Homemade, Smoochable, and Lickable LIPS!

Hi Y'all!

Happy Groundhog Day! I can't believe it is already February! 2012 has been wonderful so far for us-- I hope it has been wonderful for you too.

Love is in the air. Valentine's Day is only a couple weeks away! Valentine's Day is fun, because I get inspired to make homemade cards, or little gifts. And my new addiction, Pinterest, has totally opened the flood gates with inspiration! So many neat ideas from organizing, cooking, to hair and makeup, and crafts! GAHHHH! Love all of the creative ideas, right at my fingertips! (For those of you that do not know what Pinterest is, it is an online "pin board" where you can organize all of your ideas that you want to use or make in your life. You can share with others, and also others can share with you! It is super great. It is by invite only right now, so if you need an invite, let me know. But I have to warn you, it is addicting. And you will want to try everything you see on there. But it's fabulous.

One of the things I was inspired to try out was homemade lip gloss! It only uses 2 little ingredients. Vaseline and Crystal Lite. Inspiration at it's finest. 

Here is my step by step guide to making this yummy, delicious, and uber moisturizing lip gloss:

Supplies needed:

-Microwave safe bowl and a spatula
-Lip gloss containers (I found mine at a Five Below store-if you don't have one, they are just little travel containers)
-Vaseline (I used about 1/4 cup, and it FILLED 2 of the little containers--you can use less or more depending on how many of these bad boys you are making)
-Crystal Lite "to-go" packets. I used 2 raspberry flavored packets, and I also used an off brand since I had it handy. You can also use red/pink colored Kool Aid, however since it is unsweetened you would need to add a smidgen of an artificial or natural sweetener to it.



Scoop the Vaseline into the bowl. It will look lovely. The clean up of it, is not as lovely, so I suggest using a bowl that you don't have warm and fuzzy feelings towards.

Now stick the bowl in your microwave. Make sure your microwave is set to HIGH and nuke it for 1 minute. CAREFULLY remove molten Vaseline from microwave and stir it.
Repeat the heating step a total of 4 times to get your Vaseline to the liquidy consistency that is needed. Since all microwaves are different, you may need to do this step more than 4 times. The Vaseline consistency should almost be "pourable".





Pour the drink mix of your choice into the Vaseline.



Stir the Crystal Lite into the Vaseline. Crystal Lite is a smidgen harder to dissolve the crystals, so just stick the container back in the microwave for another minute, and then stir the heck out of it. Now the lip gloss is ready to be placed into the cute containers.

Ready to go to it's little container home.

Lip gloss in the cute little container home.

Try it out on your lips. MMMMMM Tasty.

XO! And there ya have it folks!

Give it out as a gift, or hoard them all for your self! Super easy to make, and tastes yummy. Experiment with colors, or flavors! Make sure if you are making this with children to supervise them, since the Vaseline can get a bit hot, and we don't want to injure anyone in the name of beauty.


Homemade Kisses, and Hugs, and Makeup!