Is it harmful to make your own lipstick

Some time ago, people often sold homemade lipsticks in the circle of friends, claiming that they were pollution-free, environmentally friendly, and green products without additives. But are such homemade lipsticks really healthy? Is there really no harm? There should indeed be a big question mark, because homemade lipstick is just a promotional slogan. Even if you make your own lipstick, it may not be guaranteed to be healthy in terms of hygiene or the materials used.

Is it dangerous to make your own lipstick?

1. Merchants vary greatly

When it comes to making your own lipstick, there's basically no barrier to entry. As long as you can afford the ingredients and watch some videos online, you'll be good to go. When you think it’s about right, you can start posting messages on various platforms: big-brand reviews, replacement colors needed + my VX, etc. You don’t know whether the person on the other side of the screen is a cute kid who loves handcrafts and wants to make some money, or a bearded guy who can get the hang of it after watching a half-hour tutorial.

2. Unknown ingredients

If you say that big brands have good ingredients, there will definitely be a lot of people who will jump out to refute it, but at least big brands have undergone multiple audits before they can be sold. As for the micro-business products claiming to be additive-free, there is not even any review. Brothers, the lipsticks from Yabang that cost 9.9 yuan each have quality inspection reports. If you think your ingredients are good and the formula is fine, please take your lipstick for inspection and bring the inspection report with you to talk to me. After all, I looked at the discussions on related social platforms, and many of them are talking about whether cheap raw materials can be replaced with cheaper ones, and that's something we eat every day.

3. Formulation

Why are big brands so expensive? Part of the reason is the research and development costs. The finished product with the formula is definitely worth the price. While adding color to the lips, it also adds many other benefits, such as moisturizing the lips, smoothing lip lines, and plumping the lips. As for WeChat business, there is no formula to speak of (the best they offer for color powder, oil, and wax is + one vitamin E pill), and don’t even think about any effects other than color. I also saw many comments saying that handmade lipstick dried up after three months, and the paste turned into powder and couldn't be colored. It was obvious that there was something wrong with the formula, but WeChat business is a one-time deal. You asked for after-sales service, but the store blocked you, and then there was nothing else.

4. Production environment

Although it is said that there is no absolutely sterile production environment, when you see micro-businesses using only a table, an alcohol lamp, a kitchen scale, and beakers and molds that are not sterilized, are you really willing to use the products they make? There may be many cuties who are not clear about the production process of this handmade lipstick. It is probably about adding relevant ingredients in proportion, pouring them into the mold after melting, and then demolding. All the steps were completed on a small table. I was shocked when I first found out about it.

5. Quality Control

Handmade products have little quality control, so you may end up with a very different color if you buy the same color twice. If you are here for the 99% replacement color, please give up. There are so many stores selling replicas on Taobao and the big factories behind them, but they can't achieve more than 99% similarity. Do you think the proportions set by a kitchen scale can perfectly replace the colors of big brands?

6. Price

In fact, friends who know about it know that handmade lipsticks are not cheap. In my opinion, the price of dozens or even hundreds of dollars is not worth it. If you are not too obsessed with a specific color, there are so many affordable lipsticks with good reputation. There are plenty of Korean and domestic brands under fifty, and Revlon around fifty can teach micro-businesses how to behave in minutes.

Finally, I hope fairies will not consider buying products from WeChat merchants or handmade products. I think they are no different from fakes (many handmade lipstick shells are Dior Armani and the like). I also hope that one day everyone will have endless lipsticks.