If Carlsberg did beauty tips...

Let's talk about 'the snip' (not the awks kind). I may be the one of the last people to pick up on this cracker of a tip, but if I'm not then I'd be honoured to share it! I figured I should write something useful...

Anyway, this golden nugget of a tip actually came from my mum who saw it mentioned on Channel 4's Super Scrimpers a while back. I'm a bit thrifty and absolutely love a bargain or a way to make the most out of things, so my mum delivered the goods when she told me about this...

Now, I love my creams just as much as the next girl, so when I'm running low it's about as ideal as a closed shop on payday, especially if your cream isn't the cheapest on the market. I can spend day after day rolling the end of the tube up, determined to squeeze every last bit of product out of it (it's gotta be done!).

But, wait! This is where the *magic* can happen if you're feeling daring. In the dead of night, when no one is looking, sneak some scissors to your secret hiding place, double-check you aren't being watched by the packaging police, and then - in one, fell swoop - snip the top half off, about two thirds up the tube. And breathe...

Simple as that.

I guarantee you'll get more use out of that miracle cream. I've tried to demonstrate below just how much can be hiding...I was genuinely struggling to squeeze more out of this but I just knew there had to be some left...and there is still a fair bit left!

You might feel a tad stingy for resorting to such measures, but that smugness you feel when you give your tube the snip and find another little dollop of cream left is 100% worth it!

After, treat the part you've snipped off as a lid and gently secure the tube in place to keep your cream covered and protected from drying out. Simples!

So. Errrr. That's it.  My top tip! The simplest thing I never would have thought of because it's just not natural to cut make-up/skincare packaging up (it's so priddy); plus, I just always used to assume there was nothing left, until now, muhahahahaaa. So next time, go on...go wild...be a rebel...your skin (and bank balance) will be chuffed you did!

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