Making a Clear Lipstick

To make a clear lipstick, you generally need specific gelling agents that solidify oils while maintaining transparency.

• Beeswax: Adding beeswax will typically result in an opaque or cloudy lipstick, not a clear one. Beeswax is not suitable for clear formulations.

• Suitable Ingredients: Products like Oil Stick™ Hard and Oil Stick™ Medium are designed to create clear stick formulations when used together. Oil Thick™ Transparent and Oil Thick™ Clear S can also create clear oil gels. Oil Stick Base is another option specifically designed as a clear solid oil base for lipsticks and fragrance sticks.

Example Clear Lip Formula (using Oil Stick™ Hard and Oil Stick™ Medium)

The product description for Oil Stick™ Medium provides an example formula for a clear lip balm:

• Oil Stick™ Hard: 1%
• Oil Stick™ Medium: 2%
• Octyldodecanol: 20% (helps with payoff)
• LipidSoft™ Disperse: 17% (helps dissolve/disperse pigments)
• Any oil-soluble color: (adjust rate for desired tone)
• Squalene: The rest to 100% (provides gloss)

This formula demonstrates how Oil Stick™ Hard and Oil Stick™ Medium work together to achieve clarity and structure in a lip product.

Other ingredients like Oil Thick™ Transparent or using the Oil Stick Base with added oils are also viable methods for creating clear stick or solid oil textures.

Without knowing the specific ingredients you currently have (shown in the image), it's difficult to say if you can make a clear lipstick with them directly. However, if your ingredients do not include gelling agents specifically designed for clear oil formulations (like Oil Stick™ Hard, Oil Stick™ Medium, Oil Thick™ Transparent, Oil Thick™ Clear S, or Oil Stick Base), you will likely need to add one or a combination of these to achieve a clear texture.

Adding beeswax will make your lipstick cloudy.