Made of lipstick at home, if the useful components will be present in its composition, it will become not only decorative cosmetics, but also a medical and prophylactic, caring tool. Any woman would not give up funds containing exclusively natural components. Products manufactured in industrial conditions may contain petroleum products, dyes or preservatives. As a result, cosmetics made by their own hands has recently been greatly popular. We will tell you how to make lipstick yourself.
Pros of manufacture:
- Individual choice of color and smell.
- Availability of ingredients.
- Easy process.
- Safety and natural composition.
How to make lipstick - little secrets
Before you begin the fascinating process of making lipstick, decide on pigments and dyes. We will tell you a little about food natural dyes.
To obtain:
- bright red color - take advantage of the beet root powder;
- red-brown - cinnamon;
- copper - turmeric;
- brown - cocoa powder.
Using these powders in different concentrations and combinations, you can create an excellent palette of natural shades. In addition, in specialized stores you can find many mineral non-toxic pigments. As a pigment can also use powdered mineral shadows, you can not worry, they are checked for toxicity, because they are in contact with eyes. So you can get brilliant or shimmering shades.
How to make lipstick - aboutdongner ingredients
It's important to know! To prepare lipsticks, you will need: 30% wax, 40% of solid and 30% liquid oils.
You will need:
- 0.5 C.L. Bee Wax is sold in pharmacies, honey beads or craft stores.
- 1 C.L. Cocoa oil - this component will feed the lips and help lipstick smoothly.
- 1 tsp, jojoba oil - give the texture and shine.
- Dyes - can be edible or have no food non-toxic nature. However, it is possible to do without them, so it turns out a nutritious colorless lip balm.
- Flavor - are used as desired. Choose better unobtrusive smells that will not bother quickly.
How to make lipstick - necessary tools
We need not only ingredients, but also necessary tools that will greatly facilitate the manufacturing process.
You will need:
- Syringe.
- Washing tube.
- Capacity for water bath.
Cooking lipstick
- In the water bath, melt wax and oils, but do not bring to a boil. It is important that a single droplet of water does not fall into this mixture. Since the mass of your ingredients is small, stir everything thoroughly and do not distract, because everything is very quickly melted.
- You can take a mixture from the stove after it completely melts and becomes homogeneous. Now you can add odor, colors and additional components. This stage of cooking is the most interesting, because it opens up the opportunity to experiment.
- Then type hot mix in the syringe, cut the tip from it. After you need to squeeze it out of the syringe into a prepared empty tube. Put it until lipstick hardens.
- Lipstick is ready!
Perhaps you will not get the perfect lipstick from the first time. Do not lower your hands, several errors and a bit of spent time will be justified by the first satisfactory result. The creation of lipsticks is your own hands - an interesting and fascinating process, with a big desire you can get dozens of shades and basics recipes. Do not be afraid to experiment and mistaken, because as a result you will produce your own lipstick, fully suitable for you, the analogues of which are not found in any store.