How to Make Lip Gloss with Petroleum Jelly

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

If you care about what you put on your skin and feel concerned about the ingredients of today's cosmetics, making your own may be the ideal solution! Perhaps you just want to save money, or you simply cannot find the ideal item to suit you. You can make this lip-gloss at home with simple ingredients and flavor it to suit your own desires.

Steps

Method 1

1. Get small bowl and mix a good tasting drink flavor such as milkshake powder or food flavoring.
   
2. Add small amounts of water to make it into a fine paste.
   
3. Mix with a small amount of petroleum jelly. It should make it a thick mixture.
   
4. Put the lip gloss in a small container, perhaps an old lip gloss container.
   
5. Place it on your lips for a great looking and tasting lip gloss!
   

Method 2

1. Place a small amount of petroleum jelly into a bowl.
   
2. Put in as much drink powder as you want. The amount depends on how much flavor you are seeking.
   
3. Stir it.
   
4. Microwave for 15 seconds.
   
5. Add some water.
   
6. Microwave for 10 seconds.
   
7. Allow five minutes for it to cool before applying.
   

Tips

• Make sure you apply it with clean fingers.
  
• To make it look more glossy, add some oil.
  
• You can add small amounts of an old lip stick to give it a colored shine(but this will need to be heated before adding to the mixture.)
  

Warnings

• Make sure you are not allergic to any of the ingredients.
  
• Don't use food coloring as this may stain your lips for a long time.
  
• DO NOT EAT A LOT OF IT. Sound strange? It is okay for your tongue to occasionally brush it but don't bring out your spoon!
  
• If you use oil, dont put a lot in. It will make you look like you have just eaten a load of chips!
  

Things You'll Need

• Small lip gloss pot
  
• Petroleum Jelly (i.e. Vaseline)
  
• Powdered drink mix of your desired flavor(or food flavoring)
  
• Oil (optional)
  
• Old lipstick
  

Method 3

1. Put 2 tablespoons of crisco, 1/2 tablespoon of petroleum jelly, and 1 tablespoon of dry drink mix(kool-aid), in a bowl.
   
2. Mix together well.
   
3. Then microwave until mixture is melted.
   
4. Put in microwave for 30 sec.
   
5. Pour in container.
   
6. Set in freezer until solid.
   
7. Then set in refridgerator for 30-40 min.
   
8. Lastly test it.
   

Related wikiHows

• How to Get Angelina Jolie's Lips
  
• How to Become Sexy (for Boys Only)
  

Article provided by wikiHow, a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Make Lip Gloss with Petroleum Jelly. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.