Lip balm is something that I’m never without. I have two lip balms in my hand bag (I have two so that it’s quicker for me to find lip balm in amongst the rest of the junk in there!) , one on my desk, one on my coffee table and one on my night stand. I literally have five lip balms on the go at once, not to mention all my lip glosses. I really, really hate having dry lips!
Luckily for me lip balm is super easy to make so I never have to run out!
Nourishing Lip Balm Recipe
What you’ll need:
10 grams Beeswax, finely chopped
15 grams Cocoa butter
10 grams Organic coconut oil
15 grams Castor oil
5 grams Sweet almond oil
4 mini scoops of Merlot mica
3 grams Vanilla flavour oil (I chose vanilla because it’s my favourite, but feel free to substitute for yours!)
Step One: Add the beeswax to a heat safe container and melt in the microwave for two minutes. Check to see if it beeswax has melted, if not put in the microwave for a further 30 seconds. Keep melting in 30 seconds bursts if needed.
Step Two: Add the cocoa butter and organic coconut oil. Melt in microwave in 30 second bursts until liquid.
Step Three: Add the castor and sweet almond oils and mix well. Melt in microwave in 15 second bursts if the base starts to solidify.
Step Four: Add mica and flavour oil. Mix well
{ Sorry no photo for this step, it was too blurry! }
Step Five: Pour into lip balm pots or slider tins, wait to set then smear liberally all over your lips!
Note: I personally wanted a lip balm with just the natural flavours from the coconut oil and cocoa butter, so I poured the base into one slider tin before adding the mica and flavour to the rest of the recipe.