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Natural Lipstick

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Natural lipstick.
Ingredients You Could Eat.

We are all ingesting our lipstick. Rough estimates have been made that we consume at least 4 lbs of lipstick in a lifetime. Wouldn't you rather that be natural ingredients?.

It's one makeup product I think most of us can't be without. We might leave the house without makeup but draw the line at lipstick. We use it almost everyday making it one of our most frequently used makeup items.

Lately there has been quite a bit of debate over the safety of some of the ingredients used to create regular lipstick. One issue that has caused concern is lead in lipstick.

Lipstick Ingredients

Most of the lipsticks we use everyday contain petroleum by products like mineral oil, synthetic chemicals, dyes and fragrances. In some cases we really don't know exactly what is in our lipsticks. The "trade secret loophole" allows skin care manufacturers to use a generic term like fragrance and not say what that means. (see nontoxic skin care)

Lipsticks can be made quite simply. There are three main ingredients, wax, oil and coloring. Most lipsticks are made with many other ingredients but these are the essential ones.

Natural lipstick usually contains beeswax or plant wax like carnauba or candellila, which give it body, oils like jojoba, sunflower or chamomile for spreadability and natural pigments or coloring.

Pigments can be organic or natural herbs(turmeric), vegetables (beets), insect (carmine or cochineal, a pigment from crushed beetles) or mineral based (titanium dioxide or iron oxide). FDA approved colors like D&C Red or FD&C Yellow, though approved are not usually used.

Don't waste time worrying about the ingredients in your lipstick. Choose natural lipsticks that are made with real natural ingredients. Ingredients that if they were put in front of you you could eat them and not worry. Natural lipsticks do more than make you look pretty. Moisturizing and nourishing ingredients give you healthy, beautiful color.

Where To Shop

Aubrey Organics has a line of lip colors that come in little pots to be applied with a brush. These vegan lip colors offer shine and color and have been found to be safe for people with sensitivity to ingredients in regular lipstick. See the selections available at Aubrey Organics

Lip-Ink is natural lipstick that guarantees to be smear proof. This is not your traditional lipstick. It is a lip color system that is applied in a couple of easy steps. The kit contains three products. Off, Color and Shine.

1.Cleanse and exfoliate with Off.

2.Apply Lip Color.

3.Apply Shine

The lip color is actually a liquid that is colored with safe, botanical ingredients and feels quite tingly when applied. The color actually lasted all day, deeper color attained if more than one coat is applied. To remove the color just use Off again. It worked very well for me. I chose Blush which was like a deeper version of my own lip color. They do offer quite a color range for all needs. A little pricey but well worth it especially for those special occasions where you want to put on your lipstick and forget it. Check out the LIP-INK Trial Kit from Amazon.

Perfect Organics Lip and Cheek Shimmer lets you add shimmery color to your lips and a glow to your cheeks with one product. Organic oils, shea butter and vitamin E moisturize lips and skin while essential oils of vanilla and peppermint provide a light scent. Amazon has a good selection of colors from Perfect Organics Products like the Perfect Organics Vegan Lip and Cheek Shimmer Cairo Inspired - Sunkissed Spring Rose pictured left.

All Natural Cosmetics carries several different brands of lipstick with lists of ingredients included for each brand. They provide icons so it is easy to see at a glance if a product is vegan, fragrance free, organic etc. Samples are available which is a real plus when ordering online. Visit All Natural Cosmetics

I have begun using a new lipstick by Primitive Makeup. The beautiful, flattering colors, creamy non sticky texture and mild vanilla scent and taste along with the great ingredients make this a nice addition to your lipstick collection. This has fast become one of my favorite lipsticks. Check out Primitive.

Natural Solutions carries many different brands of natural lipsticks. They include all ingredients, offer affordable samples, tell you if a product is vegan, even include some suggestions to using their products. Great site that carries a wide assortment of natural products. Primitive can be purchased here too. See the selections at Natural Solutions.