How to get your own lip gloss made?

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If you live in a cold climate, then you know all about dry winter lips. Dry lips, dry skin, itchy sore patches&#; the list goes on. Ensuring you&#;re getting the right amount of vitamins throughout the winter is important so you&#;re not just hanging on to summer for months! My friend recommended that I use Private Label Supplements to make sure my skin and general health is at the top of it&#;s game. Now we just have to get our lips there too!
There are a ton of pretty lip glosses out there, but pretty doesn&#;t necessarily mean moisture and protection, which is what your pout needs in the winter. Guess what? You can have make your own pretty colours that moisturize, and they&#;re natural and non toxic! If colours aren&#;t your thing or you also want a general balm for your hands, there&#;s a great recipe for that too.

I&#;m going to show you two similar but slightly different recipes to make your own coloured lip gloss and beeswax coconut oil balm. Make it for yourself or as a great little valentine gift for a friend. You will be shocked how easy it is and it&#;s so much fun to mix your own colours.

Here&#;s what you&#;ll need for this project:

WHAT YOU&#;LL NEED:

&#; Coconut oil
&#; Petroleum jelly
&#; Non-toxic crayons
&#; Beeswax
&#; Vitamin E oil
&#; Containers for your gloss/balm

A few tips before you start:
&#; Working with wax can get a bit messy, so work on a wax paper or parchment lined surface.
&#; Cleaning wax and oil isn&#;t that bad, but disposable, heat safe containers or stir sticks makes it even easier.
&#; Rub your utensils and containers with alcohol or vinegar to get rid of any residue.

First the beeswax balm &#;

The basic lip balm recipe is 2 parts coconut oil, 1 part beeswax, and a few drops of vitamin E. So to make one medium pot, use 2 tsp coconut oil and 1 tsp beeswax, or adjust based on how much you want to make.

2. Put all your ingredients in a heat safe bowl and microwave in 20 second intervals, stirring in between until it&#;s melted, and pour into your container of choice. (Tip: Grate the beeswax with a cheese grater to get small pieces that are easy to melt.)

It doesn&#;t get much easier than that! Once it&#;s dry, you&#;ll have a natural balm that smells yummy and keeps your lips and hands nice and soft.

If you&#;re ready to have some fun with colour, try out the lip gloss.The basic lip gloss recipe is 1 part petroleum jelly, 1 part coconut oil, and a small amount of crayon. So to make one small pot, use 1 tsp each of jelly and coconut oil, and about 1/4 &#; 1/2 tsp of the crayons.

First pick out some of your favourite crayon colours. Remember you can mix and match to make any combo so don&#;t just judge by already made colours.

Remove the wrappers and start chopping them up so you can mix &#;em up and make them easier to melt.

Get your base ingredients together so that they&#;re ready to go once the crayons are melted. For the lip gloss, the beeswax is substituted with petroleum jelly to give it a more glossy look and texture.

Use a metal measuring spoon (or any heat safe container) and melt the crayons together over a candle. This is where you can experiment and have fun.

Carefully pour into your gloss container and there you go!

I just made two different colours but as you can imagine the possibilities are endless. Make a bunch for yourself or your friends. These would be perfect for bridesmaids, birthday parties, bachlorette parties&#;&#;

I guarantee that once you start it will be hard to stop. Have fun! xo, xo

 

Ever wanted to replicate your favorite lip gloss? I&#;ve got a homemade lip gloss recipe that will help you do exactly that.

And, due to the moisturizing power of its ingredients, and the way it glides across the lips, I&#;m going to describe this particular recipe as a cross between a DIY lip gloss and a DIY lip balm. 

Introduction

The Simple Way: Creating your own lip gloss can be as simple as mixing Vaseline with a bit of your preferred lipstick or blush for color. Just mix 2 tablespoons of Vaseline with a teaspoon of your chosen lipstick, a little blush, or beetroot powder if you&#;re going for a natural tint.

Something Better: However, In this post I&#;m going to show you how to take things further to create something more comparable to shop-bought lip gloss.

I have given this homemade lip gloss a fresh, minty scent but feel free to substitute this with a cosmetic-safe flavoring you want. You could use a drop of lip-friendly essential oil, such as Lavender or orange. 

While this will give your lips a lovely, shiny appearance, the biggest draw to this recipe for me is how amazing it is at softening the skin of your lips, as well as protecting it from the elements. 

I find that sometimes it&#;s a choice of aesthetics over practicality. But if you make your own lip gloss it allows you to do both. You can look great and feel great at the same time! 

What&#;s In This Homemade Lip Gloss Recipe

Ingredients such as lead found in commercial lip gloss definitely give me cause for concern. So let&#;s take a close look at some of the key natural ingredients we&#;re using in this recipe.

Liquid Lecithin

Plant-derived Lecithin is a good replacement for synthetic emulsifiers and has been used for hundreds of years. It adds a lovely thick creaminess to your DIY lip gloss that&#;s both sticky and slow penetrating. This is exactly what you want!  

If you&#;ve never heard of Lecithin; it&#;s a wonderful natural ingredient that is suitable for all skin types and is one of the best moisturizing ingredients on the market. 

It is full of nourishing goodness that traps moisture within the skin while adding a protective layer, making this the perfect gloss for anyone prone to dry and chapped lips. 

On the downside, it can have a bit of an odor, so I would always recommend adding a couple of drops of essential oil or flavoring here. 

Carrier Oils

Castor oil is my number one choice for a homemade lip gloss, as it has a naturally glossy look and easily glides across the skin. 

Coconut oil is another high-shine, slow-penetrating oil. It has some lovely skin-softening values and is suitable for the most sensitive areas. 

