Natural Color for Lip Balm

[mglory]

My daughters little girls love lip balm. I have some pretty good recipes and I like to be able to keep the ingredients natural but they really want colored lip balm.

What can I put in that will give them some color, but keep with my focus on something natural?

It also needs to be something that does not stain clothes or little girls mouths.

Thanks.

 

[Deda]

Micas are nice for lip color - they might work depending on how you define 'natural'. Check the ingredients for each color and make sure they are lip safe.

They do wash out! I spilled a tbsp of Flamingo down my white shirt, followed by coffee. It all came out.

 

[mglory]

Thanks

Thanks Deda. I will try micas. Natural was not the best choice of words in that post. I didn't really mean naturally occuring substance (arsenic is natural and a bad choice for lip balms) I guess I meant I didn't want to use some sort of dye produced in some laboratory somewhere that next year will be the subject of some sort of recall because of the bad things is does to a rat somewhere. I am attempting to make products for my family that I feel confident will not hurt them and my two little red-headed grand daughters practically eat lip balm so I just wanted to be safe.

Again thanks for the information.

 

[SoapieCP]

Hi
How about using beetroot or alkanet as a colour for your lipbalms?
I havent tried it myself but a friend has regularily with great success.
X

 

[IanT]

Re: Thanks

Thanks Deda. I will try micas. Natural was not the best choice of words in that post. I didn't really mean naturally occuring substance (arsenic is natural and a bad choice for lip balms) I guess I meant I didn't want to use some sort of dye produced in some laboratory somewhere that next year will be the subject of some sort of recall because of the bad things is does to a rat somewhere. I am attempting to make products for my family that I feel confident will not hurt them and my two little red-headed grand daughters practically eat lip balm so I just wanted to be safe.

Again thanks for the information.

I ususally refer to them as synthetic (and hence I .....and from what i gather you as well seek non-synthetic means of coloring our products )

 

[carebear]

micas are still produced in labs - sorry!
"Pearlescent Micas: They are made by coating small platelets of mica with various dyes and pigments. "
http://www.fromnaturewithlove.com/soap/ColorAdd.asp