OKAY - AN UPDATE 1. I through away alllllllll of the lip glosses with the charms because MEGA GROSS YA'LL. Thank you to everyone who helped educate with love in the comment section! 2. Disinfecting, Sanitizing, and Sterilizing are all different things and I'm a big bozo for using those words interchangeably. I did not STERILIZE those lip gloss tubes, I do not have the fancy equipment for such a process. Thank you again to all the cool chem students and lab workers who helped a gal out in the comments. 3. Any comments discussing other small businesses in a derogatory way with immediately be deleted. Royalty Soaps has NEVER advocated for exposing, bullying, or harrasing others online. The red flags listed here are not to target any one specific person or group, but are the effect of me simply reading the FDA's website (ie. list your ingredients, manufacture in a clean environment). Another regulation not mentioned in the video is listing the full address of the manufacturing location on your packaging. This part of the video was simply to equip the consumer with a quick bullet list before they put things on their mouth. lol 4. Still no plans to sell lip gloss at this point. 😂
Could you please cover some of this in a follow-up video? Even more information, and correct some misconceptions? That'd be AWESOME! This whole rabbit hole is so fascinating and I'd love to hear more about it.
I don’t normally comment “corrections” on videos, but I just wanted to let everyone know that 70% isopropyl alcohol is a lot better at sterilizing than 90%. The sterilization process from alcohol comes from the evaporating alcohol. The 90% evaporates too fast to have much of a benefit. This isn’t widely known. I feel like Katie would love to have this information because she wants what’s best for everyone.
I remember that now. When the pandemic first happened all I could get was 91% alcohol & I had to add water to it to use as hand sanitizer. Now I just buy the 70% because it's just easier.
I so appreciate your process. I’ve cringed hard watching the lipgloss making shorts with girls with only one glove, no weighing or measuring of colorants or fragrance/flavor and it just freaks me ouuuuut
Same! I just checked one sellers websites and like Katy said they didn’t list colourants or fragrances it was just “cosmetic grade pigment” and “flavouring oil” 🫣
@@bekah4137 hahaha I know EXACTLY who you are referring to because the first thing I did was look at their site when Katie said that, too. Thankfully I've never purchased there and now I most certainly never will.
@@TwistyKitty I didn’t want to put their name specifically 🤣 I’ve watched a lot of their content and noticed the lack of measuring but I just had to check the ingredients list! I’m not huge on lip gloss and live in the uk so it was never an option for me personally but I know viewers who voice their concerns get berated and bullied. Katie is such a queen! Sharing correct information and outing safety concerns and hazards!
To add to that, some of them are scantily clad and I am wondering how they are making cosmetic products to sell and not fully clothed. One who makes body butters said she does not use gloves because she does not think they are sanitary. She does not get it that when you are wearing gloves you can sanitize them regularly with the harsh alcohol on your hands. Some of them make you cringe for real.
@@yve5659 I’m sorry I really don’t feel comfortable being specific with their company name because I know they have a large following and they give anyone who questions their process hard time (often in videos). If however you have doubts about a company definitely trust your gut. Like Katy said lip gloss like this is literally going on/in your mouth.
I am a makeup artist and a paramedic - just so you're aware, 70% alcohol is the cosmetic grade you need to adequately sanitize. Anything higher evaporates too quickly, so it doesn't have the time to penetrate the cell and kill whatever it may be. Just thought you may want to know for future. :)
Katie , never change . You are like Tigger , " bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy fun fun fun, the wonderful, wonderful thing about Katie is - she's the only one. " . Love the video and you .
Always appreciate Katie's professional advice to crafters and consumers. It is easy to say, " I'm just making this for myself," but she takes safety as a serious priority. It's morbid, but people have died for those standards to be put in place for other's safety.
Definitely. Old addage I've heard, every safety rule and sign is written in blood, because until someome dies from it "well it hasn't killed anybody yet, so no reason to mess with the bottom line"
Great video! I work with polymer clay and use mineral oil to make clay softer ie. frosting consistency. That makes me worry about having charms in the gloss. Polymer clay is pretty toxic, so I would not want it to break down into something you are putting on your skin and probably ingesting. They looked pretty though!
I was thinking this too. I also highly doubt they can be properly sterilized. From what I've seen Polymer clay is generally not considered food safe and that seems relevant to something that needs to be sterile. Also you get less lip gloss per container!
Katie out here (probably unintentionally) calling out a specific, very popular lip gloss small business for their unsafe practices. The duchess takes care of her community. ❤️
Thanks for pointing out the red flags! Every small business owner making cosmetics should hear that! I thought of two lip gloss making videos I saw recently were the store owner did none of those things!!
I wish other crafters and small businesses were as safety conscience as you are about every product you make, even the ones you're not selling. You, girl, are the real mvp! Thank you for all you do and for keeping us all entertained!
Hi Katie! I have some experience with the Lorann oils, though not in lip gloss. I've used them in hard candy making which I believe is the intended purpose, especially the ones that come in the tiny glass bottles. They are really concentrated flavors which is great for candy making but maybe not lip gloss. I can see why people would try them in a lip product but I would worry about them being too concentrated and perhaps irritating for some people. I'm sure many people assume that since they're sold in the baking aisle of craft stores and can be eaten that it would be fine to apply to lips but I would be wary.
For sure! Lorann oils are 100% food safe, but not all of them are body safe! I mainly use them for making hard candy as well, but I have used them in bath bombs for friends and although there are some that are safe, do your research on EVERY FLAVOR. For example, Almond is a no, root beer is a no, and cinnamon is an ABSOLUTE no.
I feel like you're like the big sister of the body product crafting world. You are just always so on point with getting educated on good practice standards, willing to have some fun trying out new ideas and crafts, and making sure to advise and educate others in a realistic and down-to-earth way. Thank you Katie!
I just have to say, I love that you're channel is both entertaining AND educational! Of course this specific video isn't a tutorial (like you said), but I learned a lot about how to produce and consume cosmetics safely from small businesses. Wish this information was shared more, I feel like not enough people know this.
when I saw the texture of the lipgloss components I thought “huh that feels a little yucky to me for some reason” and then I saw the LIPS! those are horrifying but in a hilarious way. I love seeing you make different things! I would love to see you try out chapstick/lip balm… somehow seems similar to soap and candles to me. I have the driest lips and have been thinking about making my own chapstick!
