What’s the difference between lipstick and lip balm?
Lipsticks and lip balms are very different in terms of application methods, ingredient formulas, production processes, and historical evolution.
First of all, let's talk about the main difference between lipstick and lipstick.
The main function of lipstick is to moisturize, and it can also play a certain protective role. Generally, lipstick will be applied when the lips are relatively dry. Lipstick can also be applied to sleep, and the moisturizing effect will be better than during the day. However, there are also colored lipsticks. It has the effect of brightening lip color, but the effect is not as obvious as lipstick.
The main function of lipstick is to change the lip color, and of course it also has a certain moisturizing effect. However, it is not as good as lipstick, so some people will use lipstick as a primer before using lipstick.
Let's talk about the difference between the formula of lipstick and lip balm.
In order to achieve a better moisturizing effect, lip balms generally use oily ingredients, as well as petroleum jelly, waxes, etc. So it will look relatively oily when applied on the lips.
The ingredients in the lipstick also add spices and flavorings to the waxy base of the lipstick. The texture is also a bit harder and drier than a lip balm. Not only can change the lip color, but also make the lips with fragrance.
Regarding the production process of lipstick and lip balm, GIENICOS has a great say. Because we are good at producing lipstick machines and lip balm machines at the same time.
So what is the development history of lipstick and lip balm?
Let’s talk about lipstick first.In 3500 BC, humans began to use some colored minerals and plant pigments on the cheeks and lips to achieve the purpose of beauty, first the Sumerians, then the Egyptians, Syrians, Babylonians, Persians, The Greeks and Romans bottled colored wood, vegetables and a mixture of pulp and lard. For lip beauty, according to historical records, in 1895, France had a red lipstick called Pomad en Baton containing tallow and beeswax. At that time, lipsticks were liquid or cream, and they were packed in boxes. Mainly cochineal, an alkaline solution of carmine. In the late 19th century, organic dyes were developed and followed by eosin (tetrabromofluorescein) around 1915-1920. And in 1929, the screw-in lipstick container appeared, starting the modern lipstick formula and production.
Let's talk about the historical evolution of lip balm.History of lip balm As early as in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, women had already used some reddish mineral or plant pigments on their cheeks and lips to achieve beauty. In China, as early as the Three Kingdoms period, the writer Cao Zhi described the beauty of women in his "Luo Shen Fu" with the phrase "Dan lips are bright outside, white teeth are fresh inside...". By the Tang Dynasty, women knew how to use natural pigments to beautify their lips.
Before the beginning of the 20th century, people usually mixed cucumber puree and rose juice to make liquid or creamy lipsticks, which were packed in boxes for later use, but the use and preservation were far from being as convenient as they are now. Until 1917, the lipstick made of oil and wax in a cylindrical shape and screw-in package was available, and it was very popular because it was very convenient to use and store. In 1938, lip brushes made of marten hair became popular, which could outline the lips clearly and highlight the fullness of the lips.
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