Cosmetics in the ancient times there was actually.In particular, the lip color is common in the use of the greeks, egyptians and syrians, the sumerians, and the syrians, the babylonians, the persians.Later, Elizabeth I and the ladies of the court's lips and red mercuric sulfide.Over the years, rouge for color lips and cheeks, according to the fashion of The Times.

Manufacturing method described here will only focus on lipstick, lip gloss.In general, wax and oil accounted for about 60% of the lipstick (by weight), alcohol and pigment 25% (by weight).Fragrance is always added to the lipstick, but a mixture of one percent or less.In addition to using color lipstick lips and lip liner and a pencil.

So what is the making process of the lipstick?The production process is the most easy to understand if it is seen as three separate steps: melting and mixing lipstick, pour the mixture into tube;Packaging products for sale.Since the quality of the lipstick can be mixed and stored for later use, mix and did not occur at the same time gating.Once the lipstick tube, retail packaging is highly variable, depending on the product sales.

1.Melting and mixing

The first is to get the raw materials of the lipstick melt，then is to mix colors inside.After the pigment mass is ground and mixed, it is added to the hot wax mass until a uniform color and consistency is obtained. The fluid lipstick can then be strained and molded, or it may be poured into pans and stored for future molding.If the fluid lipstick is to be used immediately, the melt is maintained at temperature, with agitation, so that trapped air escapes. If the lipstick mass is stored, before it is used it must be reheated, checked for color consistency, and adjusted to specifications, then maintained at the melt temperature (with agitation) until it can be poured.

2.Molding

 A variety of machine setups are used, depending on the equipment that the manufacturer has, but high volume batches are generally run through a melter that agitates the lipstick mass and maintains it as a liquid. For smaller, manually run batches, the mass is maintained at the desired mix temperature, with agitation, in a melter controlled by an operator。

3.Labeling and packaging

The lipstick do labels on packaging.

4.Byproducts

There is little or no waste in the manufacture of lipstick. Product is reused whenever possible, and since the ingredients are expensive they are seldom thrown out, unless no other alternative presents itself. In the normal manufacturing process there are no byproducts, and waste portions of lipstick will be thrown out with the disposal of cleaning materials.

5.Quality Control

Quality control procedures are strict, since the product must meet Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards. Lipstick is the only cosmetic ingested, and because of this strict controls on ingredients, as well as the manufacturing processes, are imposed. Lipstick is mixed and processed in a controlled environment so it will be free of contamination. Incoming material is tested to ensure that it meets required specifications. Samples of every batch produced are saved and stored at room temperature for the life of the product (and often beyond that) to maintain a control on the batch.

6.The Future

Lipstick is the least expensive and most popular cosmetic in the world today. In 1986 lipstick sales in the United States were more than $720,000,000. There are no accurate figures for current sales of lip balm, since the market is expanding. Manufacturers continue to introduce new types and shades of lipstick, and there is a tremendous variety of product available at moderate cost. As long as cosmetics remain in fashion (and there is no indication that they will not) the market for lipstick will continue to be strong, adding markets in other countries as well as diversifying currently identified markets.