After I made it, I found all kinds of recipes using petroleum jelly, coconut oil, powdered kool-aid, honey, rose petals, and chocolate chips, to name a few. The super simple recipe that I used only called for crayons, olive oil, and shea butter.
First off, I love to recycle, and I always have crayons lying around. I took one each of brown, red, purple and pink and broke them in threes. I used the middle piece for each, figuring that these pieces had to be the cleanest. I peeled the paper off of each one, then I filled a pot with water and put it on to boil. At that point, I placed a Corning Ware (Pyrex or any glass will do) bowl in the water and added four 1 inch pieces of crayon, two teaspoons of shea butter and two teaspoons of olive oil. You really can't go wrong, but I think I might skip the oil next time. It just made for a "greasier" lip that soaked into my skin pretty quickly. But, considering how cheap (as in free) this project ended up being, I don't mind reapplying often. I plan to do a few trials to come up with the best formula for me. It took about five minutes for everything to melt:
There are some sites that instruct you to melt everything in a certain order, but it all melts and gets mixed up together. I can't imagine what difference it would make. I used plastic bottle caps for "pots" and covered them with foil. I then gave them 15 minutes in the fridge, and ended up with my own lip gloss that looks and feels just like any other. It was solid and smooth. With some appropriate plastic or metal tins, this could make a really nice stocking stuffer at Christmas, or with flowers and herbs added for scent and appearance, I'd use this for bridesmaids gifts, teacher gifts, or as part of a gift basket. It looked good on, imparting sheer color and lots of shine:
Quick, easy and cheap, with endless ingredient and color possibilities. Why didn't I do this before? I will NEVER buy lipstick, gloss or balm again!
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