@@KtP370 Not for me, no! I know what you mean with like the prescription steroid and regular hydrocortizone creams (though I will only use the Aveeno one now because it feels and works WAY better). This balm really feels like nothing once it warms up to body temperature. I use it on new tattoos, too.
Beauty Treats USED to make an excellent lip gloss that was lanolin and castor oil. Then they changed the formula to mineral oil. Blech. I need to figure out how to make my own, I don't put petroleum products on my lips. That original formula was both hydrating and healing. It was the best.
I have to say, I quite enjoyed watching this and was sad when we came to the fast forward part. Would've gladly sat here watching you make lip gloss for an hour! Thank you for another fun video~ ♡
Katie, what you're doing is not sterilization. It's disinfection. sterilization can only happen in high heat (121C and above) and high pressure, for that you need an autoclave.
So excited to watch this video! I really appreciate the intro and disclaimer/warnings! It definitely made me think of some red flags I didn’t notice with small creators of cosmetics! I like that you’ve sterilised the tubes, I’ve heard some creators say they can’t sterilise their tubes because it “contaminates them”.
They may still be truthful though depending on what the manufacturer does, autoclaved vessels in sealed bags would be the most sterile. Straight lip balm tubes could probably be sterilized using UV light by a larger business. Air drying at room temperature could actually introduce bacterial growth. But if the small businesses don't know for sure then this method is better than nothing. I'm researching at the moment, so I'm just approaching it from a lab standpoint where a single bacterium could mess up your results and a lot of our plastic consumables are pre-sterilized or autoclaved (extreme steam cleaning in a high pressure environment which means they are dry afterwards). Would a run of the mill container manufacturer do this tho...
@@Elizabeth-iv2pr thank you for your reply! I’m not entirely sure what their individual situations are since i don’t have the information on their specific packaging but it’s definitely super interesting to think about! I’d most likely look into it more but making cosmetics is just not something I’m going to ever do so I have no need really. I definitely agree that it’s most likely not something the run of the mill would do though!
As somebody who's really big into food and products safety, I love the way you went about this and I love the way you are informing your viewers about it. Thank you so much
For my education we have done a lot of laboratory work and the nr. 1 rule is that you can never be too careful with safety. Even though this is not for cosmetics, any kind of lab work or manufacturing process should take these necessary precautions for everyone's benefits. Glad to hear you talk about them! Stay safe everyone :D
As someone with contamination based OCD, I really REALLY appreciate you talking about the sterilization process and how important it is to you!! If I were to buy lipgloss from a small business, it would absolutely be Royalty Soaps!
Great experiment! I wouldn't recommend using the polymer clay charms. I have alot of experience using clay and it can corrode different plastics. I once had some canes in an old ice cream plastic tub and 2 weeks later the polymer clay had 'melted' a hole through it. It was Fimo soft polymer clay. As cute as they looked, I wouldn't buy a lip product with polymer clay charms inside. Hope this helps xx
That happens because the plasticizer (the stuff that makes clay moldable) in unbaked clay can pass on to certain plastics and make them softer and ‘melted’! It absorbs to the pvc and becomes non-reactive if baked correctly but I do agree with the other concerns of not being able to sanitize them completely, plastics leaching back out over years, not knowing how the manufacturers cured the clay, etc
Other than the clay itself used to make the cute little charms, you also have to think about the stuff that were used to color them which might be a whole different can of worms. So yeah, too much variables that might cause unknowns so better just not having them there. (Its not like they serve any other purpose than being aesthetic anyway)
A pipette taped to the end of your syringe helps to fill tubes. And leave about an inch from the top of the tube when filling, it leaves enough room for the applicator to fit in. I don't use a versa gel I make my own lip stick base and turn it in to a gloss. I also use FD&C batch certified lakes for coloring...
@@JodiLeaSnakeQueen I can assure you the one I’m referring to is very popular. I’m not going to name them because it’s not my thing but if cosmetics and supporting small businesses is your preference, definitely keep what Katy said in the back of your mind 🙂
@@bekah4137 yep, I know EXACTLY who you’re talking about. So scary to think how big they are too and still allowed to sell their products how they do! Insane.
The flavor oils are super concentrated. I would be very worried that I would get to much and burn the heck out of my lips, thinking about the cinnamon oil specifically. The flavor oils are for chocolate and food things.
I love cinnamon, but I’ve used cinnamon toothpaste in the past. Everywhere on me the toothpaste touched turned red in reaction. So no more of that flavor for me. 😕
This is why I kind of side-eye a lot of those tiktok small businesses. They're making lipgloss in their bedrooms and putting lord knows what into them lol
Katie, your channel is such a safe space for me. Your content is so uplifting and joyful that no matter what is happening in my life, I can find reprieve in your videos. I’ve been following the channel silently for years but I really want you to know how much of an impact you make on my life 💖 thank you, Katie, from the bottom of my heart 🥰
I’m not sure about the sterilization tablets that you purchased but when I worked in food service, you washed, rinsed, then sterilized. Item had to be submerged for 1 minute then let air dry-not rinsed again. The solution evaporates like rubbing alcohol does and that’s what actually kills the germs. Like I said, not sure about the tabs that you purchased but may be worth looking into for the future if you use them again. ☺️ I do love watching your videos and how much you strive to save us from ourselves 😁
I loved this so much. I’ve been eyeing TKB’s gloss fixins for over a year. Got heavily into making my own nail polish, and love their products and the way they label what’s been approved for what usage. I was also weirdly excited to see you use steramine tablets. I use steramine solution at home as a laundry additive and for kitchen cleaning.
@@msjkramey tkb trading has what you need for basics of nail polish making!! they have polish bases and some colorants and micas. if you want to add glitters etc to it, it also involves months of testing to make sure your polish is good and the glitter didnt melt or strip off into the polish. you can never be too sure ugh
Your dedication to safety really keeps me coming back, and seeing this video was no different! You're amazing and if you were to ever add lipgloss to your store I'd buy it right along side your soaps! (my whole family is a huge fan of you now, we've been buying for a few years now. Two of us have skin problems and your soaps are so gentle on us while also being super fun and we can't thank you enough for that!)
