Has anyone ever tried to make their own cosmetics?

I've been thinking about making some homemade lipgloss or lipsticks. Has anyone ever tried this? Do you need to buy certain products?Has anyone ever tried to make their own cosmetics?
I have tried to make my own cosmetics, but with little success.





You will most likely need to buy certain products, mainly paraffin wax, glycerin, and beeswax. My main problem was finding pigments to color the lipgloss with. Obviously regular food coloring would have left a stain on my lips.





There are many recipes online (just do a google search).Has anyone ever tried to make their own cosmetics?
(Makes about 1 oz/30 gr) -- All ingredients were measured not weighed





Phase I (Base Powders)





3 Tblsps Micronized Titanium Dioxide


1 陆 Tsps Magnesium Stearate





Phase II (Oil %26amp; Scent)





录 Tsp Jojoba Oil


Drops of any essential oil (optional for scent)








Phase III (Color / Tint)





2+ Tsps of the iron oxide pigment color of your choice


(start with small amounts and build to achieve the desired shade)


2 陆 Tsps Sericite Mica (pearl or matt)





Mix ingredients from Phase I in a large bowl or mortar. Slowly add the Phase III


ingredients and mix (homogenize) with the pestle being sure to blend the color into


the white powders. Chose the pearl sericite if you want a shimmer in your


shadow, or the matt sericite if you want low luster. A coffee grinder can also be


used, but please reserve it just for cosmetics.





Add the Phase II ingredients and mix lightly with a spoon taking care not to crush the mica powders. Put into a sifter jar or container and apply with a small brush.





Determining the correct color for you:


Change the tint by adding more of


any of the iron oxides. Add more titanium


dioxide, or sericite mica if you desire a


lighter overall shade. Make note of your


additions/changes so that you can duplicate when


necessary.








Transfer eye shadow into 3 - 10 gr sifter jars for easy application.





We've found the Magic Bullet鈩?to work great and really blend all the colors without leaving any clumps. The Magic Bullet can be purchased at local shops %26amp; Walgreen's Pharmacy


How to make your own homemade lip gloss?


Here, you will find some good ways to make your own homemade lip gloss.





Homemade Cranberry Lip Gloss


Ingredients:





1 tbsp sweet almond oil


10 fresh cranberries


1 tsp honey


Mix all ingredients together in a microwave for 2 min or until the mixture just begins 2 boil. Stir well and gently crush the berries. Then strain through a fine seine 2 remove all the fruit pieces. Pour into a small container.





Homemade Vanilla Lip Gloss


Ingredients:





1 tsp petroleum jelly


1 tsp aloe vera gel


1 and 1\2 teaspoons coconut oil


1\2 teaspoon vanilla


Heat ingredients together in a double-boiler and pour into jars.





Honey Citrus Lip Gloss


Ingredients:





7-8 tsp. sweet almond oil


2 tsp. beeswax


1 Vitamin E capsule


1 tsp. honey


5 drops citrus flavoring or essential oil (or you may like lime)


Microwave-safe container with lid


Cosmetic / balm container with lid


Melt the sweet almond oil and beeswax together in the microwave safe container for 1-2 minutes. Remove the mixture from the microwave, and pierce the vitamin E capsule with a pin or tip fo a knife, and squirt into mixture. Whisk the contents of the vitamin E capsule, honey, and flavoring, into the oil mixture, continuing to whisk until set. Spoon your new lip gloss into a small, balm container with tight lid.


Making your own cosmetics serves many purposes. Your body gets healthier cosmetic products with fresher, natural ingredients and no preservatives. You do not support as much pollution, avoiding packaging, chemicals, even marketing as a form of pollution. It is a very anti-capitalist thing to do, to make your own cosmetics. It is easy, it is fun and it is healthy! Often it is as simple as going outside your door and picking some nettles and throwing them in some hot water to soak, then using that as a hair rinse. Less capitalist gain there than with normal hair rinses! So try to make your own cosmetics, like your granny did. Once you learn how to make your own cosmetics, you will feel foolish buying chemical-laden crap at stores, when you know that soaking some comfrey in olive oil and mixing it with some beeswax would be even better for your skin. Enjoy!





