Cook said she sends her empty makeup containers to makeup brand ILIA, which partners with TerraCycle’s Zero Waste Box platform. “It’s quite simple,” Cook said.

She posted the photo of the empty palette on Reddit: the velvet packaging now held 12 empty metal pans. In the process, she’d repurposed certain shades into brow gels, others into cheek products.

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That features the pigment palette, lip/cheek set, powder puff, a makeup bag, and HipDot x Cup Noodles chopsticks. Currently, the stunning collection, which is vegan and cruelty-free, only ships to ...