Blend Lipsticks and Glosses to Create Your Perfect Shade!



         Although the cosmetic aisle is home to hundreds of colorful lip products, finding the right shade for yourself can be challenging, especially since you can't try it out and see how it works for you before buying it. Sometimes a certain color is good, but it's just too orange, nude, red, or frosty. So of course, you can layer on the products and hope that it comes out evenly, or, you can blend them to create the perfect shade that you had in mind. It's quick, easy, and you can add certain things to personalize it. Make it a lip plumper or even add a sparkle of glitter. It's your call.

Materials:

• Vaseline (or you can use beeswax if you prefer something natural)
• Container (to store the lipgloss)
• Any lipglosses or lipsticks that you want to blend (I always recommend at least one lipstick - preferably frosty - because it's creamier and the color doesn't dull after time)
• Rosewater (optional - to soothe lips - do not use if you want to make a lip plumper)
• Clear glitter gloss (optional - I like to use it to add some sparkle if my other glosses don't have any already)
• Cinnamon Leaf Oil (optional - used to plump lips naturally)
• Stirring stick (I use an orange stick for nails)
• A dropper (if you are using rosewater or cinnamon oil)

TIP: To find YOUR perfect shade, gently pull your lower lip down and the color inside is what you should try to make your gloss similar to. It goes well with your skin tone and will enhance your natural beauty, however, if you are interested in making a bold colored gloss, then simply reach this tone and darken, lighten, or make it frostier.

1. Take your container and put in as much vaseline as you can. Fill it completely but do not overflow it. Also, leave some room to mix and add rosewater or cinnamon leaf oil if you wish.

TIP: Always add the lipsticks first since the colors tend to be more prominent in the end product. Although it does depend on the kind of lipstick. Also, I always use a spare lipstick for this since you'll be breaking sections off of it. Your normal lipgloss is fine, it will not get damaged.

2. Take your lipstick, and using the slanted end of the orange stick or using a plastic knife, carefully break off a small (you can add more later) chunk of lipstick and crush it in your container of vaseline before mixing it. Be sure the the mixture is smooth before adding anything else. If it is too light or maybe to dark, I would wait until you're done to add more lipstick or add more vaseline since the lipglosses will alter the color.

3. Add any lipglosses (any amount that you feel necessary) to the mixture. Be sure to stir in between each lipgloss. When you are finished, add more lipstick or lipgloss if it is too light or add more vaseline if it is too vivid. Add your clear glitter gloss to add sparkle if you haven't already.

4. This last step is optional: Add either 2-3 drops of cinnamon leaf oil to plump lips or 7 - 10 drops of rose water to soothe lips. Stir until gloss is well-blended. 

5. Test it out to see how it looks on your lips. If necessary, make changes.

6. Enjoy your new lipgloss that's in your perfect shade!

xoxo,

TrinaD. <3