How to Make Lip Gloss

Making your own lip gloss at home is fun, easy and requires just a few household ingredients. Mahalo's guide on how to make lip gloss will show you how.

• Using products you likely have around your home, you can make your own lip gloss in minutes. The best part about making you own lip gloss is that you can customize it to your liking using different flavoring and coloring agents. This quick and easy lip gloss recipe is also a great way to not only get your kids involved in making their own lip gloss, but also produces plenty of inexpensive gloss, so you won't mind when your children waste it.

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• To make your own lip gloss, you will need the following:

1. Petroleum jelly (Vaseline)
2. Lip gloss containers
3. A microwave-safe dish—one with a spout if you've got it
4. Microwave
5. Spoon

• To individualize your lip gloss, you can add your choice of the following:

1. Colorant: Lipstick or Kool Aid
2. Sparkles and/or glitter
3. Flavoring: A small amount of honey and/or vanilla, mint or almond extract

• Since the petroleum jelly is your base, the amount of it you use will be roughly equal to the resulting amount of lip gloss. The recipe can be easily adjusted to produce more or less lip gloss. You may have to do a bit of experimenting with the ingredients to get the right mix, but that's part of the fun!

• To make your lip gloss:

1. Place some petroleum jelly into your microwavable container
2. If you are using lipstick, use a knife to shave off some lipstick scrapings and add them to the petroleum jelly
3. Microwave the petroleum jelly for 30 seconds to one minute—it doesn't need to be hot, you just want to melt it a bit to make it easier to mix your ingredients together
4. Add glitter, Kool Aid, and flavoring if you're using it
5. Mix well

• Pour or spoon your lip gloss into the containers. If you are making the gloss for your first time, you may want to fill one container, refrigerate it for a few hours and then test it out. If you're happy with the result, simply reheat the remaining lip gloss a bit and transfer it to the containers. If you want to make adjustments to your gloss, just heat it up again add more ingredients as you desire. Once you are happy with the gloss you have made, pour it into the containers and place the containers in the fridge for a few hours to let them set.

• Making your own lip gloss at home is a fun and easy crafting project for adults, teens and kids alike. Using only a few household ingredients and some trial and error, you should be able to find an ingredient combination that produces your ideal lip gloss. Once you have perfected the art of making lip gloss, consider giving it away—it makes for an inexpensive but thoughtful homemade gift.

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• Introduction
• Step 1: Gather Your Materials
• Step 2: Making Lip Gloss
• Step 3: Pour and Store
• Conclusion