One of the more pleasant gifts the internet has given us is videos of How Things Are Made. These wildly satisfying clips show, say, how a cake is decorated or how gummy bears are produced, and as a viewer you are lulled by unlocking another mystery of the universe.
We've traveled to a beauty factory this year to see how lipstick is made, from the milling of pigments to whisking in the silica. The process is highly scientific, white-lab-coat-requiring stuff—a bit more so than this Buzzfeed video showing how lippies were mixed up in the 1950s.
Giant blocks of wax and vats of castor oil, plus colored powders, are what stars like Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall (and your grandma) were smearing on their lips. Informative!
Plus, who knew that the angled shape of the stick was created via a basic flame? Like, we could do that! What a simple way to get the fresh-from-Sephora triangle back.
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