Making your own DIY tinted lip balm using food colouring can be a hit or a miss


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Lately, beauty TikTokers have been getting into concocting many products. Their latest craze is to play chemist by using food colouring to create their ideal lip stain shades. Photo: AFP

TikTokers are always looking to innovate and find tricks and hacks to reduce their makeup budget. One of their latest finds is known as "food colouring lip stain", which is basically lip balm tinted with food colouring.

DIY makeup and skincare is a good way of knowing what goes onto your skin, allowing you to favour natural and healthy products.

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