My brother just alerted me to a fantastic step-by-step on how to make your own lipstick out of CRAYONS. You know, like a toddler would. Apparently, the color lasts longer and sticks to your lips better than your CHANEL Rouge Coco. Best of all, it’s safe to ingest in small quantities as Crayola pretty much expects that your tot will try to eat an entire box of the stuff (which, apparently, you can do and suffer nothing more serious than a stomach ache).

Side story: In kindergarten, my still BFF Lee and I used to color our HAIR with crayons (Lemon Yellow was my color). It’s one of my earliest memories. We also used to call each other on the phone nightly and tell what our five year-old selves thought were HILARIOUS jokes and sang Starship’s “We Built This City” as we made… a pretend town out of blocks or whatever at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. Yeah, we took that one a bit literally.

Click here to find out how to make your own lipstick out of crayons! Perhaps a Brick Red or a Cerise to go with your new mini skirt?