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Homemade Lip Balm Recipes using a Beeswax Base
Posted by Jane Lake
Beeswax lip balms are generally firmer than lip balms made with vaseline or petroleum jelly. They serve the same purpose, however, protecting your lips from chapping and the harsh effects of dry air, wind, sun and cold.
General Directions:
Melt the base ingredients in the microwave or in a double boiler. Don't overheat: watch carefully, use small increments of microwave time, and heat only until just melted.
Use clean, sterile containers for preparation and storage. You can reuse old lip gloss pots, but thoroughly clean out the old product, then wash with soap and water, sterilize with rubbing alcohol, rinse with clean water and dry the container before reuse.
Use only cosmetic grade Beeswax
and oils. Beeswax is usually available in white or yellow pellets or solid blocks.You can buy small containers suitable for lip balms at some drug stores, dollar stores, and craft stores, or you can check these snap-lid containers online at Amazon: Frontier Natural Products - Plastic Lip Balm Container With Snap Lid - 0.25 oz.
Peppermint Lip Gloss
Heat two teaspoons of beeswax and seven teaspoons of Sweet Almond Oil until beeswax is just melted. Remove from heat, add one teaspoon of honey and whisk together. Let cool slightly, then stir in five or six drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
. Pour into lip gloss pot. Hint: if you like firmer lip balms, add a little more beeswax.Essential Oil Lip Gloss
Melt two teaspoons of beeswax with two tablespoons of sweet almond oil or Coconut Oil
. Color, if desired, by adding 1/4 teaspoon grated lipstick. Set aside until lukewarm, then add 5 to 6 drops of essential oil. Puncture a Vitamin E capsule and add two drops to the balm mixture. Stir ingredients together, the pour into a lip balm pot. Suggested essential oils include peppermint, orange, lemon or coconut. Honey Lip Balm
Melt one teaspoon of beeswax with one teaspoon of honey. Add two teaspoons of almond oil. Whisk together until well combined; pour into a small pot and let set before using.Flavored Beeswax Lip Balm
Melt together two teaspoons beeswax and one teaspoon of either sweet almond oil or Jojoba Oil
, with one and a half teaspoons of cocoa butter. Let cool slightly and add 4-6 drops of flavored oil and the contents of one Vitamin E capsule. Pour into a pot and let set. Note: flavored oils suitable for lip balms are available in a wide range of flavors from apple to wintergreen.Rose Petal Lip Balm
Melt two tablespoons of beeswax with one tablespoon of coconut oil. Crush dried rose petals to a very fine powder using a mortar and pestle. Add five drops of rose essential oil and half a teaspoon of powdered rose petals to melted beeswax and oil. Stir to combine thoroughly, pour into a pot and let set.
Why does everything have to have beewax it doesnt make sence
It is the beeswax that make the lip balms firm, and provide a barrier between your lips and the elements. You would need to keep re-applying the lipbalm much more frequently without it.
i think Katie has it more correct in increasing the amount of almond oil( to soften the beeswax & get a more useable balm) and also to reduce the honey. It is very unusual to have so much honey in a lip balm. Constant stirring as it cools will help to keep the ingredients evenly mixed.
Hi guys!I've just made a honey balm,and it came out wonderful!I put all the ingredients in a ziplock bag and put the bag in a pot of boiled water.Don't microwave your honey it kills all the goodstuff in it.Tilt the bag to a corner (like a pipping bag,you'd use for cake decoration).Once everything melted,I mixed everything together and let it cool slightly.Then I simply snipped off the end of my pipping bag and poured it all into the little pots.
Honey balm.
1 Teaspoon of beeswax granules
2 Teaspoons of Shea butter
1/2 Teaspoon of Almond oil
1 Vit E capsule
1 Teaspoon of Honey
6 drops of Essential Oils-( I used rose,geranium and sandal wood)
Hi Hannette,
I am so glad to have found your post. I am also from SA and would love to start making my own lip balms, I love such things. I was wondering where you buy your bees wax and your little pots.
Eagerly awaiting your reply,
Dalila
I read that if you add lanolin, then the honey won't separate.
I found the Honey Lip Balm worked quite well, and it hasn't separated (yet!). I think the trick might be to keep stirring, even after it comes off the heat. I didn't put mine into the container until it was almost set. I also used two teaspoons of beeswax, 2 teaspoons of sweet almond oil and just half a teaspoon of honey.
Hi, how do you mix it up to together?
The honey did the same for me. I also have trouble with flavorings doing the same thing can anyone tell me how to make it so it doesnt seperate
Honey isn't the right sweetner as the stability can not be achieved do to it being soluable in water. Try an oil base sweetner like stevia liquid or saccrin.