OK, I was not planning to comment this, but if you are doing this to sell in the future this might be useful. In general you should not rinse a sterilized item unless it is with fully sterilized water. Otherwise you reconteminate the item. Made that mistake and got scolded for it when I did lab work in uni. Love your videos.
I love that you helped educate people on the dangers and red flags of buying cosmetics when not in a sterile lab. I actually been so confused on who is buying products someone makes at home… esp when they post content about how they make this stuff and you see how little they care about sterilization/don’t wear hair nets/caps/gloves and casually eat/drink around the products they are creating.
I would definately buy Royalty Gloss to go with my Royalty Soap. Espessaly since Katy always does such a wonderful job of letting us know what she's putting in her products. The trasperancey from people like her is why I choose them over bigger brands. Most just don't care enough to make me feel safe putting their products on my skin or my families skin. With most soaps, if I wash my face with them I break out and get really dry skin. Not with Royalty Soaps. Thank you Katey for your wanderful porducts and you wonderful personality. You always make my day just a little brighter.
Ooooh, Katie! Watch Caitlin Blue's video about her experience using that filling machine before you use it for that. I believe the cleaning of it is intense. 🙃 Great video! Thanks so much!
I love hearing you reiterate that this is not a tutorial, but still adhering to proper safety standards. Never change, Katie 💜 it really goes a long way towards keeping people safe just to witness
I used to teach this about 25 years ago. Glad to see it's catching on again. It's fun and easy! And about the safety concerns, bravo! Most people don't realize how easy it is for products to get contaminated, and that they should throw out most makeup after six months because of potential bacterial and fungal growth.
Love this and you, important to note that sterilization is not the same as sanitization, which is not the same as clean. I love your method, but sterile would require an autoclave, which is suited for surgery but would be overkill for this application.
As a lipgloss business myself I love the video! it shows should hygiene is super duper important. I see some people mentioning how the lip-gloss business can be unhygienic which is true, I produce all my glosses in a completely different room and kitchen.
I love your videos Katie. Have watched you for years now. I really enjoy seeing you try different things. I find your soap videos so relaxing and calming You are a gift to the world
I can tell you that the LorAnn flavouring oils are sold for use in food like chocolates and candies, etc. They are highly concentrated compared to a flavour extract (like vanilla or almond extracts) and are oil based so they can be used in chocolate without causing it to seize, which water or alcohol based flavours will do. So they are definitely safe for your lips since they are intended to be consumed, but I know nothing about how they would interact with cosmetics ingredients. I know with food it takes very little to get the flavour and it’s very easy to overdo it with those bottles. I’m a home baker, but I’ve taken some baking, cake decorating, and chocolate workshops.
I really love how much research you've put into this, and honestly I'd love to hear a video about more of the guidelines and legalities surrounding the manufacture of cosmetics and soaps. Some of the nitty gritty bits of this industry would be fun to hear about in detail!
Hi Katie, I have a quick safety question. Slime makers often use candle and soap scent products to scent their slimes (colorants as well), however I never see these additives weighed out. Given that slime is played with and has significant contact with skin, would you expect and advise that something like scent additives be carefully measured and controlled when using in slime? I’d think that including amounts over the amounts directed by the manufacturer would have the potential to be harmful to the skin, due to the direct slime to skin contact (and almost always children!). Thoughts ?Thanks!
Former soap maker here - Yes, these makers should be absolutely taking the prolonged skin contact into consideration with the scents they use, making sure to use skin safe fragrance at ratios that would be safe for something like a lotion or perfume (really anything that would have prolonged contact, more than soap) - this is, I'm pretty sure, entirely unregulated though and highly likely most makers don't consider it unless they have a background in cosmetics or soapmaking.
I make candles and I’ve bought slime for my daughter. The amounts of scent allowed in lotions is quite a bit. Like, make ya have a headache the smell is so strong. The scents in the slime is very mild. I highly doubt they put half the suggested amount in. They are about making profit. Scented oils are expensive.
At 5:22 - fun fact about sanitizing with rubbing alcohol! It’s counterintuitive, but 70% actually sanitizes better than 90%. This is because some water molecules need to be present in order for the alcohol to penetrate bacterial cell membranes. When I was taking microbiology, we always disinfected our lab benches with 70% alcohol for this reason.
microbiology student here- I am so excited about the sterilization and researching and documentation! it tickles my happy nerd brain 😂 this was so much fun to watch and I love you having fun with it! can’t wait for the next thing! ❤
Love this so much! I could honestly also watch the long cut of this where we sed each color and flavor for each blend and your thoughts in long format.
When I made my own lip glosses, I taped the end of a pipe the to the syringe and it worked like a dream…I used versagel and it was one sticky mess to clean up. I’ll check out TKB when I want to do it again…my best seller was a rosy beige! thanks Katie for playing with new stuffs!
Great video. However, it’s worth pointing out that there’s an important difference between sterilising, disinfecting and sanitising. All those “sterilising” steps were actually disinfecting. Sterilising is not really something that can be easily, safely done at home without either hazardous chemicals, or an autoclave.
YES!!!! So true!!! Im so guilty of using those words interchangeably when they are NOT the same thing! I will be clarifying this in a pinned comment, thank you so much for commenting!!!
I use the Louann's flavor oils for candy flavoring and so did my mama before me. I don't know that it's intended for makeup but I know it's for candy making.
Hey darlin, totally appreciate your cleanliness & just to save you some time should you decide to do this in the future Steramine is a no rinse sterilizer. They're actually completely nontoxic so the company says you don't even need gloves or goggles when using it & it can be used around pets & children BUT considering these little glosses will be used around people's mouths plus skin is very sensitive sometimes I don't blame you wanting to be extra safe
Great video, love the content - started watching back in 2020 because your videos are so calming, its almost like watching an episode of the Great British Bake Off. Regardless, as a dude - I'd love a lip balm, if you made a more neutral color/scented option!
