Recipe : Healing Lip Balm

The quantities in this recipe will make approximately 50 grams of lip balm ( makes sufficient amount for 5 people )

Essential oil suggestions -
Peppermint & Lavender

Rose & Sandalwood

Lemon & Lime

Vanilla & Lemongrass
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 [SHOP ONLINE]
• 3 gm cocoa butter [SHOP ONLINE]
• 3 gm honey
• 30 ml jojoba oil [SHOP ONLINE]
• 2 ml carrot infused oil [SHOP ONLINE]
• 3 ml calendula infused oil [SHOP ONLINE]
• 8 drops of essential oil of choice. [SHOP ONLINE]
• A few drops of Vitamin E Oil  [SHOP ONLINE]

Method:

1. Heat a saucepan of water on stove.
2. Melt beeswax and cocoa butter together in glass beaker or bowl in the saucepan of water.
3. Remove glass beaker or bowl from hot water.
4. 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.
5. Remove from heat and add honey.
6. Once the mixture starts to cool, add the essential oils and stir thoroughly.
7. Pour into lip balm jars, cap when cool and label them.

Heating candelilla wax & shea butter

Pouring into tins ( I used lavender petals in mine)

After the lip balms are set.

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.