Homemade Lipstick with Natural Ingredients

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TAG: The Sunshine Award

I have to admit, I'm pretty excited to have been tagged by Ashley over at GreenBeautyLife. If you aren't yet familiar with her blog, you should really check it out! She's a girl after my own heart, trying to go green with her cosmetic choices and she does some excellent reviews on products. Honestly, I could read her blog all day.

As I've just gotten back into blogging, I don't have as many posts as I would like, so what better a way to let you know a bit more about me to add this award post and also introduce you to some other blogs you may not have come across yet.

Here are the rules for the Sunshine Award:

Share 11 random facts about yourself.

Answer 11 questions the nominating blogger has created for you.

List 11 bloggers. They should be bloggers you believe deserve the recognition.

Post 11 questions for the bloggers you nominate to answer, and let all of them know that they have been nominated.

 

11 Random Facts About Me:

1. I'm a recovering perfectionist. My mantra is: I'm not perfect, as that's okay, as long as I'm doing  the best I can.
2. I have seen every episode ever aired of the "Real Housewives" franchise.

3. I hate the taste of beer. I'm all about champagne.

4. Some of my favorite jewelry pieces are from Tori Spelling's HSN line.

5. I'm obsessed with makeup, but most days I don't even wear it.

6. I'm a brunette, my husband is a blond, and my baby girl is a redhead...every time we walk into a room it's like the opening line of a joke.

7. I'm a bit of a hoarder.

8. I do most of the reading in the bath, even on my iPad and Kindle.

9. I'm kind of a know-it-all and I hate that about myself.

10. I have over 50 pairs of shoes.

11. My favorite sound in the entire world is my baby girl's laugh.

 

11 Questions from Ashley:

1. What is your favorite article of clothing that you own?

Tough question! I have a lot of clothes. And I certainly have a favorite pair of shoes, but if I had to pick a favorite article of clothing it would be my Michael Kors black leather motorcycle jacket with lots of silver hardware. It looks good with almost everything!

2. Favorite place you've ever been?

Venice, Italy on my honeymoon. I swoon just thinking about it.

3. Favorite scent?

Another tough one. I also have a ton of perfume. I love Dior, Hypnotic Poison and the original Burberry.

4. Would you rather have a chocolately dessert or fruity one?

Chocolately, all day, any day. But add some raspberry and that's just sinful!

5. Name a weird habit that you just can't shake!

I save old voicemails. I want to be able to hear people's voices even after they're gone.

6. What color are your nails right now?

They're completely bare at the moment. I wash my hands so frequently at the moment!

7. Name one beauty product that you continuously repurchase.

Avon's lipgloss in "Magnificent Mauve."

8. Favorite movie/TV show?

For years it has been "What Not to Wear" so I guess I will have to find a new one soon. Heartbreaking!

9. Favorite type of food?

I love Italian food. Except pizza. I'm not a big fan of pizza.

10. How big is your makeup collection?

So big! It fills my bathroom and spills out into my bedroom. And you can find more in more purse and pretty much every room in the house. It just keep growing and growing.

11. Favorite place to go shopping?

I'd love to go to Nordstrom any day for the atmosphere, but I love JC Penney's affordable prices and trendy styles. 

 

Tag, You're It! The 11 Bloggers I Tag!

Fighting off Frumpy

Creating-Mom

For Love or Funny

The Rantings of a Drama Queen's Mum

Renew Your Space

Two Years and Counting

my brand new life as...mom

Style Life Lovely

One Dollar Cottage

Ins and Outs

Irresistible Icing

 

My 11 Questions for You 

1. What inspires you the most in life?

2. What advice would you give you yourself from five years ago?

3. If you could change any body part, what would it be?

4. What's your go to outfit for a casual, crisp Fall day?

5. Name your favorite magazine.

6. If you had to recommend a good book to a friend, what would that book be?

7. What is the one song, that whenever you hear it, you can't help but shake your groove thing?

8. Do you have a signature scent?

9. What's your go-to recipe?

10. Where are you going on your next vacation?

11. What's the best compliment you've ever received?

 

Okay, I can't wait to hear your answers! I hope you have as much fun with this little exercise as I did!

 

 

Homemade Rosemary Leaf Extract

While I'm working on some projects to try and become more blissfully domesticated, I don't have one to share just yet. But in the meantime, if you're interested in greening your environment, check out my latest post on Green My Beauty Routine about my attempt at making my own Homemade Rosemary Leaf Extract!

Green My Beauty Routine

I love cosmetics. I'm a makeup junkie, my perfume collection could keep a dozen people smelling delicious for a lifetime, and I have a beauty product for just about any task you can think of: dry skin, blemishes, oily hair, sunburns, sunscreen, faux sun, stretch marks, spider veins...you get the idea.

It wasn't until I was pregnant that I started paying attention to what I was actually putting onto my skin. I thought about what I might be absorbing into my skin, and in turn, what my baby might then be absorbing. Figuring out which ingredients were safe and which weren't was a daunting task. Decidedly, I stopped using most of my cosmetics cold turkey.

One day while at the library, I was thumbing through some books about makeup. I glanced up and realized there were quite a few on DIY natural cosmetics. Well, I love a good project and even more, picking up a new hobby, and thus, in idea was born. I gathered up some of the books, took to internet research, and added another aspect to my journey to domestic bliss.

My first foray into making my own natural cosmetics right from my own kitchen was easy enough. Lipstick was how I began my obsession with cosmetics. My grandma's hot pink lipstick was my gateway drug. It sounds funny to say it out loud, but it's been a life-long dream of mine to make my own lipstick.  It only seemed right that it would be my original undertaking.

So I got to work. I ordered a few of the harder to find ingredients online, but collected most of what I needed from Walgreens. While you can make it without a true lipstick mold, I just felt like it wasn't lipstick if it wasn't in the pretty shape you find in the professional tubes. I ordered that online, too.

My first two homemade lipstick creations!

In the end, I had some beautiful, natural, moisturizing tubes of lipstick. I made them in very little time and it was fun imagining up the colors. My only complaint is that it paints only a sheer wash of color on my lips. It does work well for everyday color, a slight pick me up. On the agenda for the next time though, formulating a more pigmented option.

In addition to this blog, I've dedicated a separate blog to hold all my recipes. My trials and my errors. For more info and recipes check it out: Green My Beauty Routine