I carry chapstick with me everywhere. I don’t wear much make-up, but I like to have nice, moist kissable lips. Who doesn’t? I thought there was some master formula for lip balm and that it would take a lot of time. I assembled all the ingredients, made the recipe and filled the container in less than 15 minutes. Trust me, you can do this!
Your basic recipe is 1 Tbsp oil of choice, 1 tsp beeswax and any flavorings or colorings that you wish. Pretty simple right? I wanted just a basic balm, so this is the recipe I went with.
Homemade Hippie Lip Balm
1 tsp coconut oil
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp lanolin
1 tsp shea butter
1 tsp honey
1 tsp beeswax pastilles (Mountain Rose Herbs sells this)
I put the oils and beeswax in a small metal bowl and heated on the stove top until they were all melted together. I removed the bowl from the heat and stirred in the honey. I used a small funnel and poured it into empty lip balm containers that I had been saving.
It filled 4 of them (the tube type) with some left over! I left it sitting on the kitchen counter, and by the time I threw the dishes in the dishwasher it was set up and solid and ready to use. I made it “un-girly’ enough that Rob and I can both use it.
There are a zillion variations to this recipe. I think next time I’ll try half coconut oil and half Vitamin E.
Good oils to use for Lip Balm:
- Cocoa Butter
- Coconut Oil
- Olive Oil
- Rosehip seed oil
- Almond Oil
- Grapeseed oil
- Lanolin
- Shea butter
- Jojoba Oil
- Avacado Oil
To add color:
- Beetroot powder
- Cranberry or other juice
- Dried fruit pureed into a powder
- Cherries
To add flavor:
- Cocoa powder
- Lemon juice
- Lime juice
- Vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
- Essential Oil of Peppermint
- Ginger powder
- Honey
Where to buy the ingredients? I use a combination of either Mountain Rose Herbs or iherb.com. If you go online to www.iherb.com you can use the coupon code HIF798 and receive a $10 discount and free shipping.
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