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MAKING YOUR OWN LIP PRODUCTS
Lip Products basically consist of oils, waxes and pigments then add the color. The formulation contains around 50 percent organic hard waxes such as carnauba and 20 percent pigments including titanium and fillers such as seracite.
There are several types of lip products that are popular today.
Cream Lipsticks: These are generally matte lipsticks that contain little or no pearl or gloss.
Pearl Lipsticks: These are either matte pigments combined with micas or bismuth oxychloride that have a pearl effect in addition to the background color.
Lip gloss: a more fluid style of lip color with a high gloss effect.
Lip Products come in several types of packaging.
Lipstick Tubes: This type of lipstick has to be perfectly blended for consistency as they tend to break or melt too easily if the consistency is not right. They also pose other problems for the handcrafter as most of the tubes require that the lipstick is poured into a mold, chilled, released from the mold and then placed into the tube. This is an expensive and tricky process. For this reason we have found a tube where the lipstick can be poured directly into the tube and it has a slanted tip for easy application.
Lip gloss Containers: These containers are similar to a mascara container with a sponge applicator. The lip product is fairly easy to put into the tube with a pipette when it is still warm.
Dial Up Pens: These products are new to the market and can come with several different tip options. The two tip options that we supply are a lip brush or a multiholed sponge tip. You fill the pens up as you would a lip balm tube and when the product is cool push the tip onto the top. (it can be easily removed) To get the product into the tip you dial up the bottom of the pen. You can also dial the pen back down for refilling and put a new tip on if you are sure the pencil insides have not been contaminated.
Click Pens: You basically use this the same way as the dial up pen, the difference being how you get the product out. The bottom has a clicker much like a ball point pen which pushed the product to the top.
Lip Gloss Tubes: This is the standard clear lip gloss tubes that you tranditionally see lip glosses packaged in. Since most people don’t have sealers we have bought a tube that has a applicator that comes off the top. Fill you tube and when the product has cooled put the tip on and cap.
Jumbo Lip Pencils: These large pencils work much like a lipstick for application. The base is usually a bit firmer than a lipstick.
Slim line Lip Pencils: Generally used to line the lips. The lip product is generally a bit firmer than a lipstick as you don’t want smearing around the edge of the lip. We suggest using our eyeliner base for these.
PIGMENTS: As a general rule most of our pigments and micas are approved for use on the lips with the exception some of the blues and some of the greens. If they are not appropriate for lip use they will be labelled as such.
Matte Pigments: These include the Lake Pigments and the Oxides. They are strong colors and very little is needed to add color to a product. General usage rate is 5-10%.
Micas: These are luminous and transparent. They are best for lip gloss products that are fairly transparent and will show up the effects of the micas in the pigment. You can add a bit of Titanium or Blender to them but the more opaque the final product the less effect you will get from the mica. General usage rate is 15-20%.
Blended Pigments: You can use Micas blended with the Matte Pigments to get stronger colors for your Mica Blends.
When blending your pigments for lipsticks you basically reverse the process that we use for blending foundations. First you want to measure out your pigments and blend them. After they are thoroughly mixed you then start adding the blender base or titanium to lighten it to the shade that you desire . If you want to adjust the color as you go you can add small scoops of pigment at anytime to change the color.
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