experiment:
Before the experiment, I had to do research on the science and things behind it. Chapstick is used to moisturize humans lips. Lips are have thinner layers of skin then the rest of our bodies skin. It makes them more vulnerable to weather conditions and exposure to dry them out. Since lips are always getting chapped, we looked up things to help moisturize lips. The first thing was vegetable oil, because it adds a natural sensitive healer into our lip balm. Even though the chap sticks at the store are cute and smell good, sometimes they aren't always the best for you because they contain alcohol that can just make your lips crack and dry more. Then we added vitamin D to add softness and help restore cracks. Vitamin can be used to treat certain skin diseases so it is ok to use it in our lip balm. We also used shea butter, which is a thick natural nice lip booster as it is. Then we added vanilla for a light scent and a non-toxic crayon for color. This experiment was to create a chap stick to help chap lips and learn why it does.
To make chapstick, me and another person gathered our ingredients and started. We first boiled the shea butter, crayon, vitamin D, vanilla, and vegetable oil together so it was completely melted. Then we let it cool a little and then distributed it to our containers.
What I gained from this experiment was knowledge on vitamins and a reaction between a nourishing product and dry lips. I waited for my chap stick to dry for a day and when I started using it, my lips were actually getting healthier and very soft. Normally when we do experiments in chemistry we just end up throwing the lab product away or having the clean it up. But this time we had something to take away with us. My chap stick is used every day and the ingredients in it help my lips, which was unexpected actually. I also really liked this experiment because I plan on going to med school and becoming a surgeon, so I am always interested in human topics and even if we were just learning about why people get chapped lips and how to create a balm to help, it was still enjoyable to do sort of a medical thing for ourselves. we created a "medicine" for our lips. Below are pictures of the process and end result.
To make chapstick, me and another person gathered our ingredients and started. We first boiled the shea butter, crayon, vitamin D, vanilla, and vegetable oil together so it was completely melted. Then we let it cool a little and then distributed it to our containers.
What I gained from this experiment was knowledge on vitamins and a reaction between a nourishing product and dry lips. I waited for my chap stick to dry for a day and when I started using it, my lips were actually getting healthier and very soft. Normally when we do experiments in chemistry we just end up throwing the lab product away or having the clean it up. But this time we had something to take away with us. My chap stick is used every day and the ingredients in it help my lips, which was unexpected actually. I also really liked this experiment because I plan on going to med school and becoming a surgeon, so I am always interested in human topics and even if we were just learning about why people get chapped lips and how to create a balm to help, it was still enjoyable to do sort of a medical thing for ourselves. we created a "medicine" for our lips. Below are pictures of the process and end result.