Alright, alright, let’s talk about how they make that face paint stuff, you know, the cosmetics. I ain’t no fancy scientist or nothin’, but I’ll tell ya what I know, how I understand it.
First off, it all starts with an idea, see? Someone gets a bee in their bonnet and thinks, “Hey, I wanna make a lipstick that’s the color of a sunset!” Or maybe somethin’ like that. Then they gotta figure out how to do it. It’s like makin’ a stew, I guess. You need the right stuff, the right amounts, and you gotta know how to mix it all up.
They call it “cosmetic development,” but that’s just fancy talk for figuring out what to put in the stuff to make it work. Like, for a lipstick, they use oils and waxes. You know, like the grease you get from cookin’ bacon? Kinda like that, but cleaner, I reckon. And wax, like from a candle, but not exactly the same. This stuff makes the lipstick all smooth and creamy, so it goes on nice.
- Oils – Make it smooth
- Waxes – Make it stick
- Color stuff – Make it pretty
Then there’s the color, the most important part, right? They use these things called pigments. It’s like paint, but for your face. They grind it up real fine, like flour, and mix it in with the oils and waxes. They gotta be careful, though, some colors ain’t good for your skin. You don’t wanna put somethin’ on your face that’s gonna make you itch or break out, now do ya?
Now, how they mix it all up is kinda like bakin’ a cake. They heat up the oils and waxes, melt ‘em down all nice and smooth. Then they add the color and some other stuff, like solvents, which I guess help it all mix together better. They stir it and stir it, for hours sometimes, just like makin’ jam, only this ain’t jam, this is gonna go on your face. It’s gotta be just right.
After all that mixin’ and stirrin’, they pour the goop into little tubes, if it’s lipstick, or little pans, if it’s eye shadow or blush. Then they let it cool down, so it gets hard and keeps its shape. They have machines that do all this, of course, big ol’ machines that can make a whole bunch of lipsticks at once. It’s amazing what they can do these days.
I heard they been makin’ this face paint stuff for a long, long time. Way back when, in Egypt, even the men used to put stuff on their faces. They’d mix up some kinda cream to keep their skin from gettin’ all dry and wrinkly. Same kinda thing we do now, I guess, just different stuff they used.
But it ain’t all just oils and waxes and colors, you know. They put all sorts of other things in there too, stuff I can’t even pronounce. Some of it’s to make the stuff last longer, some of it’s to make it smell good, and some of it, well, I don’t rightly know what it’s for. But they say it’s all safe, most of the time anyways. You gotta be careful though, some of that cheap stuff… well, you never know what’s in it.
They got these big factories where they make all this stuff. Big buildings filled with machines and people in white coats. I seen one on the TV once, it looked like a spaceship or somethin’. They gotta keep everything real clean, so no germs get in the makeup. That wouldn’t be good, now would it?
And it ain’t just lipstick and eye shadow, neither. They make all sorts of things: creams, lotions, powders, and all that stuff for your hair, too. It’s a whole big business, this beauty stuff. People spend a lot of money on it, tryin’ to look younger, prettier, or just different, I guess.
So, that’s pretty much it, how they make that face paint stuff. Oils, waxes, colors, and a whole bunch of other things, mixed up just right, and poured into little containers. It’s kinda like cookin’, kinda like bakin’, and kinda like science, all rolled into one. And it’s been goin’ on for a long, long time. People always wanna look their best, I reckon, even if it takes a little bit of grease and color to do it.
Now, remember, this is just what I understand, the way I see it. I ain’t no expert, just a regular person tryin’ to make sense of it all. But I hope it helped you understand a little bit more about how they make that stuff we put on our faces.
