DIY Lip Gloss is so easy and fun to make! Most store bought lip glosses contain artificial colours and fragrances, so why wouldn’t you make your own?! Plus, your glosses can be customised with your favourite colours and essential oils.
Lip Gloss
Make a clear gloss, or tint with a natural mineral or vegetable powder. This gloss is silky and great to use with any essential oil that is labelled for flavouring use.
5 from 3 votes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Makes: 2 Standard Lip Gloss tubes
Equipment
- Double Boiler (jug or bowl over simmering water)
- Spoon for stirring
- Dropper or syringe
- Lip gloss tubes
Ingredients
- ¼ tsp beeswax
- ¾ tsp shea butter
- ½ tsp fractionated coconut oil
- 2¼ tsp castor oil
- ¼ tsp vitamin E oil
- 1 pinch pigment (such as organic beetroot powder, mica or mineral makeup) if using mineral make-up, ensure it is a quality product and does not contain toxic ingredients
Essential oils
- 7 drops preferred essential oils see notes for suggestions
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients, except for essential oil, into jug or bowl used for double boiler
- Place the jug or bowl in a saucepan with 3-5 cm of boiling water
- Stir every few minutes. Once the ingredients have melted, remove from the pan and let cool for two minutes
- Add essential oil/s
- For coloured gloss, add pigment and stir until combined
- Using a dropper, transfer into the lip gloss containers. Be as quick as you can as the liquid will start to harden.
Notes
- When adding colour, start with a little and add more until you get desired colour.
- If liquid hardens before you get it into the tubes, you can place it back on the double boiler, just bear in mind that the extra heat can alter the properties of the essential oils
This recipe uses the following Ingredients
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Fractionated Coconut Oil
$23.00 – $40.00 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Beeswax
$4.50 – $14.00 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Organic Unrefined Shea Butter
$7.50 – $34.00 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Vitamin E Oil
$42.00 – $78.50 This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page