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Eyeliner makes a great pen
Need to jot down a phone number and don't have a pen? Grab a lip or eyeliner -- it'll work just as well in a pinch. Just don't use lipstick, since that can break easily. (Source: makeup artist and author of "StyleEyes," Taylor Chang-Babaian)

The other day my co-worker's chair was squeaking to the point of annoying everyone in the office. It was begging for some WD-40. But since our office is long on beauty products and short on tools, we didn't have any.

To the rescue: Senior Associate Editor Cinya Burton and her stash of Saffron James Monoi Oil. It silenced the squeak, restored our collective sanity, and even left the chair smelling deliciously like vanilla (we'd like to see WD-40 do that!).

Admittedly, this probably wasn't the best use for a $40 organic coconut and vanilla bean body oil, but in a pinch it certainly worked. Which got us asking around about what other beauty products we could use to solve our various household problems.

Click here to see 8 weird-but-cool uses for your beauty products.

Not surprisingly, we aren't the only ones resorting to beauty products in home-improvement emergencies. But what did surprise us are all the creative ways makeup artists, hairstylists, and other beauty junkies use their favorite products for quick fixes.

Buh-bye, Home Depot and hello Sephora!
BY SARAH CARRILLO | SHARES
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