...LIPSTICK?

The ingredients of lipstick need to create something that provides a glossy, smooth colour, which doesn’t wipe offff immediately and is considerate to a rather delicate part of the body. The major constituents of lipstick are just wax and oil, but your favourite lippy could also contain materials derived from sheep, insects, fish and hot chillis!

DYES 5 per cent WAX This varies depending on the colour, but a scarlet shade might contain carmine red, which is derived from scale insects. 30 per cent Often a mixture of beeswax, carnauba and lanolin (from sheep wool). Together these form the main...