As someone who worked in a factory that made cosmetics, I’ll say that you’re kind of right and kind of wrong about how sterile products are made. The products themselves typically include preservatives and other chemicals to prevent bacterial growth, but they’re made by people who are in hairnets and clean (usually) clothes coverings like coats or aprons, but not sterile gowns or suits. The cosmetics are then tested for microbes in a sterile hood by someone, again, in a hairnet and clean but not sterile clothes. The difference between clean and sterile is not usually something that’s well taught in general education. Medical and hard sciences probably get the best crash courses!
I absolutely love your videos and how seriously you take safety procedures! I would love to see lip gloss from you in the future! Please always continue to be such a genuinely amazing person!❤️
I have made lipstick and lip gloss for 3 years, best practices notes do not sterilize the Doe foot applicators because you can get all of the remaining water out of the applicator and wand. This will cause bacteria to grow
I really enjoyed this video and all the safety concerns you had and precautions you took. Only thing that "bothered" me a bit was how you weighed your ingredients. You said you wanted to make a 50g batch, and add x% of oil etc. But then you already put 50g of the gel base in it, making your batch effectively a lot bigger than 50g =O it also throws off the percentages, as 25g of oil are 50% in a 50g batch, but in your ~80g mix it is way less. I don't know if you changed the measuring in the later badges, just something that threw me off 😅 (i work in a pharmacy and while not making cosmetics, I make medical creams.)
I would love it if you could somehow create lip gloss flavors and color combos based on your most popular soaps from your website and maybe figure out a way to make them smell similar to the actual soaps, if possible. I think that would be a fun idea because then people could have a lip safe match to the soap that they order! 🙂
Some states , like Ohio, state anything other than soap is considered a cosmetic and the manufacturing site must be inspected by the USDA. The inspection is free though. This includes a small home based business.
Katie, You are an absolutely AMAZING PERSON 👏!!!! I am always soooo happy to hear your explanations about safety, laws, regulations, and being transparent with your products. Too many tutorials ((I know this video was not a tutorial)) never touch the safety aspect. Which leaves me with the yucks about the health risks the crafters expose themselves, their family, and their friends and consumers to. Thanks for always looking out for others. Now, I think I may need to go to buy some lip gloss supplies... Not to sell... just for me.
I very much needed Katie's enthusiasm and light this morning. It helps more than I can put into words. I know she doesn't personally handle the comments anymore, but I still want to say thank you
Yesssss! As a soap/lotion/candle maker I genuinely appreciate you pointing out the precautions we must take for selling items. Now I'm going to need to place a TKB order (for personal use)
I think it would be fun if you had lipgloss that matched your soap themes! You could even make it a vote where say the top 3 choices would be made into a lipgloss. 💋
Katie, thank you for being you. Joyful, humble and grateful. I've been watching for a long time and your videos are always bringing me much needed relaxation and joy. Although I never made a single bar of soap in my life. So just a simple thank you for everything that you do :)
This is from the Lorann Flavoring Oils website- Can your flavors be used in lip balm and lip gloss crafting? Customers have found that our Super-Strength flavors work well in some lip balm/gloss recipes, but not in other recipes. The composition of the base seems to affect how well a particular flavor stays in suspension without floating to the top. We recommend testing a flavor in a small amount of base to see how well the flavor works in your recipe.
I loved this it was somehow more relaxing than when she makes soaps. Something about the filing and coloring process that was so cool🤍 and I know she would make the most hydrating lip gloss ever
we use steramine at my work for our dishes: we dilute it much more (test on a pH strip) and as long as it's in the correct range, it doesnt have to be rinsed off to be safe! not sure about how it might possibly react with the lip gloss ingredients (but probably wouldnt after drying completely)
OKAY - AN UPDATE
1. I through away alllllllll of the lip glosses with the charms because MEGA GROSS YA'LL. Thank you to everyone who helped educate with love in the comment section!
2. Disinfecting, Sanitizing, and Sterilizing are all different things and I'm a big bozo for using those words interchangeably. I did not STERILIZE those lip gloss tubes, I do not have the fancy equipment for such a process. Thank you again to all the cool chem students and lab workers who helped a gal out in the comments.
3. Any comments discussing other small businesses in a derogatory way with immediately be deleted. Royalty Soaps has NEVER advocated for exposing, bullying, or harrasing others online. The red flags listed here are not to target any one specific person or group, but are the effect of me simply reading the FDA's website (ie. list your ingredients, manufacture in a clean environment). Another regulation not mentioned in the video is listing the full address of the manufacturing location on your packaging. This part of the video was simply to equip the consumer with a quick bullet list before they put things on their mouth. lol
4. Still no plans to sell lip gloss at this point. 😂
My goodness. The things content creators have to put up with these days lol
You’re awesome. 🫶
Thank goodness you got rid of them! I was just coming in to tell you (from my experience sculpting with polymer clay etc) that that's no bueno.
Hi! The water you rinsed the containers for the lipgloss in after sanitizing them; is this sterilized water?
Could you please cover some of this in a follow-up video? Even more information, and correct some misconceptions? That'd be AWESOME! This whole rabbit hole is so fascinating and I'd love to hear more about it.
Katie! Thank you for listening to us about the polymer clay pieces.
I don’t normally comment “corrections” on videos, but I just wanted to let everyone know that 70% isopropyl alcohol is a lot better at sterilizing than 90%. The sterilization process from alcohol comes from the evaporating alcohol. The 90% evaporates too fast to have much of a benefit. This isn’t widely known. I feel like Katie would love to have this information because she wants what’s best for everyone.
I remember that now. When the pandemic first happened all I could get was 91% alcohol & I had to add water to it to use as hand sanitizer.
Now I just buy the 70% because it's just easier.
I so appreciate your process. I’ve cringed hard watching the lipgloss making shorts with girls with only one glove, no weighing or measuring of colorants or fragrance/flavor and it just freaks me ouuuuut
Same! I just checked one sellers websites and like Katy said they didn’t list colourants or fragrances it was just “cosmetic grade pigment” and “flavouring oil” 🫣
@@bekah4137 hahaha I know EXACTLY who you are referring to because the first thing I did was look at their site when Katie said that, too.
