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Floral Sugar Lip Scrub DIY

Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Lip Products

Floral Sugar Lip Scrub DIY

If winter left your lips dry and chapped, a scrub is a great way to restore them. Just like body scrubs, lip scrubs exfoliate away dry skin. Once the dry skin is removed, lip balm absorbs better. Granulated sugar is the perfect lip exfoliant because it’s gentle but scrubby (and it tastes good if you happen to get some in your mouth).

This Floral Sugar Lip Scrub is a combination of coconut oil, cocoa butter, and rosehip seed oil to create a texture that’s solid at room temperature. It’s quite firm, but softens up when it comes in contact with skin. If you prefer a softer texture, decrease the amount of cocoa butter. A great way to test the formula is with the spoon trick. Rose Gold Mica adds a light pink hue, but does not transfer color to lips. Passionfruit Rose Fragrance and Flavor Oil gives a floral scent.

Floral Sugar Lip Scrub DIY

To use, apply the scrub to dry, clean lips and scrub away! Wipe or wash away any extra lip scrub on the lips. After using the scrub, apply your favorite lip balm to hydrate. This Kukui Nut Oil Lip Balm would be perfect. Depending on how high you fill each container, this recipe makes about 15 lip scrubs.

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Kukui Nut Oil Lip Balm DIY

Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Lip Products

Kukui Nut Lip Balm DIY

Kukui nut oil (pronounced koo-koo-ee) is a luxurious oil that comes from the kukui nut tree. The kukui nut (or candelnut) tree is the state tree of Hawaii, and residents there have used the oil for many years. It’s commonly used in massage and face oils because it’s lightweight and does not leave skin feeling greasy. Learn more about kukui nut oil here.

This simple lip balm combines kukui nut oil with another popular tropical ingredient – coconut oil! A bit of white beeswax gives the lip balm firmness. Depending on how firm you’d like the balm to be, you can increase or decrease the amount of beeswax. Read this post to learn more about creating your own lip balm formulas.

Kukui Nut Lip Balm DIY

A touch of Coconut Flavor Oil gives the balm a light, tropical scent. If you’re unfamiliar with flavor oils, they are essentially lip safe fragrance oils. Interestingly, they don’t flavor the balm, but instead give it scent. If you’d like to “taste” the balm, you can add a touch of sweetener like Stevia or the Lip Smacking Sweet Flavor Oil. Learn more about using flavor oils here.

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Summer Sunburst Lip Tint DIY

Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Lip Products

Summer Sunburst Lip Tint DIY // This recipes uses cocoa butter, coconut oil and avocado oil. It creates a vibrant orange color!

Orange lipstick has been popular for the past few years, especially during summer. It’s a surprisingly flattering hue for a wide variety of skin tones. These lip tints are made with the vibrant Sunset Orange Mica. It gives a light orange tint that can be built up to a more vibrant color. Scroll down to see the swatches!

The tints are made with coconut oil, organic cocoa butter cubes, white beeswax and avocado oil. It’s a firm texture that glides easily on the lips. I added Pineapple Flavor Oil for a light scent, and a touch of Lip Smacking Sweet Flavor Oil. The pineapple notes smell amazing combined with the chocolatey scent from the cocoa butter cubes.

Summer Sunburst Lip Tint DIY // This recipes uses cocoa butter, coconut oil and avocado oil. It creates a vibrant orange color!

Below, you can see how the balm looks on several skin tones. This swatch was built up a few times for a more vibrant color. If you prefer a softer color, you can use a lighter application. I used the Lip Balm Pouring Tray in this tutorial because the recipe creates a lot of balm. Rather than pouring the mixture into each tube one by one, the Lip Balm Pouring Tray makes it easy to fill up plenty of tubes at a time. You can see the tray in action in this Making Lip Balm video.

Summer Sunburst Lip Tint DIY // This recipes uses cocoa butter, coconut oil and avocado oil. It creates a vibrant orange color!

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Neon Pink Lip Tint Tutorial

Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Lip Products

Neon Pink Lip Tint Tutorial /// Learn how to make lip tint using cocoa butter, beeswax and avocado oil.

Summer is the perfect time to try bright makeup colors. If the idea of bright cosmetics makes you feel a little intimated, sheer lip colors are one way to try the look without committing fully. This Neon Pink Lip Tint has a sheer yet buildable color. Use your fingers or a brush to apply a thin layer for a tint of color, or apply more with a lip makeup brush for a more bold look.

