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  Liquid Lipstick

  Posted by amb5150 on June 19, 2015 at 6:05 pm

  Hi All,

  I’m making my own liquid to matte lipsticks and the formula seems to work fine. However, I notice a couple things different with the consistency using different powders which I’m trying to fix. I use the same exact formula for all the lipsticks I make and just noticed with certain 1’s I cant get the same opacity.

  Example:

  1. If i use Red 7 Lake the formula is fine but If I use Red 27 Lake the formula goes on streaky and doesn’t render the same results.

  Also, noticed any Iron Oxide I use be it Red, Black or Brown makes for a perfect liquid lipstick. The struggle is always within the FD&C and D&C colors that I have either streaking or blotting results. I’ve tried Magnesium Stearate, Magnesium Myristate, Zinc Iron Oxide. I could use Titanium and it works but alters the color.

  My question is:

  What could I use to make those troublesome colors react in the same way as the oxides?

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