Essential oil suggestions –
Peppermint & Lavender
Orange & Cinnamon Bark
(only use a few drops of the cinnamon, it will tingle and plump the lips)
Ingredients :
(Vegan options below in alternative recipe ideas)
8 gm beeswax
3 gm cocoa butter
3 gm honey
30 ml jojoba oil
2 ml carrot infused oil
3 ml calendula infused oil
8 drops of essential oil of choice.
A few drops of Vitamin E Oil
Heat a saucepan of water on stove.
Melt beeswax and cocoa butter together in glass beaker or bowl in the saucepan of water.
Remove glass beaker or bowl from hot water.
Slowly pour in vegetable oil and infused oil until well blended. Return to heat if mix starts to set before all oils have been added.
Remove from heat and add honey.
Once the mixture starts to cool, add the essential oils and stir thoroughly.
Pour into lip balm jars, cap when cool and label them.
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| Heating candelilla wax & shea butter |
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| Pouring into tins ( I used lavender petals in mine) |
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| After the lip balms are set. |
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| Finished product! – Lavender & Peppermint Lip Balm |
Alternate recipe ideas –
For a vegan friendly version – take out the honey and replace the bees wax with soy, carnauba, or candelilla wax like I did. [SHOP ONLINE]
Add 1 teaspoon of cocoa or cacao powder and use peppermint essential oil for a choc-mint lip balm!
You could use coconut, olive, almond or grapeseed oil to replace other oils.
You can also use shea butter instead of cocoa butter.
Add coloured jojoba beads or dried herbs and flowers for something different.
