LipStix Remix: Women Get to Microwave Their Lipstick at Last!

I will freely admit that I am not a regular consumer of lipstick. So perhaps I do not understand the enormous financial burden this particular cosmetic places on so many women. Nonetheless, Lipstix Remix strikes me as being an colossally idiotic waste of time:

Scooping residue out of lip stick tubes, cooking it in a microwave, pouring it into a mold, and sticking it in a freezer seems like a whole lot of work just to save some pocket change. I know that many women are into crafts, but wouldn’t knitting or crochet be a more constructive use of time?

Perhaps, the appeal of LipStix Remix is more psychological than financial. We have all seen the medicine cabinet of a grandmother or aunt stocked with all manner of crusted-over cosmetics that haven’t been touched in years because the owner can’t bear to toss any of them out while there is still the slightest bit of makeup left inside them. That would be a waste.

Lipstix Remix was featured on an episode of the TV show “Shark Tank” where, believe it or not, it was chosen as a product promising enough to receive funding. (Click here to watch the video.) I missed this particular episode but my respect for that program has suddenly plummeted.

Lipstix Remix may be the dumbest product idea I’ve encountered since the Snuggie—which means it will probably be a raging success!