Helen Craig

I grew up during the war years in a tiny cottage with no electricity. Water for washing was pumped from a pond. My brother and I had to fetch drinking water from a tap at the end of the lane, and light was from candles, paraffin lamps, and our nightly log fire.

English Writer

Paraffin has industrial applications, especially in making products like candles and lubricants.

Industrial Uses

Paraffin is a solid at room temperature, melting when heated for uses such as candle making.

Physical Form

Even though it's used in cosmetics, pure paraffin should not be applied directly to the skin.

Not For Skin

In the UK, paraffin is commonly used as a fuel in heaters, especially in portable ones.

Heat Source

Paraffin oil is also burned in lamps for light, useful in outdoor settings or when electricity is unavailable.

Lighting Fuel

High-quality paraffin oil should be odorless, making it suitable for indoor use without strong smells.

Odorless

 homemade lipstick colorant and I'm going to use mica for some glitter and shine now mica comes from granite and other rocks and this stuff is the best glitter bomb material I have ever seen it gets everywhere and never comes out so use that information wisely as for my waxes I've got beeswax which comes from bees and paraffin wax which comes from crude

Lipstick PIPE Ingredients...

 from years of kneeling and wax-polishing floors, whose shins were marked with lessons from climbing trees, who played until dusk, went in for supper by a paraffin lamp