I designed this recipe to be simple and easy to make. Avocado oil and cocoa butter are added to moisturize lips, while beeswax gives the tint a solid texture. The tint gets its hot pink hue from Fired Up Fuchsia Colorant. It’s mixed with some of the avocado oil using a Mini White Plastic Mixer. This helps get rid of any clumps and mix in smoothly.

Neon Pink Lip Tint Tutorial /// Learn how to make lip tint using cocoa butter, beeswax and avocado oil.

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How to Create Lip Product Recipes

Filed Under: Lip Products, Tips & Tricks


Making your own lip products is fun, easy and cost effective. Learn how in this blog post!
Creating lip products is one of my favorite things to do. They are simple to make, cost less to make than you pay in stores and bonus, are fun and efficacious to use. If you have never made lip products before, it can be tricky to know where to start. There are lots of different ingredients that you can use in your lip products, including various waxes, butters and oils. Luckily, there are no concrete rules to making lip products. It’s all about personal preference, which is why formulating lip recipes is so fun.

Lip balm, lip gloss and lipstick are often made out of similar ingredients, including several kinds of oils and butters. What’s the difference between these terms? Well, it depends on who you ask. Lip balm usually refers to a product with a solid yet spreadable texture. Lip balm may or may not contain color. Lip gloss normally refers to an extremely shiny and soft lip product, with or without color. Lipstick usually refers to an product that is heavily pigmented, with a firmer texture.

Making your own lip products is fun, easy and cost effective. Learn how in this blog post!
There are plenty of other terms used to describe lip products, including lip tints, sheer lipstick, lip butter, lip stains and more. The bottom line is these terms don’t have a concrete definition and mean something different to everybody. If you plan on selling your lip product, consider the amount of color and texture to name appropriately. For example, it wouldn’t make sense to call your product a lip tint if it contains no color.

Now, let’s get started formulating your product! Below are some of the most common lip product ingredients, along with the properties they add to a recipe. Lip products usually only contain oils, waxes and butters. Once water or a water soluble ingredient is introduced, an emulsifier will be needed. When you begin emulsifying water and oils, you’re on your way to creating a lotion. Because lip products do not contain water, a preservative is not necessary. Read more about preservatives in this post.

One of my favorite tricks for formulating lip recipes is the “Frozen Spoon Trick.” This trick is a great way to test the consistency, color and flavor of your balm as you go. Simply place a spoon into the freezer about 30 minutes prior to making you lip product. When you’re ready to test, dip the spoon into the melted mixture. The mixture will quickly harden on the spoon, which allows you to test the lip product on your lips. Then, you can add more oils, color or flavor to your preference. Click here to read more about the spoon trick.

Making your own lip products is fun, easy and cost effective. Learn how in this blog post!The frozen spoon trick is a great way to test your lip products!
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Shimmery Ski Lip Balm Tutorial

Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Lip Products

This Shimmery Ski Lip Balm is perfect for protecting lips from the elements. It can also be used on the body for a slight shimmer.

It’s important to keep skin protected from the elements all the time but especially when ski sports are involved (water or snow). In particular, lips can be extra sensitive and require additional TLC. Whether it’s harsh sun or cold winds, this Shimmery Ski Lip Balm hydrates and protects lips. The combination of coconut oil, avocado oil, beeswax and cera bellina wax creates a firm yet spreadable texture. Avocado oil contains natural B vitamins, while white beeswax creates a protecting barrier. If you don’t have white beeswax on hand, yellow beeswax would work as well.

A hint of Peach Shimmer Mica adds a highlighting effect to the balm. If you’d like the balm to leave color on your lips, feel free to add more mica until you get the color you like. The “Spoon Trick” is a great way to test the color and consistency of your balms before pouring. Click here to learn how. While specifically formulated with lips in mind, this product is suitable to use on the body as well!

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Sunday Night Spotlight: Cocoa Butter

Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

Cocoa butter is a hard vegetable fat with a distinct, chocolate-y aroma that is extracted from the cocoa bean. A major ingredient in chocolate, cocoa butter is commonly used in bath and body products due to its skin-loving properties. Because of its hard texture and warm smell, cocoa butter makes a fabulous addition to soap, lip products, body butters and more.

