As long as I've used it, it is always sticky. A lip balm like Blistex or Chapstick aren't sticky. You can use Vaseline as an alternative, it isn't as sticky as colored lip glosses.

I just thought with them using the timeshare a month before that they'd "remember" - like I said, I wanted to get my dad something anyway since the whole vacation was my mom's idea (and her Xmas gift to DB and his kids since she paid all their expenses). I'm still giving her the crystal, and probably the pillows too since they will look so nice in their house (and have been taking up room in mine for a year!). My mom goes way overboard on the grandkids - DH and I just had a talk about having another talk with her about it (we have these talks almost yearly but they don't seem to sink in - it's getting worse now "keeping up with the cousins" (not Joneses)). My (now) 4-yr old niece will be here, and wants certain things, but has to have the same (or more, but that's not OK with my mom) than my DD. Last year they both got Ariel dolls but my mom gave DD one with horse and DN one with extra dresses, DN had to play not only with horse but with DD's doll, which made DD (then 5) upset. This year DN asked for horse and carriage (but none to be found), also particular Frog Princess with dresses, also luggage. Mom wanted to buy DD luggage but she doesn't need any, so I said she really wanted to collect all the Princesses, I had some, I had planned to give her Beauty and the Beast, somehow when I put in combined order for all this stuff at Disney store and shipped it to my mom's house since most of it was for DN (and my mom ran to mall to get Frog Princess/Prince that were sold out online, also Jasmine that we couldn't find anywhere) this has turned into her giving DD *all* the dolls and I am struggling to tell her she doesn't need to spend as much on DD as DN b/c *I* need something to give her and have Santa give her (we figured Jasmine since DD never saw her in store or online, she asked him for that doll specifically b/c I couldn't find it LOL!). I really hate "competing" with my mom to get gifts for my kids, and her buying more than they need just b/c other grandkids ask for more. I esp. hate her taking my best ideas and leaving me struggling with a last-minute lame gift for my kids, or putting away the big "wow" gift I got them b/c she's given them too much already. Like when I told her not to buy the new Ariel DVD for DD b/c I wanted to give it to her for either bday or Xmas, then she bought it a month b4 her bday "for her to watch at my house" and it would have been so anticlimactic it's still sitting in my dresser drawer.

Hi - I just found this site. It has some very simple lip balm, gloss, butter recipes and more! Look it over. Goodluck - tina_2 http://www.betweenfriendstoo.com/recipes/

Hi Kal2002, You can use some cooking oils if not most. The olive oil is just fine.. but the vitamin E.. I haven't ever cooked with it myself, but you can use it in lip gloss and other body products. However large amounts of Vitamin E will be greasy, but that might be the feel you are going for. :0) As for the glycerin.. there is a few grades of glycerin. I have seen both.. the lower end one at Walmart.. the high end one at health food stores & some places on the internet. I think whatever you have should be fine, unless most of your recipe is glycerin... then you might want to try and find the thicker one. Which is more expensive. I would think Mac probably uses the thicker one.. but they could use the thinner one for the price being cheaper. But really it comes down to what you like in the end. I'm kinda wondering how much vitamin E you used in you first batch. It should, if enough is used keep it fresh for quite a while. Yup, my mango butter is the same way as yours, it has a higher melting point then Shea butter, but as you can see by putting both of them side by side, you will have a thicker lip gloss with the mango butter. I also like the mango butter over the Shea because it is not as greasy and seems to absorb better. Also, once it is melted.. it doesn't come out grainy in the product. Hope this helps! If you have more questions I will try to answer as best I can. Have fun with the lip gloss. :0) Stacy