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
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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
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