Your lips won’t mind if you share the love with other parts of your face.
If you’re anything like us, you’ve always got a tube or tin of Vaseline hanging out at the bottom of every purse (we like to think they’re best buds with all the bobby pins and lipsticks floating around down there) and a quickly depleting jar sitting in your medicine cabinet or right on your sink. But did you know you can use it for so much more than just chapped lips? Check out these so-simple, expert-approved beauty hacks to try with Vaseline.
Use it as highlighter. When Kim Kardashian’s makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic, wants to create what he calls “expensive skin,” ironically, he uses this very affordable petroleum jelly. “I pat it right along the cheekbones, which gives you the most alluring, gorgeous glow,” he told Page Six.
Make your eye shadow brighter. Spread a very small amount of Vaseline on your lids before applying your eye shadow as you normally would and behold — the color looks so much more rich and vibrant. “It really does the trick,” says Alluredigital beauty reporter Devon Abelman, who cautions against a thick layer unless you’re going for a glossy look.
Remove your eye makeup. Not only can you use Vaseline before applying eye shadow, but you can also use the jelly to remove it — and eyeliner and mascara — in one of the gentlest ways available. “It’s light and lubricated, so the makeup slides right off without harming the skin,” dermatologist Mona Gohara told Allure.
Calm down cystic acne. It may be scary to apply something sorta greasy to breakout-prone skin, but Vaseline “may actually help maintain healthy skin-barrier function, as the skin is inflamed,” according to dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, who says that cosmetic-grade petroleum jelly should not clog your pores. Try it as the last layer in your nighttime skin-care routine to help seal in the ingredients of your clarifying products.