Make Your Own Facials, Bath Salts, Lip Gloss, and Aloe Gel!


You can make your own spa ingredients, using kitchen ingredients. Homemade cosmetics, the old-fashioned kind your granny used to make, are fresher and healthier for your skin, than products with chemicals in them to expand their shelf lives. For instance, you can have a fabulous facial by combining in a bowl: 1 egg yolk * 2 T. egg white * 1 T. honey * 1 t. rose water Beat together and then apply to the face and neck. Leave on for about 10-15 minutes, then rinse off with warm water. You will be amazed how refreshed you feel. After the facial, you can spritz your face with a toner made from: 1/2 c. distilled witchhazel * 1/2 c. rose or lavendar water * 3/4 t. vegtable glycerin (these items can be found at most pharmacies and health food stores and online at places like sagewomanherbs.com). Shake your toner before each use, and spray or pat on your face when it is feeling dry. (Read More...)





A LITTLE BEAUTY HISTORY


Mesolithic cave people used grease and castor oil to soften their skin, and plant dyes for tattoos. Lipstick was worn 5000 years ago near Babylon. In ';Biblical'; times, olive oil was rubbed into feet. Assyrians and Egyptians rubbed sand onto their skin to buff it smooth. Galen, the Greek, recommended finely ground snails to moisturize skin! The first commercial toothpowders appeared in the Renaissance, made from dried sage, nettles and powdered clay. In Elizabethan times, the absence of eyebrows was popular. Eyebrows were shaved and replaced with fake ones made of mouse skin! Sounds alot like what you see daily in America currently! Plucked and drawn back on... In ';The Art of Beauty,'; a book written in 1825, one of the most popular books of its time, women were advised to erase wrinkles by becoming overweight!








Orange Tooth Powder


2 T. dried lemon or orange rind ** 1/4 c. baking soda ** 2 t. salt


Grind rinds in food processor, adding other ingredients and processing until fine powder. Store in an airtight container in bathroom. To use, pour a little into hand and rub moistened toothbrush into it, then brush.





Beet Red Lip Gloss


1/4 c. beeswax, 1/4 c. castor oil, 2 T. sesame oil, beet juice Melt beeswax, remove from heat and add oils, add as much beet juice as desired for color. Store in jar.


Natural Sunburn Care


As a fair-skinned, red-headed kid growing up in Los Angeles and Baja, sunburn was a regular part of my childhood. Chemical sprays were not effective and mainstream America was ignorant of aloe's properties. Once back in L.A., after a week in San Felipe, I had bright red burning skin and a sun blister on my eye which made it hard to close. A family friend suggested I smear pickle juice on my skin and hold a pickle on the blister. Desperate, I did it. Immediately, my skin stopped stinging and the blister went down. I stank but I was no longer hurting.


I later found out that vinegar is a home remedy for sunburn. People soak paper bags in vinegar and apply them onto burned skin to soothe. There are many folk remedies for sunburn that work quite well. Cold yogurt is silky on tender skin and is nutritious too. Cold fizzy mineral water helps relieve the pain. A cool bath with a handful of baking soda in it can help stop the stinging. The insides of cool cucumber skins rubbed on the skin feels good too. For severe burns, make a paste of slippery elm bark or baking soda, mixed with water, and spread onto burned area. And there is also aloe vera. Slit the leaf open and use gel.


To prevent peeling once sunburned, one folk remedy is to mix equal amounts of tomatoes and buttermilk. Mash and cover burn. Another peeling preventer is to mix 1/4 cup witch hazel extract, 3/4 cup rosewater, and 1 t. vegetable glycerin. Put this in a spray bottle and spray skin all over to moisturize and restore oils. This is good for dry skin whether burned or not. Just spray during the day, and dry skin goes away!


Sensitive skin care - Homemade natural recipes for sensitive skin


CLEANSERS





-Sweet almond and jojoba oil: massage gently, remove with warm cloth


-Papaya: mash and smooth over face, massage gently, remove





TONERS





-Herbal: 1oz dried/3 big handfuls fresh COMFREY, 600ml water. Heat herbs in water slowly, tightly covered. do not boil, remove from heat, infuse overnight. Use as a regular toner. Keep refrigerated, use within 3 days.