Thankfully I've never purchased there and now I most certainly never will.
@@TwistyKitty I didn’t want to put their name specifically 🤣 I’ve watched a lot of their content and noticed the lack of measuring but I just had to check the ingredients list! I’m not huge on lip gloss and live in the uk so it was never an option for me personally but I know viewers who voice their concerns get berated and bullied.
Katie is such a queen! Sharing correct information and outing safety concerns and hazards!
To add to that, some of them are scantily clad and I am wondering how they are making cosmetic products to sell and not fully clothed. One who makes body butters said she does not use gloves because she does not think they are sanitary. She does not get it that when you are wearing gloves you can sanitize them regularly with the harsh alcohol on your hands. Some of them make you cringe for real.
@@yve5659 I’m sorry I really don’t feel comfortable being specific with their company name because I know they have a large following and they give anyone who questions their process hard time (often in videos). If however you have doubts about a company definitely trust your gut. Like Katy said lip gloss like this is literally going on/in your mouth.
I am a makeup artist and a paramedic - just so you're aware, 70% alcohol is the cosmetic grade you need to adequately sanitize. Anything higher evaporates too quickly, so it doesn't have the time to penetrate the cell and kill whatever it may be. Just thought you may want to know for future. :)
Katie , never change . You are like Tigger , " bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy fun fun fun, the wonderful, wonderful thing about Katie is - she's the only one. " . Love the video and you .
That is so sweet. I love it.
I sang it in my head😅
@@caitlinhanson8631 lol me, too!
@@caitlinhanson8631 same
T-I-double Ga- Er lol
Always appreciate Katie's professional advice to crafters and consumers. It is easy to say, " I'm just making this for myself," but she takes safety as a serious priority.
It's morbid, but people have died for those standards to be put in place for other's safety.
Definitely. Old addage I've heard, every safety rule and sign is written in blood, because until someome dies from it "well it hasn't killed anybody yet, so no reason to mess with the bottom line"
@Ath I haven't heard that adage before but I completely agree
Great video! I work with polymer clay and use mineral oil to make clay softer ie. frosting consistency. That makes me worry about having charms in the gloss. Polymer clay is pretty toxic, so I would not want it to break down into something you are putting on your skin and probably ingesting. They looked pretty though!
nah time to throw out all of my lip-glosses that have those in them 💀
This is super good to know!!! 💗
I was thinking this too. I also highly doubt they can be properly sterilized. From what I've seen Polymer clay is generally not considered food safe and that seems relevant to something that needs to be sterile.
Also you get less lip gloss per container!
Polymer clay is actually NON- toxic. You can also eat/ingest mineral oil, it is used in some vitamins like vitamin E capsules you can take daily.
@@SaltySeed polymer clay isn’t food safe though. Which I would assume would mean it shouldn’t be used in anything that goes on your mouth.
Katie out here (probably unintentionally) calling out a specific, very popular lip gloss small business for their unsafe practices.
The duchess takes care of her community. ❤️
The fact that we’re all probably instantly thinking of the same creator too 🫣
@@bekah4137 whoooo
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@@bekah4137lol
@@bekah4137 who? Spill the tea
Thanks for pointing out the red flags! Every small business owner making cosmetics should hear that! I thought of two lip gloss making videos I saw recently were the store owner did none of those things!!
As a toxicologist, I really appreciate the long disclaimer in the beginning!
I wish other crafters and small businesses were as safety conscience as you are about every product you make, even the ones you're not selling. You, girl, are the real mvp! Thank you for all you do and for keeping us all entertained!
Hi Katie! I have some experience with the Lorann oils, though not in lip gloss. I've used them in hard candy making which I believe is the intended purpose, especially the ones that come in the tiny glass bottles. They are really concentrated flavors which is great for candy making but maybe not lip gloss. I can see why people would try them in a lip product but I would worry about them being too concentrated and perhaps irritating for some people. I'm sure many people assume that since they're sold in the baking aisle of craft stores and can be eaten that it would be fine to apply to lips but I would be wary.
For sure! Lorann oils are 100% food safe, but not all of them are body safe! I mainly use them for making hard candy as well, but I have used them in bath bombs for friends and although there are some that are safe, do your research on EVERY FLAVOR. For example, Almond is a no, root beer is a no, and cinnamon is an ABSOLUTE no.
I feel like you're like the big sister of the body product crafting world. You are just always so on point with getting educated on good practice standards, willing to have some fun trying out new ideas and crafts, and making sure to advise and educate others in a realistic and down-to-earth way. Thank you Katie!
I just have to say, I love that you're channel is both entertaining AND educational! Of course this specific video isn't a tutorial (like you said), but I learned a lot about how to produce and consume cosmetics safely from small businesses. Wish this information was shared more, I feel like not enough people know this.
when I saw the texture of the lipgloss components I thought “huh that feels a little yucky to me for some reason” and then I saw the LIPS! those are horrifying but in a hilarious way. I love seeing you make different things! I would love to see you try out chapstick/lip balm… somehow seems similar to soap and candles to me. I have the driest lips and have been thinking about making my own chapstick!
Tips for your dry lips that helped mine was putting an oil on my lips like olive oil or vegetable oil and then adding a layer of Vaseline on top
If you have a Trader Joe's, try their Head To Toe Balm that comes in a tin. I have eczema and I use it on lips and hands and any other crusty patches.
@@KtP370 Not for me, no! I know what you mean with like the prescription steroid and regular hydrocortizone creams (though I will only use the Aveeno one now because it feels and works WAY better). This balm really feels like nothing once it warms up to body temperature. I use it on new tattoos, too.
Beauty Treats USED to make an excellent lip gloss that was lanolin and castor oil. Then they changed the formula to mineral oil. Blech. I need to figure out how to make my own, I don't put petroleum products on my lips. That original formula was both hydrating and healing. It was the best.
I have to say, I quite enjoyed watching this and was sad when we came to the fast forward part. Would've gladly sat here watching you make lip gloss for an hour! Thank you for another fun video~ ♡
Katie, what you're doing is not sterilization. It's disinfection. sterilization can only happen in high heat (121C and above) and high pressure, for that you need an autoclave.
So excited to watch this video!
