How to Make a Henna Lipstick

Henna owes a long history of use in Eastern cultures, mainly in the subcontinent, North Africa and Arabia. After centuries of use in form of cosmetic adornment in these places, the striking art of henna, also called as Mehndi, has recently made a colorful impression in the Western world.

At present, henna has developed a cultural significance and is included in several aspects of daily, ceremonial and spiritual life.

The use of henna for cosmetic was religiously and traditionally used by different cultures for the decorative purposes on the feet and hands, as well as to provide shine and color to the hair.

Henna has also been utilized for medicinal purposes, some of which consist of the treatment of ulcers of the mouth, burns, and the treatment of small pox during its early stages. It is also thought that henna can aid you in maintaining healthy nails, maintain youthfulness amongst other things and increase growth of hair.

Nowadays, henna lipstick is also been widely used by people. Lipstick is basically a cosmetic product which contains oils, pigments, emollients and waxes that applies texture and color to the lips. Lipsticks are available in many different varieties.

From the time of Cleopatra, till now, women throughout the world have been using lipsticks for coloring their lips.

Ancient Egyptians stained their lips with the help of henna. They also used a fucus, reddish-purple plant dye which contained mercury for painting their lips. Back then, they do not know that mercury is one kind of poison.

In Japan, particularly in Kyoto, geishas make use of lipstick as a green cake, applied by using a wet brush onto the lips. The green stuff changes into crimson which the geishas then used it to paint a small mouth considered as appealing the ancient Japanese.

Then there is the modern henna lipstick which contains the ingredients of lip plumping for making the lips look as full as possible, in a society where generous lips are regarded as sexy. A substance from Cayenne pepper is often used in these lipsticks for making lips swell up for giving that bee stung look.

Have you ever wonder what goes into that lipstick that you are wearing?
Unless and until you remove every trace of lipstick prior to eating or drinking anything, possibilities are, the lipstick on your lips ends up in your mouth and you finish up eating it. So what does lipstick contains?

Lipsticks contain waxes like carnabau and beeswax for holding the shape. It would also consist of vegetable oils to moisturize the properties and ease of use. Vitamin E, squalane, aloe vera and other skin moisturizing and anti-aging ingredients might be added to it. Lastly, there is the color which is added to it. Artificial colors or natural vegetable dyes would be added for giving the lipstick its coloring.

Sometimes, a fragrance might also be added for making your lips smell sweeter. In a few cases, mica or silica might also be added for giving the lipsticks that shimmer.

But henna lipstick does not contain all these harmful ingredients and it is prepared completely in a natural way.