FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The Ultimate System contains pigment and frost to make approximately 3,500 lipsticks. The Deluxe System contains enough pigment and frost to make approximately 1,000 lipsticks. Your most re-ordered items will be lipstick base and lipstick tubes.
Colorlab’s lipstick has been described by the most discerning lipstick wearers as “the best lipstick they have ever tried”. All of Colorlab’s custom blend products are designed with quality in mind. The lipstick, gloss and glacé are superior quality formulations. The beauty of the custom blend system is that you create just the right color and adjust and combine products to get the perfect lipstick for your clients.
Colorlab offers three different lipstick bases: crème, butter (for sheer lipsticks) and long last matte, two lip gloss bases: stay-put (traditional gloss) and lip smoothie (balm like), and a glace (which is like MAC’s Lip Glass – sticky with a patent leather shine). These bases make terrific lip products with or without formulation adjustments. For those who would like more variety, these bases can be combined with each other and with a variety of additives to create additional textures. Silkening Modifier imparts a silkier texture, Moisture Additive provides more moisture and sheers the lip product. (Moisture Additive is used to give lip products additional moisture and can dramatically change the texture and consistency in lip gloss and glacé. )
The colors, textures, flavors, essences, and sun protection are up to you. You can create a nearly infinite array of colors. You can combine the lipstick, lip gloss, glacé bases and various additives in different quantities to create new textures. Great new combinations can be created from the flavors and essences as well. You can also use the mineral powders to create mineral lipsticks.
You base the color on their skin tone and the customer’s preferences. During the lipstick making process you can try the lipstick on your client and make any adjustments necessary until you have found the perfect shade. It is an interactive process for you and the client.
