This lip balm recipe is incredibly easy to make and nourishing for the lips.
This lip balm can be:
- used for many things, for example take a little and apply it to dry skin or as a protective salve during the cooler months.
- placed on the delicate under eye area as a moisturising emollient and on unruly eyebrows to keep them in place
- formulated into different healing combinations for different seasons
In the summer months, you can switch out the citrus essential oils in your lip balms in case they make your skin more photosensitive for lavender, clove or vanilla.
This recipe makes around four small lip balm tubes of nine grams each, plus a little over for you to test each batch. This recipe can be scaled up to increase the quantities.
Tangerine oil has a sweet refreshing and happy aroma. Tangerine has a long history of use in Chinese culture and herbal health practices.
Ingredients
| Ingredients |
Percent (%) |
Weight (grams) |
| Coconut Oil |
28.4 |
14.2 |
| Beeswax |
22.0 |
11 |
| Mango Butter |
24.0 |
12 |
| Castor Oil |
24.0 |
12 |
| Vitamin E (Tocopherol) |
0.4 |
0.2 |
| Tangerine Essential Oil |
1.2 |
0.6 |
| TOTAL |
100 |
50 |
- Coconut Oil (source organic and unrefined. This is also known as virgin coconut oil)
- Beeswax (source product from chemical free bee keeping operations). Purchase beads as they are much easier to work with)
- Mango Butter (source organic, unrefined and deodorised. This removes the smell and retains the high nutritional content)
- Castor Oil (source organic and hexane free)
- Vitamin E – naturally sources as it maintains it’s nutirional content
- Essential oil – organic if possible
Instructions
- Sterilise: Using the 70% isopropyl alcohol solution, spray working surface, equipment and lip balm tubes and allow to dry
- Beeswax: Place beaker on scales and tare to bring the scales back to zero grams. Weigh out your beeswax. Please note that the beeswax takes longer to melt than other ingredients
- Ingredients: Add the coconut oil, mango butter and caster oil to the beaker. Use a separate lab spoon for each ingredient. Remember to ‘tare’ the scales each time you add a new ingredient. Stir with whist or stirring rod until combined
- Heat: Place the beaker in the small pan of boiling water until all ingredients are melted
- Essential oil: Once the combined
- ingredients have cooled but not solidified, add the essential oil and mix thoroughly
- Pour: The combined ingredients carefully into each lip balm tube to the top and allow to cool
- Test: The fifth tube is your tester – it will not be completely full. Once cooled add the lids and product labels.
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