Class in Session: A Shiny Mix-up

No one really needs lip gloss, do they?

Of course not. But it's fun, and now and then I want to self-adorn. Holographic makeup is one of the current online rages, and the other day I saw a woman with incredible lipstick that had a bright blue shine to it. The trouble? Most of these makeups are loaded with about sixty-eight ingredients . . . many of them petroleum-derived.

Now, I'll touch and taste crude oil out of a well in Pennsylvania and yet, for some reason, I don't want to wear its derivatives on my face. Go figure.

Online DIY people to the rescue again! Others had been there before me, so no need to reinvent a wheel. It makes experimenting with recipes quicker, certainly. I picked one using Coconut, Jojoba and Olive oils, along with beeswax pastilles.

I'd also realised something: The same pearlescent powders I used to put a sheen on my double statue of Black Snake Ruiria and Earth were mica-based, a powdered mineral, and were labeled non-toxic. Non-toxic: It means you may still not want to eat it in large amounts, but nor is it made of chemicals that will harm your organs, cause cancer, or some other hideous issue. So I had a relatively safe source of color and shine for my lip gloss trials, without all the petroleum base ingredients. Now we were cooking with gas!

The four most vibrant colors of the lot!

Late at night after work, I heated the ingredients in a jar, then one-by-one, I filled some little screw-top containers I'd found at Scrap and added the mica powders --- more than I thought was necessary --- then stirred each to consistency. I also added two drops of essential oil to each for flavor. By the end, I had five different colors . . . including one with a vibrant blue shine, sort of like the lipstick I'd seen that woman wearing.

Not bad for a first do-it-yourself attempt. My fingertip makes a pretty blunt applicator brush, but I'll find a solution to that. The glosses taste good, like honey and coconut, and feel good too. Additionally, each has its own flavor: Tangerine, Spearmint, Cinnamon, Lime (the green one, of course), and Fennel. All that, with none of the poisons!

Now, if I can do this with all my other cosmetics. I suppose all of these could be purposefully enchanted, as well!

Homemade Lip Gloss