Friday 27 September 2013

How to make lipstick out of Crayons

So this is how to make lipstick out of crayons. I got the idea from this video I watched, where the woman was afraid of lead poisoning from her lipsticks - don't worry this was back around 2003, so I don't think lipsticks have lead in them now.
Although I'm not worried about lead poisoning from my lipsticks. I do like trying out new things and this seemed like something that could be really fun and interesting.
So this is my recipe, it's a little different from the one in the video.

Ingredients:


  • Grape seed oil
  • Optiphen (optional)
  • Crayon (colour of choice)
  • Shea butter
  • Water

Utensils:

  • Pan
  • Bowl
  • Something to stir with, such as a wooden skewer
  • Empty container for the lipstick

How:

Put some water into you pan and place it over a medium heat.
Place the bowl over the pan, once the water has started to boil and turn the heat down slightly. Then add half a table spoon of the Shea butter and Grape seed oil.
Wait for the Shea butter to melt a little then add 1 drop on Optiphen (optional)
Snap your chosen crayon in half and place the half into the mixture, remember to remove the paper cover before placing the crayon in the mixture.
Stir the crayon around the mixture, making sure that all the ingredients get mixed together.
Once the crayon has fully melted turn off the heat.
Spoon the mixture into your container, while it is still hot. Be careful when spooning the mixture, as it will set pretty quickly.
The container that I used was just an empty lip balm tube, with a twisty bottom, something like this is ideal for quick application, but you can use small tube or pots as well and apply with a brush.

Cleaning:

When cleaning the mixture out of the bowl (etc) do not use water and soap straight away. Start by taking some kitchen roll and wiping the mixture off of the bowl. Add a little soap if you are finding it hard to get the colour off of the bowl and rinse with water. Because there is oils in this mixture if you use water straight away it will not be easy to clean.

Have fun mixing up the colour and try using such things as a colour wheel and what not.
Oh by the way if you were wondering the Optiphen is a preservative with this in your mixture it should survive about a year or so, so it's nice to have that is there, but you don't have to put it in if you don't want to.
So here's the video that inspired this creation:
As you can see she does the recipe a little differently than me, but the basic idea is the same. I found that my ingredients were easier to get, as castor oil can be hard to buy, as it is said to have something to do with terminating pregnancy or something - I'm not too sure about this, but yeah it can be hard to buy.
And here another person who has fallen for the colouring in you lips with crayons trend - alright it's not really a trend trend, but it's something like one. The Craft Cloud

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