Lip make-up and lip care products homemade
DIY: make your own lip rouge, lip balm, lip ointment and lipstick according to the industrial recipes below.
Lip rouge (indelible)
Recipe no. 1. (early 1900's) |
Castor oil |
300 dl |
Lanolin |
45 dl |
Beeswax |
45 dl |
Eosin |
30 dl |
Lacquer red |
30 dl |
Recipe no. 2. (early 1900's) |
Castor oil |
270 dl |
Cetyl alcohol |
45 dl |
Stearic acid |
12 dl |
Lanolin |
45 dl |
Glycerin monostearate |
45 dl |
Eosin |
25 dl |
Lacquer red |
12 dl |
Perfume can be added to both recipes if desired. The mass can be adjusted to the desired shade with the aid of artificially lacquered, i.e. insoluble tar dyes.
Lip balm
Recipe (early 1900's) |
Paraffin oil |
600 dl |
Vaseline |
200 dl |
Paraffin |
200 dl |
Ozokerite |
25 dl |
Beeswax |
75 dl |
Perfume one tenth of a percent |
The material is first melted together and the perfume is added during cooling. The pomade is used to prevent the lips from popping. If the price allows it, it is recommended to replace part of the petroleum products with lanolin, olive oil and cocoa butter. By grinding a few percent fine zinc oxide with the mixture, the material becomes whiter and the pomade has a healing effect on inflamed lips.
Lipstick (non-marking)
Recipe (early 1900's) |
Olive oil |
16 dl |
Cocoa butter |
8 dl |
Stearic acid |
6 dl |
Paraffin |
8 dl |
Beeswax |
7 dl |
Carnauba wax |
1 dl |
Lanolin |
2 dl |
Eosin |
3 dl |
Carmine |
3 dl |
Propyl Parahydroxy Benzoate |
0.1 % |
Perfume as desired |
The oil is first melted with the waxes. The insoluble dye is finely ground with the oil, the soluble dye is simply dissolved upon melting.
The properties of such lipsticks can be changed by changing the ratio of oil and wax. In addition, the insoluble pigments work differently than the oil-soluble dyes. In addition, a coloring agent is sometimes added, which is water-soluble, such as tartrasine and ponceau.