EXFOLIATORS





-grapefruit and oatmeal: add 3-4 tablespoons of oatmeal to the juice of a grapefruit. Mix to thick paste. Spread on face and leave on 15 minutes, remove with warm water.





MASKS





-grapes - mashed: cooling, soothing nourishing tonic.


-peach - mashed: soothing, texture refining


-cucumber and yoghurt: mashed together, add clay powder to smooth the mixture. Leave 10 minutes. Remove with lukewarm water. A cooling, soothing and toning mask.





More ideas for homemade facial masks





OILS





-camomile


-rose





To know more about sensitive skin type click here.


Have you ever considered the possibility of making your own homemade facials and spa recipes or beauty treatments? It's real easy. Following is a collection of





When it comes to homemade facials and other spa recipes there are a couple of things you should keep in mind. First you need to determine whether your skin is dry or oily.





If you're not sure try this simple test. Blend together the juice of one lemon, one-half cup of distilled water, one teaspoon of olive oil, and three ice cubes. Let sit until cubes are melted. Then apply to your thoroughly cleansed face and wait three hours.





Now dampen one cotton ball in the solution and gently wipe across your forehead. Wipe a second over your nose, and a third on your chin. If all cottonballs are clean your skin is dry. If the cotton ball is dark your skin is oily. And, if the cotton balls are only slightly soiled you've got a combination of both dry and oily skin.





Homemade Facial Scrub


Mix equal quantities of cornmeal and regular (not instant) oatmeal with hot water to make a paste. Apply while still warm, and leave on for 10 minutes before rinsing with cool water. For extra cleansing and tightening, add a few drops of spirits of camphor to the rinse water.





Homemade Exfoliate


After bathing exfoliate your body with a little baking soda then moisturize with with some mineral or vegetable oil or some body lotions for all over moisturizing





Homemade Moisturizer


Melt 1/8 cup of honey and let cool. Rub onto dry skin, and wait 15 minutes. Now, wash off with warm water followed by a cool water rinse. Apply petroleum jelly if necessary.





Homemade Bath Oil


Use a few drops of vegetable or mineral oil under the hot faucet.





Homemade Bubble Bath And Homemade Bath Gel


For inexpensive bath bubbles or bath gels simply use a lightly-scented, or scent-free shampoo. You'll notice when comparing labels that you'll find the same active ingredients in all three products. If you desire a scented bath, simply add your favorite fragrance to the bath water. You can even use your fragrance to scent candles.





Homemade Bath Salts


You don't have to spend a fortune to have a relaxing salt bath. Make your own bath salts by using ordinary epsom salts for soothing tired skin. You can add a favorite scented or or not, it up to you. Epsom salts work the same whether they're scented or not.





Homemade Pumice Stone


Smooth rough heels with a large stone wrapped in very fine sandpaper. Buff your heels gently then brush off any dry skin and then rub on a little petroleum jelly.





Homemade Body Powder


Plain cornstarch, baking soda or arrowroot flour does the trick and doesn't leave a sweet smell.





Homemade Lip Gloss


Fill a small vial with vegetable oil, and keep it in the bathroom. For a portable balm, put a pinch of vegetable shortening in an empty lipstick tube. Apply with finger or lipstick brush.





Homemade Astringent


Pat on cider vinegar, or use a mixture of equal parts rubbing alcohol and water. You can place sprigs of thyme or rosemary in either astringent recipe and let stand a few days for a hint of earthy fragrance.





Homemade Make-up Remover


Vegetable shortening, and vegetable oil are economical and very effective for removing makeup. Massage into skin and wipe off with tissue.


Homemade Hair Spray





Chop one lemon (or an orange for dry hair). Place in a pot with 2 cups water. Boil until half of the initial amount remains. Cool, strain, and place in a spray bottle. Store in the refrigerator.





If it is too sticky, add more water. Add one ounce rubbing alcohol as a preservative and then the spray can be stored for up to two weeks unrefrigerated.
I've tried making perfume and shampoo,shampoo is easy: Lemon juice,shine serum(or straight or curly),smushed avacado,baking soda and other stuff then the perfum was a spray of another perfume flowers and water(didnt work so good)





I imagine you would need some other stuff