Recipes For Natural Cosmetics
Eye liner and Eyebrow Pencil
Get a pure charcoal pencil (black only) at an art supply store.
Try several on yourself (bring a small mirror) in the store to see
what hardness suits you. You may need to wet it with water or a
vitamin E perle first. Don't put any chemicals on your eyelids,
since this penetrates into your eye. To check this out for yourself,
close your eye tightly and then dab lemon juice on your eyelid. It
will soon burn! Everything that is put on skin penetrates.
Otherwise the nicotine patch and estrogen patch wouldn't work.
Not even soap belongs on your eyelids! Charcoal pencils are
cheap. Get yourself half a dozen different kinds so you can do
different things.
You could also use a capsule of activated charcoal. Empty it
into a saucer. Mix glycerin and water, half and half, and add it to
the charcoal powder until you get the consistency you like. Use a
brush for eyelashes; use a finger for eyebrows.
Lipstick
Beet root powder (see Sources)
100% vegetable glycerin
Combine 1 tsp. vegetable glycerin and 1 tsp. beet root powder
in a saucer. Stir until perfectly smooth. Then add ½ tsp. of
vitamin E oil. Snip open vitamin E capsules or buy vitamin E oil
(see Sources). Very thick olive oil can be substituted. Apply
liberally with your finger or a lipstick brush. Do not purse or rub
your lips together after application. To make the lipstick stay on
longer, apply 1 layer of lipstick, then dab some corn starch over
the lips, then apply another layer of lipstick. Store in a small
glass or plastic container in the refrigerator, tightly covered in a
plastic bag.