Lipstick

What is in lipstick?

I'll tell you!

Castor Oil makes up 65% of lipstick!

It is used to soften lips, make lipstick easier to put on and helps the color mix in better.

Castor oil comes from castor seeds and it has 18 carbon molecules!

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It has a special bond with hydrogen and oxygen that makes other molecules want to come closer to it, also known as making it polar.

Lipstick is also 15% Beeswax!

Beeswax is used to shape the lipstick and binds everything together

It comes from bees and is completely non-toxic to humans, thank you bees!

Castor oil+Beeswax= colorless lipstick

5% Pigments and Dyes

Without pigments and dyes, lipstick would have no color!

With the extra 15% a lot of different things can happen!

Some possible things are:

Extra moisturizer

More wax for structure and support

Today you have learned that lipstick is made of:

Castor Oil

Beeswax

Pigments/Dyes

Mascara

I'll tell you!

What is in mascara?

Carbon Black is an important ingredient in mascara

Carbon black is made entirely of carbon that has been almost all the way burnt or melted.

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It is also mixed with a small amount of vegetable oil and is what makes mascara black .

Beeswax is also used in mascara!

It helps keep the mascara stick to the eyelashes and even makes it somewhat weather proof.