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So i have been catching up on podcast and in the "review of chemerical" I heard paul talk about homemade "less toxic" lipstick. My girlfriend is taking cosmetology at the local tech school . SHe's interested in maybe working as much as possible with natural products. I just ordered her a copy of Idiots guide to natural beauty products. Are there any more books on the topic anyone can suggest. I REALLY WOULD LOvE TO FIND A complete kit for her to make some kinda product. any suggestions?
On a side note Geoff in part two of the most recent podcast talks about slowly exposing your partner to permiculture. She has been exposed since we have been together, but she hasnt found a niche of interest of her own yet. SHe can repeat all my points of interest but Im hoping she can find her own and teach me. Maybe in the future I could produce her raw materials.
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For her own use or to sell to others as a business?

If it is to sell, there are a gazillion rules that you have to dance around. Lip balm is one set of regulations, lip stick is another. Lip balm is easy to sell legally, lip stick is not. Lip balm cannot have a coloring or anything "cosmetic" but it can have natural flavors, some of which can be colorful.

www.thesage.com is a good place to start for all things natural-ish beauty products--soaps, lotions, lip balms, etc.

Good luck.

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Just to play with now honestly. She has a while till she graduates and while till she will have her own shop, gosh regulations suck sometime. Thanks for the siite suggestion ill have to check it out.

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Well, for herself she can make just about anything. No rules against poisoning yourself.

My wife makes some stuff to sell, it is a struggle figuring out the rules and regs and actually finding good information. It took a few years of learning and practice.

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She rarely wears make up. But the goal of making the makeup in house or ordering material would be to make cosmetiic products similiar to the documentary ( which I did check out a few mins of yesterday) that where way less toxic and even some that are editable. Crazy idea.

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If she wants to experiment, Rosemary Gladstar has written a few good books, not limited to cosmetics. She is a highly respected herbalist.

One example of what your friend might discover is that oil infused with St John’s Wort will turn pink. You can make lip balm with herb infused oils….

I don’t know about toxicity of alkanet root, but I use it as pigment in my soap. That turns oil bright fuchsia- pink - red.

Also, zinc oxide makes pink out of red. When using zinc oxide, the non micronized form must be sought out, and the currently ubiquitous micronized zinc oxide has been discovered to permeate cell membranes, and go through out tissues where they may cause harm.

You could get her a copy of a few books on making your own personal care products, if there’s a kit that teaches rather than says “mix these together…..” I don’t know of it

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She might appreciate the WholeElise youtube channel, where Elise makes a variety of personal care products with an emphasis on transparency and being as natural as she can for the products she makes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRyJ3BX95M

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