Lip Balm

Making homemade beeswax lip balm is a fun and relatively simple project! Here’s a basic recipe to get you started:

Links to items I used hot plate, Stainless Steel Wax Melting Pot, Lip Balm Containers and Fill Tray

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 23 grams beeswax
  • 22 grams cocoa butter
  • 10 grams Coconut oil
  • 17 grams shea butter
  • 40 grams Olive oil
  • 2 grams essential oil

Equipment

  • kitchen scale
  • 1 Stainless Steel Wax Melting Pot or double boil method
  • Hot Plate for wax melting or stovetop
  • 25 Lip balm tubes
  • Lip balm labels
  • Lip balm filling tray optional

Method
 

  1. Measure beeswax, cocoa butter, coconut oil, shea butter, and olive oil into Stainless Steel Wax Melting Pot and place on Hot Plate or put in the top of a double boiler.
  2. Melt the butters and waxes over low heat until completely combined.
  3. Remove from heat and add essential oils.
  4. Pour into lip balm tubes
  5. Let the lip balm cool and harden completely before using or capping the containers.

Notes

Recipe makes 25 tubesĀ 
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