Abstract: Skin or lip colorant compositions include a dispersion of a colored herbal extract powder in a vegetable oil base and can contain various other ingredients such as a natural colorant mineral ore powder, a natural or naturally derived thickening agent, a vegetable based anhydrous wax base, lanolin or a lanolin derivative. The colorant compositions can also be provided as powdered compositions by absorbing the ingredients onto natural dry carrier ingredients. Other optional ingredients can include surfactants, emollients, moisturizing agents, absorbent powders, vitamins, minerals, flavors and fragrances. Preferably the skin or lip colorant composition is free of petroleum based ingredients as well as synthetically derived emollients and moisturizers.