Lip gloss

A smiling face always looks beautiful and fresh. And to wear a perfect smile, you would certainly like to give you lips a silky and shiny touch. Although rich colored lipstick serves the purpose of giving a vibrant look to the lips but the younger generation prefers to use lip gloss. Apart from giving gorgeous look to the lips, the lip gloss also offer moisturizing benefits or protection from the elements and other natural causes.

There are several types of lip glosses available in the cosmetic market but you need not buy any of these expensive items. Instead, you can simply discover some natural and cool ingredients from your kitchen cabinet that you can blend and prepare for your lips. These homemade lip glosses will maintain the natural state of your lips with just a hint of shine.

Preparing homemade lip gloss is easy and enjoyable as you just need to comprehend the recipes well and implement the methods to have a collection of your own.

1. Chocolate Lip Gloss

Ingredients

3 tablespoons cocoa butter

4 or 5 chocolate chips

1 capsule vitamin E

Method: Blend cocoa butter chocolate chips and vitamin E capsule in a double boiler and melt the mixture until it smoothens. Then put it into a container and refrigerate to solidify.

2. Cranberry Lip Gloss

Ingredients

1 tablespoon almond oil

10 fresh cranberries

1 teaspoon honey

1 teaspoon petroleum jelly (optional - for more shine)

Method: Take all the ingredients and boil it in a in the microwave or a water bath. The stir the mixture well and mash the berries. Wait for five minutes and then strain the mixture through a fine sieve to separate all pieces of cranberry. You can also add petroleum jelly to the mixture for making you’re your lips more shiny. Again stir and let the mixture cool completely. Then put it into clean container. This is the effective homemade lip gloss.

3. 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)

Method: Mix and melt sweet almond oil and beeswax in a microwave safe container for 1-2 minutes. Then add powdered vitamin E capsule and honey to the mixture and whisk till it sets well. Then put this mixture into a small, balm container with tight lid.

4. Vanilla Lip Gloss

Ingredients

1 tablespoon grated beeswax

1 tablespoon coconut oil

1/8 teaspoon vitamin E oil

1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method: Take beeswax, coconut oil and vitamin E oil in a container and heat it gently until the wax and oils are melted. Then and add vanilla extract to the mixture and stir well. Put the mixture into a separate container and let it cool before it is ready to use. This is one of the effective lip gloss recipes.

5. Peppermint Lip Gloss

Ingredients

Teaspoons of beeswax

Seven teaspoons sweet almond oil

One teaspoon of honey

Six drops of peppermint essential oil

Method: Melt the beeswax and sweet almond oil. Add honey and whisk the mixture and let it cool slightly. Then stir peppermint essential oil to it and pour the lip gloss into a pot. You can add more beeswax to prepare firmer lip balms.

6. Rose Petal Lip Balm

Ingredients

Two tablespoons of beeswax

One tablespoon of coconut oil

Dried rose petals

Five drops of rose essential oil

Method: First melt the beeswax and coconut oil. Then crush dried rose petals into a very fine powder using a mortar and pestle add it to the melted beeswax and oil. Also add rose essential oil to the mixture and stir it well. Pour it into a pot and let it set. This is the good homemade lip gloss instructions.