crayons gone wild!

well look who decided to blog their lip gloss/crayon project?
haha enjoy!

http://www.instructables.com/id/ReUse-ReMake-Crayons/

To complete this project you will need:

• Crayons (recycled of course)
• Aluminum Cans
• Wooden sticks or dowel rods (chop sticks work great)
• Candy mold or ice cube trays
• Large Pan

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-lipstick-with-crayons/

You will need a small, heat resistant container, such as a stainless steel measuring cup. Use the smallest one you have.

The following quantity will fit easily into most lip balm tins, but you will have a little left over if you are using a tube, which usually holds only 0.15oz. For the triple lipstick mold, double the recipe.


Here is the basic recipe:

• 1/2 crayon of your favorite color (approx 2.4g)
• 1/2 tsp jojoba oil (approx 2 g)
• 1 almond-sized chunk of shea butter (approx 2g)

Ingredients you can add to the above:

• 1 pea-sized dab of lanolin (improves feel and possibly color distribution)
• 1 pinch gum arabic (improves color distribution and durability of color)
• 1 drop vitamin E (helps prevent oil from becoming rancid, improves shelf life)
• 1 pinch zinc oxide (makes color lighter and more opaque, offers protection against UVA and UVB sun rays -- but make sure your wax mixture is well stirred before you pour)

Alternate ingredients:

You can replace shea butter with cocoa butter (will make lipstick slightly more firm)
You can replace jojoba oil with castor oil (will make a glossier lipstick)