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Making your own DIY Lip Gloss is easy and fun!
Last week I had Activity Day Girls. For those of you new to the blog this is a group of 8 – 12 year old girls who I get to play with twice a month. It is my calling or job at church. We have lots of fun together but in addition to having fun my co-leader and I always try to teach them something.
Last week we decided to make lip gloss. In order to teach them something valuable at the same time we had a little lesson on gossip. My co-leader put a great lesson together. We started with a game of telephone. You know that game. You whisper something in someones ear and they whisper in in the next person’s ear and by the time it gets to the end of the line what was originally whispered has been changed and is nothing like it started out as. We told the girls that is what happens with gossip. It starts out as one thing and then as it gets passed from person to person it gets changed into something else. Usually something untrue and unkind.
For another object lesson we went outside into the garden and poured glitter into one of the girl’s hands – she then had to try to pass all of it to the next person without losing a single piece. Obviously glitter was sticking to hands and scattering to the floor. It was impossible to retrieve it all. We pointed out to the girls that gossip is often like the glitter. We believe we can control it, but once it leaves our mouths we can no longer choose how the information is handled. Similar to glitter, once gossip is released, it spreads and is virtually impossible to retrieve.
After our lesson on gossip we made DIY Lip Gloss so that they could always have sweet lips that remember to only speak kind words.
We made our lip gloss out of coconut oil and un-petroleum jelly. Both can be purchased at Whole Foods or other natural food stores. For coloring and flavoring I tried two different things. Crystal Light drink mix and for a more natural choice (no artificial sweetener) I used Emergen-C .
The difference between the two different drink mixes is with the Emergen-C you pretty much got the same color with every flavor – there wasn’t much difference in color. With the Crystal Light you got variations in color depending on the flavor you used.
Step One: Place about 1 tsp of coconut oil and 1 tsp of un-petroleum jelly in a microwavable bowl. The amounts will depend on the size of the container you are putting it in. Place in microwave for about 60 seconds or until oil and jelly is melted.
Step Two: Place powdered drink mix into the melted oil (about 1/2 tsp – 1 tsp. or amount needed to get desired color) Stir and stir until the mix dissolves. It may not totally dissolve and that is o.k. because as it sits in the container will dissolve some more.
Step Three: After it is pretty much dissolved pour it into your container. I purchased our lip gloss containers at the craft store in the bead section. They are designed to hold beads.
Then just let the lip gloss set up.
The girls loved the project and the lesson. Each girl went home with two pots of lip gloss and this book mark I found here to remind them to always speak kind words.
Brittany says
LOVE it! Pinning 🙂
Ruth says
Hi Leigh Anne,
Some of the young women in our ward will be making lip gloss tonight. I have a question. I have seen coconut oil at my grocery store. But it looks like it’s “oil”. The coconut oil you have in your bowl looks more like shortening. Is there a difference? Or can you use liquid coconut oil? I’ve never bought it before so maybe it is solid-ish, just looks like it might be liquid…would love your help!
Leigh Anne says
If Coconut Oil is liquid it has been fractionated. Coconut Oil comes as a solid in it’s original state. You will melt it to stir in the flavoring but it will set up as it cools. The fractionated coconut oil will stay liquid. You want the solid coconut oil because you want it to set up to make the gloss. If you start with the liquid it will not set up.
Denise says
This is a lovely idea ! Can we download the bookmark ? I’d love to be able to make some for our girls. I assume the ‘lips’ is a sticker found at the craft store ?
Thanks, Denise
Leigh Anne says
Denise, Here is the link to where I downloaded the bookmark from. I then laminated them and added the ribbon. http://www.tipsfromatypicalmomblog.com/2014/01/how-to-make-homemade-lip-gloss-with.html
Denise says
Thank you so very much. I have enjoyed so many recipes and postings…I feel like I really ‘know’ you and your family. A bonus, and who knows, one day I might run into you at a Costco or someplace, because I, too live in Oregon !
Leigh Anne says
Would love to meet you someday!! Please say hi if you see me at Costco!! Thank’s so much for reading the blog and enjoying. It means a lot to me.
Rebecca says
This is such a great idea!! Thank you for sharing.
Rebecca
Sweet & Simple Life Blog
Leigh Anne says
Thanks Rebecca, It was a fun activity with the girls. It taught them something and they had fun!
Andrea says
What a great way to pair a visual reminder to the lesson. I’m starting a similar program with “tween” girls at our church in KS and would love any more ideas you care to put out there! Thanks!
Leigh Anne says
Andrea, I have several other Activity Day ideas on the blog – check out under categories. Will be sharing more in the future