I really appreciate the intro and disclaimer/warnings! It definitely made me think of some red flags I didn’t notice with small creators of cosmetics!
I like that you’ve sterilised the tubes, I’ve heard some creators say they can’t sterilise their tubes because it “contaminates them”.
They may still be truthful though depending on what the manufacturer does, autoclaved vessels in sealed bags would be the most sterile. Straight lip balm tubes could probably be sterilized using UV light by a larger business.
Air drying at room temperature could actually introduce bacterial growth. But if the small businesses don't know for sure then this method is better than nothing.
I'm researching at the moment, so I'm just approaching it from a lab standpoint where a single bacterium could mess up your results and a lot of our plastic consumables are pre-sterilized or autoclaved (extreme steam cleaning in a high pressure environment which means they are dry afterwards). Would a run of the mill container manufacturer do this tho...
@@Elizabeth-iv2pr thank you for your reply! I’m not entirely sure what their individual situations are since i don’t have the information on their specific packaging but it’s definitely super interesting to think about! I’d most likely look into it more but making cosmetics is just not something I’m going to ever do so I have no need really. I definitely agree that it’s most likely not something the run of the mill would do though!
Lip containers should always come sterilized and ready to use from a reputable supplier
As somebody who's really big into food and products safety, I love the way you went about this and I love the way you are informing your viewers about it. Thank you so much
For my education we have done a lot of laboratory work and the nr. 1 rule is that you can never be too careful with safety. Even though this is not for cosmetics, any kind of lab work or manufacturing process should take these necessary precautions for everyone's benefits. Glad to hear you talk about them! Stay safe everyone :D
As someone with contamination based OCD, I really REALLY appreciate you talking about the sterilization process and how important it is to you!! If I were to buy lipgloss from a small business, it would absolutely be Royalty Soaps!
Great experiment! I wouldn't recommend using the polymer clay charms. I have alot of experience using clay and it can corrode different plastics. I once had some canes in an old ice cream plastic tub and 2 weeks later the polymer clay had 'melted' a hole through it. It was Fimo soft polymer clay. As cute as they looked, I wouldn't buy a lip product with polymer clay charms inside. Hope this helps xx
That happens because the plasticizer (the stuff that makes clay moldable) in unbaked clay can pass on to certain plastics and make them softer and ‘melted’! It absorbs to the pvc and becomes non-reactive if baked correctly but I do agree with the other concerns of not being able to sanitize them completely, plastics leaching back out over years, not knowing how the manufacturers cured the clay, etc
Other than the clay itself used to make the cute little charms, you also have to think about the stuff that were used to color them which might be a whole different can of worms. So yeah, too much variables that might cause unknowns so better just not having them there. (Its not like they serve any other purpose than being aesthetic anyway)
A pipette taped to the end of your syringe helps to fill tubes. And leave about an inch from the top of the tube when filling, it leaves enough room for the applicator to fit in. I don't use a versa gel I make my own lip stick base and turn it in to a gloss. I also use FD&C batch certified lakes for coloring...
I really, really appreciate watching the sterilizing. It just makes me so safe and comfy even though I'm not purchasing a product.
Thank you for the disclaimers and safety information, I will pay attention to these in the future.
Reminded me of a particular creator so I went to look and so many of her warnings were there 🫣
@@bekah4137 I've watched SO many lip gloss makers and none have what she said to look out for
@@JodiLeaSnakeQueen I can assure you the one I’m referring to is very popular. I’m not going to name them because it’s not my thing but if cosmetics and supporting small businesses is your preference, definitely keep what Katy said in the back of your mind 🙂
@@bekah4137 yep, I know EXACTLY who you’re talking about. So scary to think how big they are too and still allowed to sell their products how they do! Insane.
The flavor oils are super concentrated. I would be very worried that I would get to much and burn the heck out of my lips, thinking about the cinnamon oil specifically. The flavor oils are for chocolate and food things.
I love cinnamon, but I’ve used cinnamon toothpaste in the past. Everywhere on me the toothpaste touched turned red in reaction. So no more of that flavor for me. 😕
We need a tutorial on Katie’s amazing space buns!! Love the zigzag part 😆❤️
This is why I kind of side-eye a lot of those tiktok small businesses. They're making lipgloss in their bedrooms and putting lord knows what into them lol
I just want to say Caleb has been killing it with the editing! Adding fun little things here and there. Just killing it friend.
Katie, your channel is such a safe space for me. Your content is so uplifting and joyful that no matter what is happening in my life, I can find reprieve in your videos. I’ve been following the channel silently for years but I really want you to know how much of an impact you make on my life 💖 thank you, Katie, from the bottom of my heart 🥰
I’m not sure about the sterilization tablets that you purchased but when I worked in food service, you washed, rinsed, then sterilized. Item had to be submerged for 1 minute then let air dry-not rinsed again. The solution evaporates like rubbing alcohol does and that’s what actually kills the germs. Like I said, not sure about the tabs that you purchased but may be worth looking into for the future if you use them again. ☺️ I do love watching your videos and how much you strive to save us from ourselves 😁
Yessss! Please offer lip glosses in your shop! Im sure with your never ending creativity, you’ll come up with some awesome colors!
I loved this so much. I’ve been eyeing TKB’s gloss fixins for over a year. Got heavily into making my own nail polish, and love their products and the way they label what’s been approved for what usage.
I was also weirdly excited to see you use steramine tablets. I use steramine solution at home as a laundry additive and for kitchen cleaning.
And good places to start to get info on making nail polish? I didn't even know that was something you could do at home
@@msjkramey tkb trading has what you need for basics of nail polish making!! they have polish bases and some colorants and micas. if you want to add glitters etc to it, it also involves months of testing to make sure your polish is good and the glitter didnt melt or strip off into the polish. you can never be too sure ugh
Yes! I would love it if you offered lipgloss you are truly such a great human! Love love love watching you
This was a great reminder of best practices. Also, thank you for trying to get varying shades of lips and the acknowledgment. It means a lot. 🥰
Your dedication to safety really keeps me coming back, and seeing this video was no different! You're amazing and if you were to ever add lipgloss to your store I'd buy it right along side your soaps! (my whole family is a huge fan of you now, we've been buying for a few years now. Two of us have skin problems and your soaps are so gentle on us while also being super fun and we can't thank you enough for that!)
