Homemade Lip Gloss

With the increasing trend of people wanting to live a healthy lifestyle, homemade lip gloss is a common item in woman who wants to live an organic life. With this kind of lifestyle, people will want to make sure that everything they eat, drink and use should be made from the most natural ingredients as possible. From food, to beverages, to cosmetics as well as insect repellents and pesticides, people who are into this type of lifestyle employ only ingredients untouched by chemical processes. A lot of them will even come to point of planting their own natural ingredients as much as possible. Furthermore, they will not usually rely on commercial lip gloss but will make their own homemade lip gloss to ensure that it is really made from natural ingredients. At least when you are using homemade lip gloss, you are sure that the ingredients are from natural sources. In this way, you will be confident in using such lip gloss as you are aware that only natural ingredients are used and that only natural processes are employed.

Furthermore, you are at ease of using such lip gloss as you are sure that there are no harmful chemicals included in it that could adversely affect your lips, as well as your overall health and well-being, on the long run.

With this type of lip gloss, you save money since you do not have to pay for overpriced lip glosses in which you obviously were paying for the brand name and the harmful chemicals added into them. By making your own lip gloss, you further save money as ingredients to be  used are all indigenous to your garden and kitchen.

From your health and your overall wellness to your budget and money, making your own lip gloss from natural ingredients that are just found around your home has obviously a lot of benefits for you.

The following are the things you need to make a fruity and sugary homemade lip gloss:

•    Vaseline or Petroleum jelly
•    Kool Aid
•    Fruit juice
•    Sugar
•    A tiny container
•    Cling wrap (optional)

Once you have all the ingredients ready, melt the Vaseline or Petroleum jelly using a microwave for about 20 seconds. This would actually depend on how the microwave functions. After heating the Vaseline or Petroleum jelly, combine all the other ingredients. Be reasonable on making a decision as to how much sugar you will put on it. Refrain from adding sugar if other ingredients in the recipe already contain sugar in them. Be very careful when you are taking out the Vaseline or Petroleum jelly out of the microwave since it will be very hot. Mix them well and put the mixture in the fridge for a few minutes. Then after that, you can put it in a tiny container.

You could make use of soda bottle cap to keep the lip gloss. You just have to be certain that you use cling wrap to cover it so that it would not fall out. You may also add a little bit of lipstick to aid in colouring your homemade lip gloss.

There are many people these days that are committed to change their lifestyles and learn to live organically. In this way, they will have to make sure at all times that what they drink, eat or even apply on their skin must be coming from natural and organic materials as much as possible and without any preservatives. Many will even grow the necessary plants by themselves, when possible, to make sure that what they are eating, drinking or applying on their skin are all made from natural ingredients. For some people, they will even make their own homemade lip gloss and other cosmetics to be sure their beauty products are made from organic materials too. When you make homemade lip gloss, there are a lot of benefits to receive from it.

When you make your own lip gloss, you are sure what the ingredients are because it is you who made it. Furthermore, you can also ensure that you use only natural ingredients in your beauty product. In this way, you can feel confident with using your own homemade lip gloss because you are sure it is processed in a way that is as natural as possible.

Additionally, you feel at ease using your own lip gloss since you are totally sure that each ingredient used and each process undertaken is made to be as natural as possible. You are totally confident that what you are putting on your lips will not harm you even with long-term use.

Making your own lip gloss obviously saves you time. No more paying more than what commercial lip glosses deserve. No more paying for brand names. No more paying for the harmful chemicals in your branded lip gloss. By making your own lip gloss, you save time because ingredients are just found around your kitchen or in your garden.

So you see, making your own lip gloss will give you a lot of benefits: from health to wealth.

Homemade lip gloss would get you a lot of savings and provide you far more outcome than you could obtain from a manufactured lip gloss. It happens to almost every woman that they go and look for the perfect lip gloss and when they try it at home, it is not a bit they thought it was. Or maybe, you tested the lip gloss before you bought it and were eager to pay heavy price for it, only to discover you’ve decided way too quickly. Because of these consequences, homemade lip gloss is the ideal solution. You could try out until you have just the right mixture.

Here are the things you need:

Chocolate-flavored Lip Gloss

• Petroleum or beeswax base
• 3 tb cocoa butter
• 4 or 5 chocolate chips
• 1 capsule Vitamin E

Chocolate Coconut Lip Gloss

• Petroleum or beeswax base
• 1 1/2 tsp grated cocoa butter
• 1/2 tsp coconut oil
• 1/8 tsp Vitamin E oil
• 3 chocolate chips

Mint Chip Lip Gloss

• Petroleum base
• 1 tb cocoa powder
• 3 drops of peppermint oil

Here are some tips in making your lip gloss:

• If you want shiny, moisturizing appearance and sensation, use the petroleum for the base
• If you want to be protected from the weather, use a beeswax base
• Melt the base in the microwave followed by each of the ingredient, heating in 10 seconds gaps and be cautious not to overheat.
• Use clean, sterilized containers for mixing and storage
• You may also want to add slight amount of lipstick for color
• You could re-use old lip gloss containers for your own home made lip gloss

In this modern time, some people have made it their lifestyle to live organically. This means that they will make sure that everything they eat, drink and apply into their body must come from natural ingredients with no added chemicals and preservatives. Some even come to a point wherein they will be the one to grow and sow the necessary plants, if feasible. For some beauty conscious people that are into this lifestyle, they will make their own cosmetics such as a homemade lip gloss to make sure that every ingredients of such product came from natural sources. There are many advantages of making homemade lip gloss. On the other hand, there are disadvantages as well.

Advantages:

You can ensure that you know what is being used to make your lip gloss since you are the one making it. You can also make sure that every ingredient came from natural sources. Furthermore, by making your own lip gloss, you can determine which processes won’t be necessary or should be avoided to make sure each process is as natural as possible.

Since you know that natural ingredients are being used in the process, you are sure that what’s being put on your lips is not harmful especially on a long term basis.

It saves you a lot of money. Since most of the ingredients needed to create your homemade lip gloss are indigenous in your kitchen, you do not have to spend dollars to feel fabulous with your lips.

Disadvantages:

Unlike in commercially made lip gloss where experts are performing quality checks and where considerable research was made to create the best quality ones without adversely affecting the health of your lips, making lip gloss by amateurs are deprived from these opportunities. While you are just making ordinary lip gloss by yourself, experts are creating lip gloss that are for specific skin types, skin tones as well as for various colors, shine and longevity.

Furthermore, you lose the benefits of applying quality lip gloss on your lips that will last on your lips without smearing all day.