The Process of Making Lipstick is As Interesting As Deciding on the Perfect Shade You Want

Us ladies spend hours shopping for the right shade of lipstick to suit our skin tone and outfit. A shade can either make or kill your look.

Have you ever thought about how a lipstick is made?

Yes, I’m biting my chocolate chip cookie here in wonder too. Here’s how it’s done.

Ingredients That Go Into a Lipstick

A lipstick is made with a combination of several waxes – think candelilla, beeswax and another thing called ozokerite.

Here’s an intriguing fact – carnauba wax is used to strengthen a lipstick and make it hold its own.

There are also oils and fats that go into a stem of lipstick – these could include olive oil, lanolin, cocoa butter, shea butter and petrolatum.

The Method

The lab will mix the pigment with a vegetable base to get the formula. You’ll then see a great number of shades melted to make different and new colours.

When the shade’s right, the liquid formula is poured into a metal mould to set. How long does it take to set a lipstick? No more than 15 minutes in the freezer.

The time for revelation comes – the beauties are taken out of the moulds and placed into the lipstick tubes.

A lipstick is born. I’m in tears already as it looks so bloody perfect.

Support Good Lipstick

Go for ones that are cruelty-free so that you know for sure that no animals were harmed in the process. You also want to steer away from lipsticks that contain paraben, phthalates, Formaldehyde-Releasing Preservatives (FRPs), Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) and Oxybenzone.

I hope that didn’t confuse you. It got me for a minute, and then I realised it wasn’t that tough after all.

The entire process

 

Check out the video below uploaded by YouTube user The Zoe Report on the process of making those amazing lipstick we girls just love.

Feature Image: YouTube (The Zoe Report)

This article was first published on goodyfeed.com