Lip balm is one of my more recent experiments in making all-natural personal care products. I recently made 24 containers of lip balm, many of which were claimed by my children, and others that I’ve given to some friends and family. This lip balm absorbs quickly, is very soothing, and does not have a shiny appearance, making it suitable for men or women.
Want to give it a try? Here’s how.
Ingredients:
- 2 Tablespoons beeswax (about 1 oz)
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 Tablespoons shea butter
- Optional: sarsaparilla powder (use this if you’d like tinted lip balm. I only tinted 6 tubes, and the color did not show up on my lips when I used it.)
- 12 lip balm tubes (alternately, you could use a small tin or baby food jar and smooth the lip balm on with your fingertip.)
- medicine dropper
Directions:
- Over low heat, melt beeswax in a small pan. Add coconut
oil and shea butter, and mix until all ingredients a melted. - If desired, add a bit of sarsaparilla powder to add a hint of color.
- Use a medicine dropper to pour the melted liquid into lip balm containers.
- As the mixture hardens and cools in the containers, it will shrink. Add a few extra drops to the top of each.
- Cool completely to harden, then cover with cap.
We poured the excess mixture into an ice-cube tray to make hard lotion bars. These are wonderful for dry skin!
Note: I bought all of my ingredients and containers from Mountain Rose Herbs. The quality of the ingredients is excellent, and the prices are too. Shipping can be a bit pricey, as it is everywhere these days, so I recommend buying in bulk if you like to make all-natural products. I maximized this order by purchasing all of my ingredients, jars, and dispensers for a number of recent projects (deodorant, lip balm, diaper cream, moisturizer, etc.) at the same time. This allowed me to save a lot in shipping costs than if I’d placed several separate orders.
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These are all wonderful !I am so impressed ! How do I get on the sample list ? ha ha
On the site you buy these items they have 2 diff types of coconut oil. One is vigin and one just refined. They said the virgin is more for cooking and refined for cosmetic purposes. My question is did you buy the refined just for cosmetic purposes or do you use if for cooking. It’s awfully big just for cosmetic purposes. Do you cook with coconut oil? Do these tubs ever go on sale?
I’ve used coconut oil a few times for cooking, but not often. Yes, the big bucket from Mountain Rose Herbs is very big for cosmetic purposes. I only purchased it once, and that was because I was making deodorants and other products for over a dozen friends and family members. Up until then, I’d only purchased the smaller jars from Amazon (link) and that was plenty for making the products for my own household. I don’t know if the tubs ever go on sale, since I’ve only bought it once.
Were you able to figure out the cost per tube?
I just ran across your site and am so relieved. You are the encouragement I needed today. Thank you for blessing me by sharing what works for you.
Hi Bon, I didn’t figure out the cost per tube, but the tubes themselves were just 28 cents. I used such a miniscule amount of ingredients (most of which I was purchasing to make other items anyhow) that I don’t it imagine it would be more than a few cents more.
We just made our second batch of lip balm. It is sooo much fun! When we gave it out at Christmas, the feedback we got from family members was very positive. We all like using it.