How to make lipstick at home

Every woman in the cosmetic bag has at least one lipstick, and this is not surprising. Cosmetics of this kind helps to make the contour of the lips more distinct, and also complements the makeup. Thanks to the correctly chosen shade, you can add volume to even very thin lips. It is not necessary to resort to injection with hyaluronic acid or botox. Popular manufacturers produce lipstick of different shades, but it can be done independently, saving hard-earned money. Consider the main aspects in order, select the popular recipes.

Lipstick composition

1. The base (solid) lipstick is wax of various origins. You can choose the classic bee composition, palm tree wax or carnauba, candelilla. Supplemented with coconut, cocoa or shea butter.
2. For a softening, nourishing, or moisturizing effect, commonly used are vitamins of groups A and E in ampoules, as well as medicinal esters in bottles (sold in a pharmacy).
3. If we talk about flavors, sweeteners and coloring matter, both natural (chocolate, berries) and artificial (food coloring) raw materials are used.

Important!
In the end, to get the lipstick of the correct thickness, make sure that it includes wax (30%), solid oils (40%), liquid oils (30%). At the same time, a difference in proportions is allowed, which varies by 3-7%.

Home Lipstick: Materials and Tools

To make lipstick, take care of all the necessary fixtures and components in advance:

• a saucepan to heat the ingredients;
• spoons with dispenser;
• 5-8 ml syringe;
• ingredients (recipe is selected based on personal preference);
• stylus (stick) made of wood;
• tube or jar for the finished product.

Important!
Many girls after home experiments completely refuse to store products. If the result will please you, get a notebook.In it, you will keep records of changes in proportions and other additions. The corrections will help to achieve the ideal version of lipstick.

General cooking technology

Below we give popular recipes for making lipstick at home. Practically every variant of cooking a cosmetic product has the same technology. Consider it step by step.

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients and tools. Squeeze the indicated amount of wax, solid and liquid oils into a saucepan.
2. Melt the ingredients on the stove, in the microwave or with a candle. Throughout the heat treatment, watch the process, the ingredients should not boil.
3. Enter ampoule vitamins, aroma, dyes, flavor enhancers (optional) into the already melted hot mass. Stir until uniform, dial it with a syringe.
4. Leave the lipstick in a cool place until it freezes. As soon as the composition is set, cut the edge of the syringe with a sharp knife. Gently push the lipstick out, move it into the tube.
5. The container must be upright. To prevent leakage of the composition, cover the bottom of the storage container with foil.Do not fill the tube completely with lipstick, after hardening the cosmetics will increase in volume.
6. Wait until the final hardening. For best results, move the tube to the door or to the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

Lipstick recipes

Despite the general technology of preparation, the proportions of ingredients and their names vary considerably. Therefore, we consider each recipe in more detail.

Jojoba Matte Lipstick
Take 12 grams. classic beeswax and 8 gr. candelilla Melt on steam or in the microwave, pour 3 ml. Jojoba ester, 2 ml. patchouli ether and 5 ml. castor oil In a separate container connect 7 ml. almond oil with 70 gr. zinc oxide (mica must be present in the composition). Add 4 gr. titanium dioxide, stir until smooth. Connect with the first composition, again put on the stove. Boil for 1 minute, then dial into a syringe and cool. Move to tube, send to fridge.

Chocolate flavored lipstick
Take 10 ml. cocoa butter, 8 ml. Shea butter, 12 g. beeswax. Melt the composition, pour in 5 drops of avocado oil, 1 ml. wheat germ oil.Rub in the composition of 3 grams. dark chocolate or replace it with 1.5 kg. cocoa powder. Add 2 drops of ginger or grapefruit. Stir, cool, send in a tube from under the old lipstick. Store in the refrigerator.

Vitamin E lipstick
The recipe is considered to be the most simple. You will need to mix 3 gr. any wax with 3 ml. patchouli oil, 1 ml. jojoba oil and 3 ml. cocoa butter. Melt the product, enter 2 ampoules pharmacy "Aevita". If desired, replace the last component with 3 drops of tocopherol (liquid vitamin E). Add any flavors and sweeteners. Put weight in the syringe, cool, move to the vial.

Red lipstick
Take 10 gr. cocoa butter, 12 gr. beeswax. Melt the mixture through a microwave or water bath. Gently insert half a red dye (food grade); mix with a wooden stylus. If there is no pigment of the desired color, replace it with 1 gr. beet powder. Gather weight with a syringe, let cool, place in a pre-prepared tube.

Maroon lipstick

Clear lipstick
Take 7 gr. peach oil and 3 gr. patchouli oil (can be replaced by jojoba). Add 8 gr. beeswax or palm wax, melt the ingredients on the stove or in the microwave. Add 6 ml. jojoba oil, 6 ml. vitamin E (in ampoules), 2 ml. vitamin A (in ampoules). Stir, put in a syringe, cool, move to tube.

Lipstick for the treatment of herpes
Take 3 p. palm and 8 gr. beeswax, melt the food in a convenient way, not boiling. Pour in 4 ml. Jojoba oil, 2 ml. patchouli oil, 6 ml. liquid vitamin E (tocopherol). If desired, add 2 drops of rosemary, geranium or ginseng ether. Gather the fluid mass with a syringe, wait for it to cool and harden. Carefully remove, hold in a tube from under the old lipstick.

The technology of making lipstick at home is not difficult.Experienced housewives have developed a single method, you only need to choose a recipe and follow it. Experiment with types of wax, essential and natural oils, dyes, flavors, pharmacy vitamins (A, E).

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