-I lived in a really
small bedroom
when I first
started freelancing,
and all my makeup,
everything was in my room,
and it was
so frustrating to me
because there was things
I had purchased
that I knew I could
no longer use on clients,
and I'm researching,
researching, researching,
and there's nowhere
for the products to go.
I was like, I'm so sick
of all this product,
and I don't want
to throw it away.
What can I do.
I draw.
I actually didn't start painting
until I started using makeup.
Like, literally,
was just like,
let me see what happens
if I put it on paper.
So, I started on paper,
and it took pretty well.
I used, like, a serum-y
foundation,
and that was, like,
my first experiment,
and I let it dry,
and I was like,
"Oh, that actually
doesn't look that bad."
Then I wanted to,
"Well, how can I use lipstick?
How can I use eyeshadow?"
And the thing is,
is that everything I use
has a different property
to it, right?
Like, it's chemistry,
and I'm not a chemist,
[Laughs]
so...
Like, I have to take
each individual product and go,
"It might mix with this.
Nope, that didn't work.
It might mix with that.
That didn't work."
So, I've just literally been,
like, taking, like,
stuff like this, mixing it --
I mix it with cornstarch, flour.
I have tons of paint mediums
that I've used.
I've, like, referenced,
you know,
artists that actually paint.
I'm like, "What should I do?"
And they're like,
"I have no idea.
This is absolutely insane.
This is not a thing
that people do."
So, it's been, literally,
like two years of my roommates
watching me late
at night,
like, baking lipsticks
and being like,
"What you doing, Molly?"
And I'm like, "I'm just seeing
what I can do with this,"
or just, like,
piles of makeup out
and just trying to figure out
a way to use it.
But it's just been, like,
a fun thing for me to do,
but I have a bigger-scale plan
that I'll be launching later on,
but, essentially,
I just wanted --
I just wanted to find a way
to reduce waste.
