Easy – Lava Lamp Lip Gloss – Homemade

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Lava lamp lip gloss is fun, nourishing to your lips, and it makes them oh so soft! I love this recipe because not only is it a fun gift the ingredients are all natural!

My daughter and I like to make homemade Christmas gifts, this is one of the gifts we gave out last year. BTW it would also make a great Valentine’s Day gift!

RECIPE

Ingredients

  • 3 Tablespoons Castor Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Glycerin
  • Pigment 1/8 to ¼ teaspoon mica or eye shadow (do not use glitter, as you don’t want anyone  to ingest it. Most kids will lick it off their lips)
  • 2 drops of essential oil… I used “Skin So Soft” by Plant Therapy its kid Safe
  • Clear glass rollerball bottles

Directions

  1. Mix the glycerin, mica and essential oil together until there are no lumps
  2. Put it in the glass lip gloss bottle, and fill the rest of the bottle with castor oil leaving about ¼ inch to accommodate the roller ball.
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5 from 6 votes

Lava Lamp Lip Gloss

Ingredients

  • 3 Tablespoons Castor Oil

  • 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Glycerin

  • 1/8 to ¼ Teaspoon Pigment - mica or eye shadow (do not use glitter, as you don't want anyone  to ingest it. Most kids will lick it off their lips)

  • 2 Drops Essential oil... I used "Skin So Soft" by Plant Therapy its kid Safe

  • 1 Bottle Clear glass rollerball bottles

Instructions

  • Mix the glycerin, mica and essential oil together until there are no lumps.
  • Put it in the glass lip gloss bottle, and fill the rest of the bottle with castor oil leaving about ¼ inch to accommodate the roller ball.

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This Post Has 41 Comments

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  2. KatyBee

    Would it be possible to use almond oil instead of castor?

    1. Hello, Thank you for reading and reaching out. Yes you can substitute Almond Oil 🙂

  3. Marta

    Magnificent items from you! You’re making it enjoyable and you continue to care for to keep it wise.
    I can’t wait to read much more from you. This is actually a great web site.

  4. roscoe

    I love this recipe I made it for my mother, wife and daughters for Mother’s Day! They all said they love it!

    1. I’m so glad they loved the lip gloss! Thank you for sharing with me 🙂

  5. Cassie

    5 stars
    I want to try to do a neon colored lava lamp lip gloss 🙂

  6. Kelsey S.

    I have a fun assortment of colored eye shadow, this would be perfect to make this homemade lip gloss!

  7. Julie Tibbs

    Wow! This is awesome I can’t wait to make this with my kids!

  8. Joy Fletcher

    Makes me want to get my lava lamp out!

  9. Brittni

    I know someone else mentioned using almond oil instead of castor, I wonder if there are any other oils that can be used instead too.. this looks so fun and we are home all the time and need more DIY fun projects, we can’t get enough of them haha.

    1. Yes I’m sure there are other oils that can be used! Please let me know if you experiment!

  10. Ashley

    does the essential oil play as flavoring ?

    1. Yes Ashley, Thank you for commenting… The essential oil does add flavor and scent, I mainly added it for the wonderful healing & nourishing properties!

  11. Tanya

    5 stars
    We made this and my 3 daughters had a blast. We did a red, pink and a coral pink. My girls are crazy about makeup, I bet they will be putting it on as early as possible when they get in their teens haha.

    1. Thank you for commenting! I love that your daughters had a blast making it, those colors they picked sound lovely <3

  12. Gia Carapelli

    Oh my gosh it really does look just like a lava lamp. I love lip gloss too haha, perfect.

  13. Sarah

    I wonder if you could make an etsy business out of this. I’ve been wanting to make some sort of product to sell on there, they have the most interesting thing.

    1. I have not sold on etsy myself. I do wish you much success in whatever you try to create and sell 🙂

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  15. kaylene

    This lava lamp lip gloss looks so fun! I’m making it with my nieces this weekend!

    1. Yay! How fun they will love it kaylene, fun memories to make with their Aunt!

  16. Warner

    Just made this with my daughter, we did red mica powder 🙂 Very cool!

  17. Rosalinda

    5 stars
    Made these last night, with my girls… We used eye-shadow for tint, we absolutely love them! Thank you for the recipe!

    1. You are welcome, they are so fun to make! Thank you for commenting, I love hearing from my readers 🙂

  18. Lori

    5 stars
    Love this recipe! It was so fun to make and feels fab on my lips!!!

  19. Alison

    5 stars
    Yay! So excited to try, I was wondering how to make this homemade!

  20. Tammi

    I found the DIY Christmas gift I’m making this year! Thank you!

  21. Yetta M

    5 stars
    Nice post. I’m constantly on this blog and I’m impressed!
    Extremely helpful information and fun projects

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