Let me tell you a little story. The other day I came home to find my boyfriend, playing Fifa on Xbox in the dark, by candlelight. Yep, you read that correctly, candlelight. But not just any old candlelight, Diptyque candlelight. The candles that my wallet weep apparently give optimal conditions for Fifa victory I am told. My amusement was soon dashed when I realised he’d burnt one of them completely down. Bye, bye Baies. Figuier had also recently bitten the dust so I thought it was time to put all my youth years watching Art Attack into use and whip up a salvage plan…
I’d heard of people before transforming their empty Diptyque candles into holders for an array of objects so I thought I’d so the same. Firstly I whipped out any wick which was left which was easy enough. Then after a bit of googling there seemed a few different methods to pick from to get rid of any leftover wax – some involving lighters, melting, FIRE…. already imagining my shinged locks and burnt fingers I decided for what I thought to be the safest method. I filled each candle to the brim with hot water, left it a few minutes, poured the water into the sink through a sieve (make sure not to let any waxy bits go down the drain, otherwise you might have to get the good ol’ Mr Muscle out), then cleaned out any leftover pieces of wax with with kitchen roll and TA-DA. I plumped to fill them cotton pads and buds, but I’m already considering a move to eyeshadow brushes for one of them. Probably the most expensive holders of cotton goodness I will ever own, but you know +1 for up-cycling!
I wouldn’t expect a DIY-style post to be popped by me too regularly. I ditched the PVA glue and cutting and sticking a long time ago. But perhaps I’ll create a house for my makeup stash out of cotton buds or bind my brush collection into one mega comedy-size paintbrush for funzies one day. In fact, I did watch a lot of Blue Peter too as a child so who knows…
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