I've always dreamt of going to a makeup factory, but being able to actually make my own lipstick was a dream come true. Last week, Anna, Ruth and I headed to the Max Factor lipstick lab and spent the entire day mixing pigments to create our very own personalised lipstick shades.
I found the whole experience incredibly fascinating. We learnt about what goes into making a lipstick, which in this case is a mix of butters, white, yellow, red (and sometimes blue or black!) pigments, caster oil and something called MICA which helps it all stick together. We learnt that nude lipsticks are the hardest to make so I stuck to my original plan of making one orangey red, one berry and one coral/pink.
Max Factor have always had a huge involvement with the evolution of lipstick. They created the first Lip Pomade in 1928 as a way to provide a glamorous, glossy appearance to movie actresses' lips on film. At the time it was a much better option that simply licking their lips, which is what they had to do previously. In 1929 lipstick was made available to the public and by 1940 Max Factor had created the True-Colour lipstick, tested by "The Kissing Machine" to last well on the lips.
As I said, I created 3 of my very own shades. Phi Phi Sunset is a sheer, coral pink and definitely my favourite of the three. Raspberry Fields is a soft, buttery berry shade and One More Slice is a pizza topping, orangey red and we doubled the pigment on this one to make it opaque and slightly matte.
So who wants to win a Phi Phi Sunset lipstick? I have a few to give away so all you have to do is enter using the Raffle Copter form below! These lipsticks aren't going on sale, so apart from me you'll be the only ones to ever own them - that's pretty cool eh?
Good luck and let me know what you think of the three shades I made!
*This post was sponsored by Max Factor as part of their 100 Years of Glamour Campaign
Max Factor have always had a huge involvement with the evolution of lipstick. They created the first Lip Pomade in 1928 as a way to provide a glamorous, glossy appearance to movie actresses' lips on film. At the time it was a much better option that simply licking their lips, which is what they had to do previously. In 1929 lipstick was made available to the public and by 1940 Max Factor had created the True-Colour lipstick, tested by "The Kissing Machine" to last well on the lips.
As I said, I created 3 of my very own shades. Phi Phi Sunset is a sheer, coral pink and definitely my favourite of the three. Raspberry Fields is a soft, buttery berry shade and One More Slice is a pizza topping, orangey red and we doubled the pigment on this one to make it opaque and slightly matte.
So who wants to win a Phi Phi Sunset lipstick? I have a few to give away so all you have to do is enter using the Raffle Copter form below! These lipsticks aren't going on sale, so apart from me you'll be the only ones to ever own them - that's pretty cool eh?
Good luck and let me know what you think of the three shades I made!
*This post was sponsored by Max Factor as part of their 100 Years of Glamour Campaign
a Rafflecopter giveaway