Bite Beauty Lipstick Lab: Personal lipstick making!

Hello Lovelies!

Here's day 2 of Blogmas! Although it's not a christmas post or a new travel destination for Travel Tuesday, it's a travel destination with a very special activity!

Personal Lipstick Making!!!

If this isn't what dreams are made of, I don't know what is!

So whilst I was in New York I booked an appointment at the Bite Beauty Lip Lab to have my own custom lipstick made. The whole total for this starts at only $36 which I think is incredible value!

Once you go in the really unique Soho based Lip Lab the lovely ladies welcome you and you get started on creating your lipstick masterpiece. 

You have a little chat/ colour consultation about the shade you're after and the finish. Then they work their magic by mixing and blending some lip paints together. I never realised how scientific and creative the whole lipstick making process was. It's so exciting to watch too!



I asked for a pinky nude with a creme finish at first, but after a few mixing, swabbing and swatching sessions, I realised I wanted and needed more of a browner nude and a matte finish.You can see from this picture how different the initial colour was.

However after a few attempts we found the perfect shade! 
So then it was time to move onto the next stage. The scent (definitely the yummy part!)

There were many scents to choose from: cherry, mint, vanilla, citrus, mango, violet and wildberry and you even could mix and match them!

So I opted for vanilla and wildberry, because where else can you get this flavour from?

It's a very yummy and delicious lipstick indeed.

The next stage was the technical part. The ladies worked their lipstick magic by mixing your shade in a bigger version and then placed it into the machine for some real mixing and melting. Once out it's then poured into the moulds where it's frozen for about 5 minutes! I never ever knew lipstick was frozen. So this whole lipstick process was wayyyy more useful than any science lesson I've ever had!

The lipstick making process is incredible, they even give you a choice of the packaging so the bullet and lid!

You then watch as they successfully place the lipstick into the bullet with such skill and care. They have to do this very carefully indeed to avoid the horror of lipstick smudging! However they're so talented at this, that they do it perfectly every time.

I am so pleased with my own personal lipstick, it really is the perfect shade for me.

If you're ever in New York, I highly recommend this as it's such a special and unique experience.

Have you ever visited Bite Beauty Lip Lab/ would like to?

L x