What about those lips?!

This is directly from the FDA's page where you can read up on all your favorite pigments. Note, just because a specific pigment is listed here doesn't mean it's the same one as in your face paint as this list contains only pigments exempt from certification . If you want to read up on a specific ingredient, make sure you're comparing apples with apples, please.

http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditivesinSpecificProducts/InCosmetics/default.htm
PART 73—LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION
§ 73.2725 Ultramarines.

(a) Identity. The color additives, ultramarines (blue, green, pink, red, and violet) are pigments obtained by calcining at temperatures above 700 °C. a mixture of kaolin, sulfur, sodium carbonate, silicious matter, sodium sulfate, and carbonaceous matter, but not necessarily all these substances, to produce a single color. The ultramarines are complex sodium aluminum sulfosilicates having a typical formula Na(AlSiO)S with proportions of each element varying with each color.

(b) Specifications. The ultramarines shall conform to the following specifications and shall be free from impurities other than those named, to the extent that such other impurities may be avoided by good manufacturing practice.

Lead (as Pb), not more than 20 parts per million.

Arsenic (as As), not more than 3 parts per million.

Mercury (as Hg), not more than 1 part per million.

(c) Uses and restrictions. The ultramarine pigments may be safely used for coloring externally applied cosmetics, including cosmetics intended for use in the area of the eye, in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice.

(d) Labeling requirements. The color additives and any mixtures prepared therefrom intended solely or in part for coloring purposes shall bear, in addition to any other information required by law, labeling in accordance with § 70.25 of this chapter.

(e) Exemption from certification. Certification of this color additive is not necessary for the protection of the public health, and therefore batches thereof are exempt from certification pursuant to section 721(c) of the act.

This blog post is also helpful at breaking down the blue issue and lists the phone number to the FDA if you have follow-up questions:
http://tkbtrading.blogspot.com/2010/07/safety-of-pigments.html

Also, the rumor that the average woman "eats 3-10lbs of lipstick in her lifetime" is pretty untrue: http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/lipstick.asp[b]

For lips I use lipsticks, I have a pink, red, purple, and a silver. For cleanliness issues I wipe/rub the lipstick on a tissue before and after each use, to make sure a good 'layer' of lipstick is rubbed off between clients. Lipstick feels better on the lips and lasts longer then paint which gets quickly 'eaten off'...

HB wrote:For lips I use lipsticks, I have a pink, red, purple, and a silver. For cleanliness issues I wipe/rub the lipstick on a tissue before and after each use, to make sure a good 'layer' of lipstick is rubbed off between clients. Lipstick feels better on the lips and lasts longer then paint which gets quickly 'eaten off'...

Ill have to try that idea thanks

Katurah -
Buy a large lipstick pallet and invest in the disposable lip stick wands. Much more hygienic.

My current favorite is from coastal scents.

tamarielpaints wrote:Katurah -
Buy a large lipstick pallet and invest in the disposable lip stick wands. Much more hygienic.

My current favorite is from coastal scents.

I hear Coastal Scents is really nice, do they blend well together if I use multiple colors?

Fanie wrote:Oh, and I'm trying to find some kind of cute palette with all kind of different lipstick colors on it. (Like pink and red, but also blue, oranges, green, etc!) So the colors will stay instead of fading since facepaint is waterbased.

http://www.coastalscents.com/makeup/palettes/lip-palettes.html
inexpensive, and tons of colors! I will suggest a Qtip to apply

I you have some money to blow I will suggest make your own pallet with:
http://www.limecrimemakeup.com/categories/lipstick/