How to Make Your Own Lip Stain From Vegetables
Lipstick is an important part of the daily makeup routine for many women. However, lipstick rubs off when you eat or drink and must be re-applied. Lip stains are different, because they actually stain the skin and, therefore, the color lasts all day. While you can purchase lip stains at any cosmetics counter or drug store, you can also make them at home. All you need are dark-colored vegetables to get the process started. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Beet
- Knife
- Paper towel
- Spoon
- Dish or cutting board
- Pan
- Grater
- Beeswax
- Sunflower, almond or walnut oil
- Small container with lid
- Lip brush
- Vegetable glycerine (optional)
- Strainer (optional)
Instructions
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Cut up a beet root until it is diced into small pieces. Spread the pieces out on a paper towel and set them aside for one to two days until they are completely dry to the touch.
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Place 1 to 2 tbsp. of the dried beet pieces onto a plate or cutting board and use the back of a spoon to crush them into a fine powder. Set the powder aside.
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Hold a kitchen grater over a pan and grate a piece of beeswax until you have 1 tbsp. in the pan.
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Add 1/8 to 1 tsp. of the beet powder to the pan and add 2 tbsp. of either sunflower, almond or walnut oil. Stir the mixture well with a spoon and place the pan on a stove burner turned to low.
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Stir the mixture constantly until it melts. Remove it from the burner.
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Allow the mixture to cool to room temperature. Pour it into a small container with a lid, such as an empty lip gloss tube.
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Insert a lip brush into the lip stain and apply it to your lips just as you do lip gloss. Place the lid tightly on the container and store in a cool, dry location.
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Tips & Warnings
If desired, you can substitute vegetable glycerine, available at health food stores, for the beeswax.
If you do not want to wait for the beet root to dry, simply add it to the pan immediately after chopping. Then, once you remove the pot from the stove burner, pour it through a strainer to remove the beet bits.
References
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