How does Safiya create custom lipstick?

Safiya gathers ingredients, follows a recipe, and mixes pigments.

What inspired Safiya's lipstick color choice?

Safiya was inspired by Marie's blushing taupe recipe.

Safiya pressed lips against a cup during an iced coffee test.

Safiya used tiny measuring spoons for minuscule measurements.

Safiya deemed the experiment successful and desired to create more custom lipsticks.

Safiya creates a custom lipstick from scratch following Marie Rayma's instructions in the book "Make it Up," using various ingredients like waxes, oils, and pigments to achieve a unique greige-y, pinky, mauve-y nude color.
Despite minor issues like unblended pigments and settling into lip lines, the custom lipstick experiment is successful, sparking Safiya's interest in making more custom lipsticks with improved blending techniques and exploring additional makeup recipes from Marie's book, potentially leading to future projects like an eyeshadow palette.

How does Safiya create custom lipstick?
Safiya gathers ingredients, follows a recipe, and mixes pigments.
What inspired Safiya's lipstick color choice?
Safiya was inspired by Marie's blushing taupe recipe.
How did Safiya test the transfer-proof qualities of the lipstick?
Safiya pressed lips against a cup during an iced coffee test.
What tools did Safiya use for pigment measurements?
Safiya used tiny measuring spoons for minuscule measurements.
What was Safiya's reaction to the custom lipstick experiment?
Safiya deemed the experiment successful and desired to create more custom lipsticks.

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The video focuses on creating custom lipstick from scratch, with Safiya detailing her obsession with lipsticks and her previous experiences making custom lip colors.
Safiya introduces the book "Make it Up" by Marie Rayma, which provides instructions on making beauty products from scratch, including lipstick.
Safiya gathers various ingredients like waxes, oils, and pigments to create a lipstick base and custom color.
Following Marie's Long-Wear Lipstick Recipe, Safiya measures out beeswax, candelilla wax, castor oil, vitamin E oil, and jojoba oil for the base.
Safiya adds magnesium stearate and magnesium myristate to the base, following Marie's instructions for smoothness and adhesion.
Safiya melts the base ingredients on a hot plate, aiming for a clear golden liquid without scorching it, which could take up to 30 minutes.
Once the base is ready, Safiya pours it into a container to cool and solidify before moving on to adding pigments for color.
Safiya selects iron oxide pigments from TKBtrading.com to create a unique greige-y, pinky, mauve-y nude color for the lipstick.
Safiya follows Marie's guidelines for pigment measurements, aiming for 7/16ths of a teaspoon per five grams of base, based on a preset mix from the book.
Safiya adjusts the preset mix to create a cooler, muddier color, inspired by Marie's blushing taupe recipe, aiming for a unique and wearable shade.

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Tiny measuring spoons like Smidgen, Pinch, Tad, Drop, and Dash are used for minuscule measurements.
Marie's pigment mix includes titanium dioxide, red iron oxide, yellow iron oxide, and mica for shimmer.
The dusty zombie pinky nude pigment mix includes 11/32ndths of a teaspoon of white pigment.
Red iron oxide is added in 3/64ths of a teaspoon, with two different shades available.
Yellow iron oxide is added in 3/64ths of a teaspoon, split between yellow and brown oxide for a muddy effect.
A warm pigment bath is created to melt and mix the pigments together.
The first attempt results in a zombified salmon color, not the desired zombie pink.
The second attempt involves removing yellow oxide and adding purple and black for a cooler tone.
The second attempt yields a milky prune color, achieving the desired cool pink tone.
The lipstick formula is semi-matte, full coverage, and passes the wear test, with minor settling into lip lines.

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Lipstick was tested for transfer-proof qualities by pressing lips against a cup during an iced coffee test, revealing significant lipstick transfer onto the cup but still leaving a noticeable amount on the lips after six hours, fading gracefully but clinging to dry areas.
Despite some unblended pigments in the custom lipstick, the experiment was deemed successful, leading to a desire to create more custom lipsticks using a coffee grinder for better blending, and an interest in exploring further makeup recipes from Marie's book, hinting at a potential eyeshadow palette project in the future.