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Cocoa butter is available in two varieties: deodorized cocoa butter and non-deodorized. Naturally, cocoa butter has a deep eggshell color and a warm, chocolate smell. Deodorized cocoa butter is deodorized via steam injected into the melted cocoa butter to “drive off” the components which contribute to the odor. The product is then treated with diatomaceous earth (clays) which remove the color agents. The result is a butter that is lighter in smell and color. When deciding between the two, consider how your project will be affected by the color and smell of cocoa butter. Because of its naturally chocolatey scent, cocoa butter can hide some delicate fragrances, so keep that in mind when working with more faint fragrances.
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Facebook Photo of the Week (Aug. 9th ~ Aug. 15th)

Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

With the end of summer in sight (why yes, it has been raining here all week; thanks for asking), we are making the most out of the sun with recipes to keep skin hydrated. Summer means clothing like tank tops and shorts, which means more shaving.  Not to worry, we’ve got you covered with the Sunday Night Spotlight: Foaming Bath Whip + Green Tea Shaving Cream Tutorial.

With moisturizing ingredients like Vitamin E Oil, Green Tea Seed Oil and Green Tea Extract, it leaves your skin feeling soothed and fresh. Foaming Bath Whip can also be used for other recipes, as seen in this Rose Clay Sugar Scrub.

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Lip Balm Recipe Roundup + Tips

Filed Under: Lip Products

Creating lip products is a great project for beginners and more experienced crafters alike. The best thing about making your own lip products is the ability to customize everything from the texture, color and moisture. With a wide range of ingredient options, creating the perfect lip balm, lip stick or lip scrub is easy and fun!
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Shine Bright: Bronze Series + Bronzing Lotion Recipe

Filed Under: Lotion

Whether you’re taking an exotic trip this summer or tanning in your backyard, you’re covered with this series of Bronze tutorials. First up, give your lips some moisturizing shine with the Beautiful Bronze Lip Tint tutorial. Featuring a special blend of Merlot Mica, Copper Mica and Gold Sparkle Mica (which is 20% off this month!), it’s perfect for subtle color. Then, visit Soap Queen on Tumblr for the complimenting Bronze Goddess Nail Polish. This recipe makes 3 bottles of polish, so keep one for yourself and give the rest to friends!

From top left clockwise: Shimmer Stick, Bronze Lip Tint, Bronze Goddess Nail Polish, Coconut Cream Cold Process

For bronze-y skin care, take a look at the Shimmer Stick that came out in this week’s newsletter (didn’t get it? sign-up here!) It’s a super-pigmented solid bar that also imparts plenty of skin-loving moisture. It’s fragranced with Burnt Sugar Fragrance Oil, which features delicious notes of amber and vanilla. For more skin-loving goodness, take a look at the Coconut Cream Pie Cold Process tutorial. Made with 100% coconut water instead of distilled water, it’s a tropical soapy treat!

Sometimes all that glitters really is gold!

The final tutorial in our Bronze Series is the Beautiful Bronzing Lotion. Made with the Aloe Lotion Base, this is a beginner recipe that can be made in a matter of minutes.

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Beautiful Bronze Lip Tint Tutorial

Filed Under: Lip Products

Temperatures are heating up and the sun is out in full force — even in the notoriously dreary Pacific Northwest (yes, today was a tank top kind of day)! Turn up the heat on your daily beauty routine with this Bronze Lip Tint. It’s perfect for adding a subtle hint of warm color to your lips. Made with the Nourish Lip Balm Base and colored with a gorgeous assortment of micas, it’s a quick and easy lip balm that’s great for daily wear.

Be on the lookout for more projects to give you a summer bronze glow coming later this week! Subscribe to our newsletter to receive an exclusive tutorial straight to your inbox tomorrow, and keep your eyes on the Tumblr and the Soap Queen blog for more projects.

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Learn How to Make Radiant Red Lipstick

Filed Under: Lip Products

For commanding attention in a room, nothing beats a bright red lip. Classy and sophisticated, this look is as stylish now as it was in the 1950s. In this episode of Soap Queen TV, you can learn how to make your own hyper-pigmented lipstick in three different shades. Whatever your skin tone, one of these shades is sure to complement!

The base is a combination of nourishing oils and waxes, and the different shades are tinted with a variety of lip-safe micas, oxides and pigments. When you’re done with this project, easily clean the oily containers with the cool trick we show you in this Soap Queen TV episode. Happy lipstick making!

What you’ll need:
2 oz. Castor Oil
2 oz. Jojoba Oil
0.2 oz Ecosoya Advanced Wax
0.5 oz Candelilla Wax
0.9 oz Chia Seed Oil
Brick Red Oxide
Electric Bubblegum Pigment
Coral Mica
Cellini Red Mica*
* NOTE: Cellini Red Mica has been discontinued. The kit now includes Raspberry Mica
Pouring Tray
Clear Lip Balm Tubes


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