Now that winter is officially over (as of today!), it's time to ditch those dark, heavy lip colors of winter and say hello to the pretty, vibrant color of spring. Get your lips ready for the season with this recipe by Jo Fairley for Rosebud lip stain. The four (yes count'em, four) types of oil make this a fantastic moisturizer to keep your pout looking healthy for the whole day!

This luscious lip-slick gets its purplish-pink colour from alkanet.

Ingredients 

75ml (3fl oz) olive oil
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
45g (11/2oz) dried alkanet root, chopped
20g (3/4oz) beeswax
9 drops rose essential oil

Gently heat both oils in the top of a double-boiler for about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the alkanet root and steep for around 30 minutes, to extract the colour from the root. Strain the root from the oils through a muslin cloth and compost the root. Return the oils to the double-boiler with the beeswax. Once this has melted, remove from heat and add the rose essential oil, drop by drop. Pour into small, sterilised pots or jars. Allow to cool thoroughly before capping.

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