It’s a craft, a DYI elegance solution, and a funds saving thought all rolled into one particular! You can make your very own easy and fun lipsticks with absolutely nothing far more than non-toxic crayons and Virgin Coconut Oil. With the price of lipstick skyrocketing to anywhere among $ 4-18 and the reality that it is complete of ingredients you shouldn’t be smearing all over your lips, this 1 is a keeper.
What’s in your lipstick?
The issue 1st came to public attention in 2007 with a report on lead contamination in lipsticks, “A Poison Kiss,” by the Campaign for Risk-free Cosmetics. The Food and Drug Administration published an in depth stick to-up in 2011, obtaining traces of lead in 400 lipsticks. (NY Times Aug. 2013) Lead was banned from our family paint in the seventies but we shell out alot of income to put it on our lips.
So you’ll need to have some tiny containers with lids to place your completed lipstick into. I’d get about 6 because you are going to be making an attempt diverse color combinations. Then be certain and use excellent good quality Crayola crayons. If you have youngsters, these are on hand and pre-broken for your ease. Lastly, you will get a modest jar of Virgin Coconut Oil (you must already be making use of this for cooking, entire body oil, anti-viral etc.).
Consider about one inch of crayon and get rid of the paper. Place in a tiny glass bowl or an empty infant food jar works wonderful. Then measure ¼ tsp of coconut oil (use ½ tsp of the oil for sheerer impact). Then fill a little saucepan with about a single inch of water. Location the bowl/jar into the pan. Heat water on minimal to medium heat until the mixture starts to melt. It must only get about a minute. Use some thing like a skewer or toothpick to stir.
Pour the mixture into your containers whilst it is nevertheless warm but not so sizzling it will melt your containers! I suggest you pour it slowly so you really do not get massive air bubbles in your mixture. It hardens rapidly so timing is crucial here. In about a minute it ought to harden back up and you now have your really own designed shade of lipstick.
Get in touch with your innovative side and combine numerous crayon colours with each other. Now prior to I get a entire great deal of hate mail on this submit about how negative crayons are for you, they do not incorporate lead. Undoubtedly this can be modified to use some all all-natural pigments but I imagined this was a exciting project to try out. This lipstick will taste way much better than any you personal!
Be Properly,
Beth Maxwell
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