Last but not least is the olive oil. This can be replaced with another slow-penetrating oil, but honestly, why would you? It&#;s so easy to get your hands on it. You can buy it at your local grocery store! It has some good anti-aging values and has been used in skincare since ancient times.

Beeswax

Beeswax will thicken the gloss and give it some good stability. It&#;s a common ingredient in lip balms due to its softening abilities and the way it gives the lips a protective barrier against the elements.

Lip gloss base without beeswax

Our vegan friends will want to make use of candelilla wax as a substitute. However, it has double the stiffening power of beeswax and so you will want to use half as much. This will lower the weight of your homemade lip gloss, though, and may make it less glossy overall. Check out my vegan lip balm recipe for more vegan options.

Colors, Tints & Dyes

I&#;ve used red iron oxide and a silver sparkle mica in my lip gloss. This will give the lips a nice red shimmer (depending on how much you add). You can totally replace the red oxide with mica but unlike oxides, mica doesn&#;t transfer any color to the lips. Mica just gives your lips a dewy gloss. 

There are some fantastically vibrant colors and glitter around that can be teamed up with a fruity flavoring, too. Either way, you will want to add a bit of color or you will end up with a beige-looking lip gloss that doesn&#;t look very appealing, and who wants a beige day! 

You can also color your lip gloss by using other natural ingredients such as beetroot powder for red lips, hibiscus powder for pink lips, or cocoa powder for brown lips.

Does Natural Lip Gloss Need A Preservative?

Before I show you how to make lip gloss, it&#;s worth mentioning that this recipe has been made with only oil-based products. This is great because you don&#;t need a preservative and it will last about a year (approx). Vitamin E oil is included in my recipe as an antioxidant which helps to slow down oxidization.

Best Lip Gloss Containers

You can buy small 10ml lip gloss containers and tubes on Amazon for a very reasonable price.

If this is your first time purchasing these, do yourself a favor and choose the ones that come with the syringes, it just makes this job so much easier and they can be washed and stored ready for next time. The lip gloss isn&#;t suitable for a pot or tin as it isn&#;t solid enough.

How To Make Lip Gloss At Home

A natural homemade lip gloss recipe that moisturizes and glides across the lips, A few passes of this over your lips in the morning and it'll keep your lips looking and feeling amazing!

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Prep Time:

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Active Time:

45

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Total Time:

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Yield:

4

10ml Tubes

Author:

Angela Wills

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Equipment

• Heatproof Jug
• Saucepan
• Digital Scales

Ingredients

• 16

  grams

  Castor Oil

• 10

  grams

  Olive Oil

• 6

  grams

  Coconut Oil

• 3

  grams

  Beeswax

• 4

  grams

  Liquid Lecithin

• 1

  gram

  Vitamin E Oil

• 2

  drops

  Peppermint Essential Oil

  (optional)

• Red Oxide

  (enough to tint your gloss)

• Mica Powders

  (enough to give your pigment a little sparkle)

• 4

  10ml Lip Gloss Tubes

  (with syringe)

Instructions

• Start making your homemade lip gloss by weighing out the castor, olive, coconut oil, and beeswax, into a heatproof container.

  16 grams Castor Oil,

  10 grams Olive Oil,

  6 grams Coconut Oil,

  3 grams Beeswax

• Place the container with the oils into a water bath or double boiler to melt. You can do this by filling a pan with a little water and bringing it to a boil, reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and place the container into the water. Continue to simmer gently until the wax and coconut oil have both melted.

• Once the oils have melted, remove the mixture from the heat and let them start to cool. You will need to stir them whilst they are cooling.

• As the oils cool they will begin to look more opaque. Once this happens it&#;s time to stir in the Lecithin. You may be wondering why I'm adding this at the cooling down phase rather than adding it to the heating phase. Let me explain. 

  Lecithin can sometimes separate when it's overheated and I wanted to make this DIY lip gloss as foolproof as possible. Lecithin doesn't need to be heated unless it's being used as an emulsifier. As we&#;re not emulsifying anything, why bother?    

  4 grams Liquid Lecithin

• As the lipgloss cools below 40c we can stir in the vitamin E.

  1 gram Vitamin E Oil

• Once you're happy with the color, add a couple of drops of essential oil or flavor. Im using pepermint essetial oil.

• Now the fun part, creating the color! Whether you are using an oxide, mica or a mix of both like I am, you will only need small amounts. 

  Remember that you can always add more, but can&#;t take any out. I find it useful to add a little then try it.

  Red Oxide,

  Mica Powders

• When the lip gloss is completely cool it can be transferred to a lip gloss applicator, wand, container or tube ready for use.

  4 10ml Lip Gloss Tubes

• As this lip gloss recipe contains no water, you don&#;t need to worry about a preservative. It should keep for up to a year.

Notes

This recipe makes 40g (fills four 10ml tubes), but you can use the slider above to increase or decrease the recipe

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Final Thoughts

A few passes of this over your lips in the morning and it&#;ll keep your lips looking and feeling amazing! I throw mine in my purse when I&#;m on the go, so I can touch it up a few times throughout the day.

While I wish we could be more creative with pigments in this homemade lip gloss recipe, I feel something relatively neutral is a good choice. That way you can wear it along with your lipstick if you so wish.

If you make your own lip gloss please let me know how you get on in the comments section below. I love to hear about your experiences. I&#;ll also do my best to answer any and all questions you have.

So, now that we understand how to make lip gloss and homemade lip balms, the next step is to move on to learning how to make other types of makeup. That&#;s my goal. It&#;s such an exciting world to explore and it&#;s been a while since I found something that interested me that I wasn&#;t also already pretty knowledgeable about already.

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