OK, I was not planning to comment this, but if you are doing this to sell in the future this might be useful. In general you should not rinse a sterilized item unless it is with fully sterilized water. Otherwise you reconteminate the item. Made that mistake and got scolded for it when I did lab work in uni. Love your videos.
So I live in Lansing mi where lorann oils is. We use those mostly for hard candy making but they are edibles so it shouldn't be bad in lip gloss
I love that you helped educate people on the dangers and red flags of buying cosmetics when not in a sterile lab. I actually been so confused on who is buying products someone makes at home… esp when they post content about how they make this stuff and you see how little they care about sterilization/don’t wear hair nets/caps/gloves and casually eat/drink around the products they are creating.
I would definately buy Royalty Gloss to go with my Royalty Soap. Espessaly since Katy always does such a wonderful job of letting us know what she's putting in her products. The trasperancey from people like her is why I choose them over bigger brands. Most just don't care enough to make me feel safe putting their products on my skin or my families skin. With most soaps, if I wash my face with them I break out and get really dry skin. Not with Royalty Soaps. Thank you Katey for your wanderful porducts and you wonderful personality. You always make my day just a little brighter.
ooo you can wash your face with her soap and your face skin is fine? i have to try!
I'm really happy about how safety conscious this video is ☺️
Ooooh, Katie! Watch Caitlin Blue's video about her experience using that filling machine before you use it for that. I believe the cleaning of it is intense. 🙃
Great video! Thanks so much!
100% would buy a Royalty Soaps brand lip gloss. You do so much research and really care about what you’re producing.
I love hearing you reiterate that this is not a tutorial, but still adhering to proper safety standards. Never change, Katie 💜 it really goes a long way towards keeping people safe just to witness
I would absolutely buy lip gloss from you! I’d love to see them in your shop! They look so awesome.
I used to teach this about 25 years ago. Glad to see it's catching on again. It's fun and easy! And about the safety concerns, bravo! Most people don't realize how easy it is for products to get contaminated, and that they should throw out most makeup after six months because of potential bacterial and fungal growth.
Love this and you, important to note that sterilization is not the same as sanitization, which is not the same as clean. I love your method, but sterile would require an autoclave, which is suited for surgery but would be overkill for this application.
As a lipgloss business myself I love the video! it shows should hygiene is super duper important. I see some people mentioning how the lip-gloss business can be unhygienic which is true, I produce all my glosses in a completely different room and kitchen.
Your disclaimer @20:31 and the editing made me laugh so hard. I love your attitude and energy!!
I never thought about how those charms in lipgloss could be unsafe. Great video, very eye opening!
I love your videos Katie. Have watched you for years now.
I really enjoy seeing you try different things.
I find your soap videos so relaxing and calming
You are a gift to the world
I can tell you that the LorAnn flavouring oils are sold for use in food like chocolates and candies, etc. They are highly concentrated compared to a flavour extract (like vanilla or almond extracts) and are oil based so they can be used in chocolate without causing it to seize, which water or alcohol based flavours will do. So they are definitely safe for your lips since they are intended to be consumed, but I know nothing about how they would interact with cosmetics ingredients. I know with food it takes very little to get the flavour and it’s very easy to overdo it with those bottles. I’m a home baker, but I’ve taken some baking, cake decorating, and chocolate workshops.
I really love how much research you've put into this, and honestly I'd love to hear a video about more of the guidelines and legalities surrounding the manufacture of cosmetics and soaps. Some of the nitty gritty bits of this industry would be fun to hear about in detail!
Hi Katie, I have a quick safety question. Slime makers often use candle and soap scent products to scent their slimes (colorants as well), however I never see these additives weighed out. Given that slime is played with and has significant contact with skin, would you expect and advise that something like scent additives be carefully measured and controlled when using in slime? I’d think that including amounts over the amounts directed by the manufacturer would have the potential to be harmful to the skin, due to the direct slime to skin contact (and almost always children!). Thoughts ?Thanks!
Former soap maker here - Yes, these makers should be absolutely taking the prolonged skin contact into consideration with the scents they use, making sure to use skin safe fragrance at ratios that would be safe for something like a lotion or perfume (really anything that would have prolonged contact, more than soap) - this is, I'm pretty sure, entirely unregulated though and highly likely most makers don't consider it unless they have a background in cosmetics or soapmaking.
I make candles and I’ve bought slime for my daughter. The amounts of scent allowed in lotions is quite a bit. Like, make ya have a headache the smell is so strong. The scents in the slime is very mild. I highly doubt they put half the suggested amount in. They are about making profit. Scented oils are expensive.
At 5:22 - fun fact about sanitizing with rubbing alcohol! It’s counterintuitive, but 70% actually sanitizes better than 90%. This is because some water molecules need to be present in order for the alcohol to penetrate bacterial cell membranes. When I was taking microbiology, we always disinfected our lab benches with 70% alcohol for this reason.
Omg that was so fun to watch I love how you treated it like a science experiment
Literally dying at how much you say you’re not selling them, knowing we’d all hop on you for them if you didn’t. 😂❤
microbiology student here- I am so excited about the sterilization and researching and documentation! it tickles my happy nerd brain 😂 this was so much fun to watch and I love you having fun with it! can’t wait for the next thing! ❤
Love this so much! I could honestly also watch the long cut of this where we sed each color and flavor for each blend and your thoughts in long format.
Whenever I see videos of people making lipgloss I always think about how much you would enjoy doing this!
When I made my own lip glosses, I taped the end of a pipe the to the syringe and it worked like a dream…I used versagel and it was one sticky mess to clean up. I’ll check out TKB when I want to do it again…my best seller was a rosy beige! thanks Katie for playing with new stuffs!
If you do decide to sell the lip glosses. I would totally buy them from you. Plus they would make great little stocking stuffers for the Holidays.
Great video. However, it’s worth pointing out that there’s an important difference between sterilising, disinfecting and sanitising. All those “sterilising” steps were actually disinfecting. Sterilising is not really something that can be easily, safely done at home without either hazardous chemicals, or an autoclave.
