Q&A for How to Make Lipstick

Not a lipstick, but soaking a colored pencil in hot water for 5 - 10 minutes can make a great lip liner, as long as the pencils are non-toxic.

You can combine lip gloss and eye shadow.

For about 5-10 minutes.

Use a Q-tip (cotton bud) or your finger and apply it to your lips. Or, if you want to get rid of it but keep the container, you just rinse it out and clean it with a tissue, it does the trick.

If you mixed one of the redder shades, like beet powder, with one like nutmeg, it should create a pretty nude-pink color. It depends on how much of each you use. You could also use cosmetic-grade mica powders, which come in a large array of colors (including pink) and are a natural product.

You can use Shea butter or beeswax for the hardening, and some kind of coloring.

You would not want to use it beyond three months.

Try heating it at longer intervals and stirring it. You can also try heating it over the stove instead using a double boiler.

Yes. The instructions for using crayons in this guide call for wax crayons, as they need to be melted. Make sure you use non-toxic crayons.

Just melt an old lip balm and put it back into the container. Or you could use a non-toxic tealight candle. Just take out the wick and melt the wax. If you don't know whether or not it is non-toxic, then don't use it.

No, because the lipstick will never harden. It will be too liquid-y even for lip gloss.

You should be able to, as canola oil is safe to eat or have around your mouth. Try experimenting with it and see what happens.

Put translucent powder it over you favorite lipstick once the lipstick on your lips.

Use an old lipstick, lip balm or glue tube, then sit it up the right way in the fridge. If you want, use a knife to cut it diagonally.

Dab a bit of Vaseline on your lips. This helps to remove the lipstick. Wipe off the Vaseline, and you're lipstick free.

Yes, as long as the crayons you use are non-toxic and washable.

Yes, just as long as you clean and sanitize them (rubbing alcohol will work fine).

Yes you can, just make sure not to burn it by microwaving the lipstick for five seconds, stirring, microwaving, stirring, and so on until it is melted.

Yes. If you are worried about the hygiene in using and making homemade lip products, wash your hands or wear sterile gloves while making it. Use a well-cleaned container to store it, and keep a cap on the product when not using it. If you are really serious about the cleanliness of it, spray a small amount of rubbing alcohol to remove bacteria or germs after using it.

Yes, all you need to do is melt the petroleum jelly and crayons, blend them together, and put the "lipstick" in a container with a lid.

Yes; a normal wash will most likely do it. If your lips look stained, put toothpaste on your lips, leave it on for about one minute, then rinse it off.

No. It's not necessary to do it with an adult.

Yes, so long as they are the non-toxic kind. Crayola is the most frequently recommended brand to use as everything used in making those is non-toxic.

Yes, any container should do the trick. Just make sure you clean it out completely and dry it with a tissue.

Yes. You could also use Vaseline or petroleum jelly.

Yes, you can! Melt the lipstick by candle in a heat proof bowl. Then you put the melted mixture in a container and freeze it for 10 minutes.

Yes, but you can use non toxic crayons to color it, too.

Yes, cherry juice adds a nice color and flavor.

Blush is a good idea, but baby oil would make the lipstick too runny, even for a lip balm. Make sure to use a non-toxic blush!

You can substitute the powder for the beetroot juice. Just be careful about amounts, as you may make your lipstick too liquidy.