(LAB) Lip Products Flashcards
Very sensitive to touch, lips are very sensitive
to chemical, physical, and microbial damages
Lips
A colored cosmetic product designed to
enhance the appearance of the lips.
Lip Makeup Product
(Cosmetic/Therapeutic) Enhances attractiveness and accentuates the lips by imparting color and
vibrancy to the lips.
Cosmetic
(Cosmetic/Therapeutic) Becomes of therapeutic purpose if it has UV protection or claims to have a moisturizing effect to prevent chapping or
dryness of lips.
Therapeutic
(Type of Lip product) Designed to enhance the appearance of the lips imparting color and gloss
Lipstick
(Type of Lip product) Designed to give the lips a glossy luster and, sometimes, subtle color
Lip gloss
(T/F) Lip glosses consist of a higher ratio of oils and lower ratio of waxes
True
(Type of Lip product) Designed to redefine the outline of the lips.
Lip liner
(T/F) Lip liners are thick pencils attached to a fine brush through which the product is dispensed.
False. THIN pencils
(Type of Lip product) Designed to temporarily prevent dryness of the lips and help relieve chapping -> OTC drug
Lip balm
(T/F) Lip balm is a lip protectant.
True
Types of Lipstick
Matte, Glossy/Glaze, Creme, Shimmer, Long-wearing, Lip plumping
Lipstick rich in pigments and waxes but lighter in emollients
Matte
Lipstick heavy in oil and contains flavor and scents
Glossy/Glaze
Lipstick that contains high concentration of emollients; contain pigments with a smaller particle size
Creme
Frosted lipstick
Shimmer
Lipstick that contains light-reflecting particles
Shimmer
Lipstick with two part system that contains colored base formula and colorless cover
Long-wearing
Lipstick designed to make lips appear fuller by slightly irritating the delicate skin on the lips to make them swell.
Lip plumping
Lip plumping ingredients
Ginger, cinnamon, cayenne, camphor,
menthol
Lipstick formulation
Wax, Oils, Fats and Butters, Coloring agents, Preservatives, Fragrance, Antioxidants, Flavoring agents, Texturizing agents
Other ingredients
Fixatives, Active ingredients
(T/F) Lip glosses tend to dry the lips.
False. Lip products that dry the lips are mainly LONG-WEARING lipsticks.
Ingredient that seal the color to the lips and make the lipstick “kiss-resistant.”
Silicones
(T/F) Lip cancer occur in men more frequently than in women.
True
(T/F) Lip balms and lipsticks in viral infections should not be shared as they can transmit the virus as long as the blister fluid remains moist.
True
(T/F) Technical quality of makeup: Stability should be long-term, from 3 to 5 years.
True
May be of vegetable, animal, or synthetic origin.
Waxes
Wax examples
- Carnauba wax
- Candelilla wax
- Ozokerite
- Paraffin wax
- Beeswax
Structuring agent that give lipstick’s rigidity and solidity, and stability
Waxes
About 15% of the total formulation
Waxes
(T/F) Waxes are solid at room temperature and must be melted for use.
True
Also contributes to the lipstick’s matte appearance.
Waxes
(T/F) Wax is different from waxy paste.
True
(T/F) Oils acts as emollient thus providing a moisturizing effect.
True
Prevents drying and chapping of lips and is used to disperse pigments and pearls.
Oils
(T/F) Oils are about 30% of the formulation
True
Oils examples
- Plant oil – castor oil, grape-seed oil, almond oil, coconut oil
- Butters – shea butter, avocado butter
- Fatty acid ester – isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate
Improve adhesiveness of the formulation to the lips
Fats and Butters
(T/F) Fats and butter: Low molecular weight silicones -> transfer-resistant lipsticks
True