Make lipstick with crayons

Step 3 Melting and pouring

The safest way to melt this mixture is to put it over a pan of barely simmering water. Although you might be able to melt it in the microwave, wax can combust if it's over-heated, so I prefer heating it slowly over a pan of hot water, while stirring it with a cocktail twizzler, chopstick, or the handle of a small spoon. Just be careful not to spill any water into your wax mixture.

As soon as all the ingredients are melted and well combined, pour them into your containers.

If you are using the slanted lipstick container prop it up in some rice, beans, or popcorn kernels like I did. This will allow it will set at the proper angle.

Wax contracts as it cools, so you will get a dent, or maybe even a small hole in the center of your tube. You can reduce this effect by tapping the container on the counter as it cools, but if you try topping it off with more wax chances are the extra drop you add will come off when you use the stick. I have a theory that plunking the tube in a cup of hot water and letting it cool super slowly would help too: if the sides cool at the same rate as the center, no hole should not form, instead the whole level would go down a bit. Putting it into a warm oven (turned off) might help too. I haven't had a chance to test out this theory yet... I'll keep you posted.

Comments

[biancalopez]

The way i solved the little hole in the middle: i waited until the phase in cooling when the outer edges are firm, but the middle is still a pasty liquid, and then crank the tube up a little bit until it starts to come out. then smooth it over.

[belsey]

That's an excellent idea, I'll definitely try it next time. Much easier than the slow cooling down I had been imagining.

[Sin Kelevra]

I make candles, and the dent is pretty much unavoidable. In candle making you poke a small hole wax is cooling, after the dent has begun to form. You poke the little tunnel before pouring more wax so it doesn't come off. After you poke the little tunnel you pour in a bit more liquid wax. while this is cooling you can see if the dent reforms, repeat until it doesn't sink.

I hope this helped! Your lipstick is awesome.

[belsey]

 Yes, that is very helpful, thanks for commenting. It might be hard to do it on a small lipstick tube, but not impossible -- I'll try it next time.