that she uses bronzer and a razor-thin
brush for the perfect golden eye look.

What she does is she takes her bronzer and a fluffy
brush, and pinches the brush so it's sharp and thin.
Then, after dusting her cheeks and neck with bronzer,
she adds a little bit to her eyelids to add some
extra warmth.
Beyoncé—Lip Balm as Mascara

Believe it or not, even Queen Bey is a fan of beauty
hacks. She uses lip balm—specifically, Smith's Rosebud
Salve—as a dupe for mascara. For shiny and curly
lashes, Bey dabs a bit of balm on her eyelashes
before going in with an eyelash curler. She swears
the method gives her such nice eyelashes that she's able
to ditch the mascara.

"I love the Rosebud Salve in the blue can. I wear it with
my lipstick," she told Allure. "I did this trick last summer,
when I was on vacation: I used it to prime my lashes
before curling. It was like a natural mascara. It made
the lashes hold the curl and look shiny. I use it for
everything!"
Emmy Rossum—Lipstick as Highlighter

If you're looking for a natural-looking glow, Rossum
suggests using an oil-based lipstick—like Burt's
Bee's jojoba oil lipsticks—and dab it on your
cheekbones, down your nose, and on your cupid's
bow in lieu of highlighter. The trick, which is also
touted by stars such as Zendaya, delivers a
sweat-like glow in the best way possible.

“Having a lipstick that has jojoba oil and other
things in it that make it feel really nourishing is really
nice,” Rossum told People. “I like it not only before
bed, but I like it even over makeup. In lieu of
highlighter, put some on your cheekbones, above your
cupid’s bow, and down your nose—it makes your face
look really healthy and moisturized.”
Selena Gomez—Highlighter as
Eyeshadow

For most beauty lovers, highlighter is an essential step
to making your skin look like it's glowing. But you
don't need to stop at your cheekbones and cupid's
bow. Gomez recommends using highlighter on your
eyelids as a makeshift eyeshadow to make your face
glow from top to bottom. The singer picked up the
trick from her makeup artist, Hung Vanngo,
according to Teen Vogue.
Jessica Alba—Mascara as Eyeliner

Mascara and eyeliner are both in the eye department
, so naturally they would sub in for one another. In an
interview with Byrdie, Alba's makeup artist, Daniel
Martin, revealed that he taught the actress to use
mascara for a killer cat eye.

He recommends dipping a small art brush into a
tube of mascara—naturally, Alba's favorite is Honest
Company's Truly Lash Mascara—and then using it
to draw a winged line. Bam.
Allison Brie—Oils as Highlighter

Skin care as makeup? We're game. In an interview
with E! News, Brie's makeup artist, Quinn Murphy,
revealed that he taught her how to use oils—like
L'Occitane's Immortelle Divine Youth Oil—as a
natural-looking, glowing highlighter.

Murphy dabbed the oil on Brie's high points
(her cheekbones, her cupid's bow, etc.), giving her a
natural glow from a natural product. "I used a natural
oil for a natural highlight," he said.
Lindsay Lohan—Lipstick as Blush

Lohan is such a big fan of using cream blushes as
lipstick that she's launching a two-in-one product for her
new makeup line. In an interview with W, the actress
revealed that she often interchanges creamy lipstick
and blush. She swears by the hack so much that she
concocted a creamy lipstick for her brand that
won't result in breakouts.

“I love lipstick, but I love using lipstick as blush,
” she said. “But if I have a cream blush, I want to be able
to use it on my lips and not worry about breaking
out after. So, I developed one.”
Mandy Moore—Mascara as a Comb

Moore's go-to tip for taming flyaway hairs is using a
disposable mascara wand. Obviously, this isn't the
same wand that you use to curl your eyelashes.
Instead, Moore recommends using an old mascara
wand as a mini comb to get in the nooks and crevices
that your bigger hair tools won't be able to. She
swears that the wand is your best weapon against
flyaways, she revealed to Coveteur.