Serving Chicagoland, Indianapolis, Milwaukee

Lipstick bar with cosmetic pigments and custom lip color
Lipstick Bar · Lip Lab

A Lipstick Bar Where Guests Create Their Own Shade

Our Lip Lab is a custom lipstick bar: guests design a soft-matte lip cream or high-shine gloss, mixed live and poured into their own tube.

Guests mixing custom lip color at a lipstick bar
From pigment to tube

How our lipstick bar works

Each guest picks a finish, a soft-matte, high-pigment lip cream or a high-shine gloss, then blends their shade from cosmetic pigments, shimmers and opacity boosters.

Our hosts pour and package each lip color at the station, so guests leave with a finished tube.

Our lip bases are formulated by our founder, Cheryl Gleason, in our New Lenox lab, using natural, cosmetic-safe ingredients.

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Three Lip Lab tiers

Choose your lipstick bar

Basic15 cosmetic-grade colors, shimmers and fun flavors.
KidsAn age-appropriate Lip Lab for ages 5 and up.
PremiumAn editorial setup with luxury pigments and a beauty mixologist, for ages 16 and up.
Lip balmA make-your-own lip balm option.
Kids and teen lip parties start at $450 for up to 8 guests (Premium $600), with a $475 event minimum. Adult and corporate Lip Labs are quoted per event.
Before you ask

Lipstick bar questions

How many guests can a lipstick bar serve?

A Lip Lab typically runs with 2 to 3 hosts and serves about 100 guests in about 3 hours.

What ages is it for?

The Lip Lab is suitable for ages 5 and up. The Premium tier is designed for ages 16 and up.

Can you match a brand or wedding color?

Yes. We can match a lip shade to your brand or color palette and add custom labels.

Chicagoland · Milwaukee · Indianapolis

Book your lipstick bar

Send your date, venue and rough guest count. We reply with an itemized proposal within two business days, and there are no travel fees in any of our markets.