Lipstick has been around for centuries; even our ancestors knew how to make it yourself. And you know how? Currently, there are many cosmetic products for lip care. However, the best and quality will be the lipstick that you make with your own hands.
The main composition of lipstick
In this case, we would get a moisturizing lipstick. That’s what we need:
1 teaspoon bee wax (pastilles)
1 teaspoon of shea butter (shea butter) and cocoa butter
1 teaspoon coconut oil
This recipe creates a smooth, transparent lipstick that moisturizes well and protects your lips. It is completely natural! It is safe for the skin of the lips, and you may say, is neutral. In general – the original chaps tick!
If you want to add color, here are the options:
Red lipstick: 1/8 teaspoon beet powder and 1 drop of natural food coloring (for vegetarians: Be careful, there are red dyes of animal origin!).
For chestnut color: quarter tsp cocoa powder, a pinch of cinnamon and turmeric.
Matt: a quarter tsp betonies clay.
To create a flavor: just add a drop of essential oil of your choice.
Thus, you get lipstick natural shades. Now, specifically, to the process.
How to make a lipstick: First method
Step 1:
Melt beeswax, butter or cocoa butter and coconut oil in a glass jar without a lid. This can be done by placing the jar in a pan of hot water.
Step 2:
When all melted, remove the jar from the pan, and add the additional ingredients, any of the above – by choice (for color).
Step 3:
When all the ingredients are well mixed up, keep in mind that when your lipstick liquid thickens, it will expand, so do not fill to the brim. When the molds are filled, place them in a cool place.
When everything thickens, you’ll have a natural lipstick, made at home.
How to make a lipstick: second Method:
There are several ways to cook needlework lipstick. We all consider the most simple and give creative freedom – wax-based lipstick.
You will need Instruments Two components of the vessel to melt in a water bath;
Wooden spoon or stick for stirring;
Jar or old tube of lipstick for pouring the final mixture;
Need a Notebook for recording the ingredients and their amounts at every stage of preparation. So you can repeat or improve the recipe in the future.
Ingredients
Beeswax: It is sold in pharmacies, shops and craft shops in honey.
Cocoa: butter (or oil, mango, avocado, almond). This component will help lipstick stay up evenly and will nourish the lips;
Coconut oil (olive, jojoba oil) will add shine and texture;
Dyes: They may be fully edible, non-toxic and have non-food nature. In addition, you can do without them, making nutritious colorless lip balm. There are some interesting ways to give your home the lipstick color, which we have separately discussed below;
Before you begin to make lipstick, you need to close look at the dyes and pigments. If you wish to use only natural food colors, then:
For bright red lipstick, use of beet root powder;
For the red-brown USE cinnamon;
For copper USE turmeric;
For the brown USE cocoa powder.
SHELF LIFE AND STORAGE LIPSTICK
To learn how to store your lipstick, look at the shelf life of your components included in the lipstick. MUST remember that the shelf life of oils, begins to run from the moment when you first opened the bottle and not more than 4 months, ie, if you opened a bottle of oil today, the shelf life of your lipstick will be 4 months, if in the past three months.
If you cannot follow this rule, just remember that after opening, lipstick kept no more than 4 months.
Shelf life can also be reduced if you do not follow all the rules of purity, made contact with a lipstick water droplet, whether it touched with wet hands.
Final tips:
Try it, maybe for the first time, you will not achieve a perfect result, but, over time, experimenting with a variety of recipes and ingredients, you can create products, no worse than the branded manufacturers.
At home, you can make a completely secure lipstick that will be just as effectively to underline our lips and protect them. The advantage of this means not only benefits, but the ability to make the necessary shade, which is especially difficult to find in the shopping products.
You will need a few mistakes before you create the first lipstick that you will be satisfied. But the creation of cosmetics with their own hands is a fascinating process. You will find hundreds of recipes to create bases and shades, and possibly will contribute to this hobby and craft.
