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Organic Lip Gloss

Organic Lip Gloss

Healthier Shine and Colour with Organic Lipsticks

While it may be true that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, it remains undoubtedly important to every woman. Although not all women love to wear heavy make-up, adding lip colour seems to be the simplest thing to bring out one's beauty. Beauty experts even say that a little lip shine and lip colour spell the difference.

The transformation of cosmetics from the traditionally inorganic to the all natural, organic ingredients is no longer new. Every known makeup has been organic – from foundations to blush-ons, bronzers and eye shadows or palettes. However, a lipstick made up of organic ingredients is a different story. Unlike other cosmetics which are applied relatively distant from the mouth, lipsticks, when applied, are only millimetres away from the digestive tract opening. It is said that every woman ingests up to four pounds of lipstick and gloss over a lifetime. With this in mind, organic lipsticks really are more than just beauty, but about health as well.

Just as the term suggests, an organic lipstick is one hundred percent organic, thus also a hundred percent safe to the body. By seeing through each ingredient, organic lipsticks really are more beneficial than chemically-dyed lipsticks in many ways.

Organic oils are essential in organic lipsticks. They are responsible for moisturizing, conditioning and protecting the lips from various harmful elements. Therefore, aside from a lip-gloss shine, organic lipsticks also moisturize the lips better and even longer for perfect and better lips. Organic jojoba seed oil, for example, contains fatty acids which oxidize the skin, thus preventing the lips from drying and chapping.

Wild crafted candilla wax, another ingredient of an organic lipstick, also moisturizes and gives long lasting lip protection.

While organic oils are responsible for beautifully moisturizing and giving the lips a healthy shine, organic extracts and vitamins nourish and revitalize the lips. These organic extracts include organic beeswax (or cera alba), organic grape seed (or vitis vinifera), and organic pomegranate (or punica granatum). Organic pomegranate, for example, is rich in potassium and citric acid (vitamin C). Potassium helps the skin to regenerate new, healthier cells, while citric acid refreshes the skin.

Significantly, an organic lipstick also contains Vitamin E or tocopherol acetate, one of the most powerful antioxidants known. Taking into consideration the sensitivity of the lips, infusing an organic lipstick with Vitamin E will is important for protection from ultraviolet rays, as well as from dusts, drugs and other elements that produce free radicals which are harmful to the body.

On the other hand, iron oxides are primarily responsible for richer and long lasting lip colours. A hundred percent natural and toxic free, iron oxides produce richer colour than traditional and chemically-dyed lipsticks. Moreover, it is naturally weather resistant; thus it will not easily wear off when exposed to outdoor climates, particularly during warm or humid weathers.

Finally, skin sensitivity is not an issue when using organic lipsticks. Organic lipsticks contain mica and titanium dioxide which are proven to be one hundred percent hypo-allergenic.

Beet juice separating from homemade organic lip gloss?

I've made my own lip gloss for awhile now, beeswax, avocado or sweet almond oil, vit. e oil and flavour with essential oils like cinnamon bark oil, peppermint etc. Now I'm trying to make a lip stain, using reduced beet juice. I've read tons of recipes where people do the same - but I'm having a problem with the beeswax and beet juice separating when cooled, leaving a chunk of beeswax on top, and liquid beet juice below.
Any suggestions for what I can reduce the beets in that will mix with the beexwax/oil?

Thanks!

I've been making skin care products for almost ten years, and it sounds like the problem you're having is that you've introduced a water phase into your oil phase (oil phases include waxes). To get the two to blend takes some trial and error with temperature, emulsifiers, and blending.

First, the water phase (your beet juice) and the oil phase (everything else you listed) need to be heated separately. There are some guideline temperatures to follow, but I've never used them, I just use intuition and I've never had a problem. But, having them both similar temperatures is important.

Add the water phase slowly into the oil phase and blend. A stick blender works great for this. You may not be using one already, since its not necessary for oil products, but it is needed to blend oils and waters.

Beeswax is kind of an emulsifier, but it might not be enough to blend the two phases. Borax can be used, but personally I like soy lecithin. You just need a small amount, no more than 3% of the whole product.

I've never made tinted anything, but I've read about beet powder. If you can get your hands on this, it might eliminate the problem all together. From what I've read, it's just powdered beets, and you'd just add it straight into the oil while you're heating it. My guess would be that it would dye the oil and there'd be nothing to separate out.

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