Real Girl Lip Gloss

Your lip gloss. Your way. The possibilities are endless with this awesome recipe and how cool to know exactly what you are putting on those smackers.

Materials
Vegetable shortening, honey, unsweetened drink mix (eg. Kool-Aid), hot water

Directions
1. Use a small bowl to mix 1 tbsp of the solid vegetable shortening and 1 tsp of honey.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the drink mix and 1/4 tsp of hot water until it is dissolved. Stir in as much of the drink mix as possible. The actual amount will depend on the temperature of water. The more you can dissolve, the stronger the flavor will be.
You can choose the color and flavor of you lip gloss by the type of drink mix you use.

3. Add one drop of the water mixture to the shortening/honey base. Stir well. Repeat until you get the color/flavor combination you want.

4. Pour into a clean container or old lip gloss pot.

5. Store in the refrigerator. Keeps for 3 days, but it tastes so good that you will use it up very fast!

Variation
Use some glitter for cake decorating to add some sparkle to your lip gloss.