How to Remove Lipstick Stain from Clothes and White Fabrics

Lipstick stain can occur when you smudge your lipstick on your cloth accidentally, or step on it while on the carpet. A little lip locking can also end up with some stains from your lipstick.

Lipstick cosmetic contains colour pigments, waxes, oils and emollients, all of which apply colour tint, texture and some protection to the lips.  These stains look worse and stubborn on white shirts, but with the right lipstick stain removal guide, you will be able to get rid of the stain.

The lipstick stain removal technique you will use depends on many factors: the type of fabric or surface where you want to remove the stain from etc. Here are some of the surfaces we will discuss when revealing how to remove lipstick stain below.

• Fabrics that are washable such as cotton, nylon, acrylic, polyester, olefin and spandex
• Non-washable fabrics like carpet made of synthetic wool, acetate, rayon, mod acrylic, wool and triacetate
• Special fabric materials such as synthetic and natural fur, suede, leather
• Flooring material such as vinyl tiles, cork, asphalt and linoleum
• Stone surfaces like marble and alabaster

Best Lipstick Stain Remover

For the natural and home-made lipstick stain removers, the commonly used products are:

• Eucalyptus oil and toothpaste
• Baking soda
• Petroleum jelly
• Alcohol
• Ammonia
• Hairspray

Other chemicals used to remove stains of lipstick are:

• Sodium hydroxide
• Perchlorethylene compounds.

How to Remove Lipstick Stain

There are different methods of removing lipstick stains and likewise  there are different methods for different materials.So below, we’ll outline the procedure and steps for lipstick stains removal from white shirt and clothes.

How to Remove Lipstick Stain from Clothes

1. Follow the treatment by rubbing the area stained with lipstick with a paste of water and powdered detergent. You can also use a heavy duty liquid detergent.
2. Scrub the stain on the clothes with a light hand then rinse the clothes or fabrics in hot water.
3. Using the hottest water for your specific cloth fabric, wash the clothes using an all-fabric bleach and detergent.

N.B This will remove the stubborn dye in the stain. It does not matter if it was blue lipstick, red lipstick, brown lipstick, orange or even dark and white lipsticks. This procedure will remove the dye.

How Remove Lipstick Stain from White Shirt

1. Soak the white shirt in cold water.
2. Add just a small amount of dish washing liquid.
3. Rub the stain on the shirt well using your fingertips.
4.  Leave it for a few minutes and then put the white shirt into a washing machine at 40ºc normal wash. The stain will come out easily OR
5. Leave it for few minutes and wash manually.

DIY: Lipstick stains

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