YES!!!! So true!!! Im so guilty of using those words interchangeably when they are NOT the same thing! I will be clarifying this in a pinned comment, thank you so much for commenting!!!
Can’t get over how dang cute your hair is in this video
Never change Katie! Never mind that you aren't going to sell them... You are a good example to anyone who wants to own a small business. Well done!
I use the Louann's flavor oils for candy flavoring and so did my mama before me. I don't know that it's intended for makeup but I know it's for candy making.
I ❤️ your focus on safety!
Hey darlin, totally appreciate your cleanliness & just to save you some time should you decide to do this in the future Steramine is a no rinse sterilizer. They're actually completely nontoxic so the company says you don't even need gloves or goggles when using it & it can be used around pets & children BUT considering these little glosses will be used around people's mouths plus skin is very sensitive sometimes I don't blame you wanting to be extra safe
I’ve been watching you for years and today I was finally able to place my first order!!! I can not wait.
Thank you for that gigantic, thorough disclaimer, Katie! Keep doing what you do!
Love your hair Katie! You rock the double bun!
Great video, love the content - started watching back in 2020 because your videos are so calming, its almost like watching an episode of the Great British Bake Off.
Regardless, as a dude - I'd love a lip balm, if you made a more neutral color/scented option!
This was such an interesting video. Thank you for taking safety seriously.
the idea of royalty soaps branching out into other products is honestly such an exciting notion to me!!
I work in manufacturing and I really appreciate your precautions! That’s exactly what I wear at work plus gloves and booties☺️
Omg you should definitely seriously consider selling lipgloss! I would buy every shade!
I love how you are always so safe with your products. I've saw someone make soap with not gloves or any safety clothes on
LorAnn Oils has chapstick recipes in their website containing the flavor oils. I bought a kit from them once- they’ve always worked well for me!
I love how Katie is getting into all the beauty and fragrance categories
As someone who worked in a factory that made cosmetics, I’ll say that you’re kind of right and kind of wrong about how sterile products are made. The products themselves typically include preservatives and other chemicals to prevent bacterial growth, but they’re made by people who are in hairnets and clean (usually) clothes coverings like coats or aprons, but not sterile gowns or suits. The cosmetics are then tested for microbes in a sterile hood by someone, again, in a hairnet and clean but not sterile clothes. The difference between clean and sterile is not usually something that’s well taught in general education. Medical and hard sciences probably get the best crash courses!
I absolutely love your videos and how seriously you take safety procedures! I would love to see lip gloss from you in the future! Please always continue to be such a genuinely amazing person!❤️
Katie, thank you for doing this tutorial. I was curious about lip stuff
I have made lipstick and lip gloss for 3 years, best practices notes do not sterilize the Doe foot applicators because you can get all of the remaining water out of the applicator and wand. This will cause bacteria to grow
Thank you for always looking out for everyone and for being so fun. I really like your videos.
I use the Loran anise flavor in baking. So, in my opinion, that brand is more for baking/cooking.
I really enjoyed this video and all the safety concerns you had and precautions you took.
Only thing that "bothered" me a bit was how you weighed your ingredients.
You said you wanted to make a 50g batch, and add x% of oil etc. But then you already put 50g of the gel base in it, making your batch effectively a lot bigger than 50g =O it also throws off the percentages, as 25g of oil are 50% in a 50g batch, but in your ~80g mix it is way less.
I don't know if you changed the measuring in the later badges, just something that threw me off 😅 (i work in a pharmacy and while not making cosmetics, I make medical creams.)
I really LOVE seeing these videos about you trying all the things besides your soap making videos! Please keep them comming!
I would love it if you could somehow create lip gloss flavors and color combos based on your most popular soaps from your website and maybe figure out a way to make them smell similar to the actual soaps, if possible. I think that would be a fun idea because then people could have a lip safe match to the soap that they order! 🙂
Some states , like Ohio, state anything other than soap is considered a cosmetic and the manufacturing site must be inspected by the USDA. The inspection is free though. This includes a small home based business.
Katie, You are an absolutely AMAZING PERSON 👏!!!! I am always soooo happy to hear your explanations about safety, laws, regulations, and being transparent with your products. Too many tutorials ((I know this video was not a tutorial)) never touch the safety aspect. Which leaves me with the yucks about the health risks the crafters expose themselves, their family, and their friends and consumers to.
Thanks for always looking out for others.
Now, I think I may need to go to buy some lip gloss supplies... Not to sell... just for me.
I very much needed Katie's enthusiasm and light this morning. It helps more than I can put into words. I know she doesn't personally handle the comments anymore, but I still want to say thank you
Yesssss! As a soap/lotion/candle maker I genuinely appreciate you pointing out the precautions we must take for selling items. Now I'm going to need to place a TKB order (for personal use)
I think it would be fun if you had lipgloss that matched your soap themes! You could even make it a vote where say the top 3 choices would be made into a lipgloss. 💋
I would LOVE if Royalty Soaps sold lip gloss!
Katie, thank you for being you. Joyful, humble and grateful. I've been watching for a long time and your videos are always bringing me much needed relaxation and joy. Although I never made a single bar of soap in my life. So just a simple thank you for everything that you do :)
Oh my God I thought she was gonna goof around with a kiddy DIY kit but ya girl got super scientific about everything, I love it!
This is from the Lorann Flavoring Oils website-
Can your flavors be used in lip balm and lip gloss crafting?
Customers have found that our Super-Strength flavors work well in some lip balm/gloss recipes, but not in other recipes. The composition of the base seems to affect how well a particular flavor stays in suspension without floating to the top. We recommend testing a flavor in a small amount of base to see how well the flavor works in your recipe.
I loved the peachy color you made. It was gorgeous
I loved this it was somehow more relaxing than when she makes soaps. Something about the filing and coloring process that was so cool🤍 and I know she would make the most hydrating lip gloss ever
we use steramine at my work for our dishes: we dilute it much more (test on a pH strip) and as long as it's in the correct range, it doesnt have to be rinsed off to be safe! not sure about how it might possibly react with the lip gloss ingredients (but probably wouldnt after drying completely)