I love to make my own personal care products not only to save money, but because when I make my own I know exactly what goes into them. Homemade lip balm was something that had always intimidated me a bit because it seemed difficult. Boy was I wrong! Making it is super easy and I tweaked the recipe a bit so it also functions as a healing salve. Keep a tube of this in your purse for a variety of uses.
Uses for this balm:
- chapstick
- I apply it to the inside of my nose in the winter when it’s really dry
- I apply it to cracked knuckles and dry skin patches
- I use it on scrapes
Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil — where to find
- 2 Tbsp shea butter — where to find
- 3 tsp beeswax — where to find
- 1 tsp honey — where to find
- essential oils (add 20-30 drops, depending on the strength you like) — where to get therapeutic grade oils
- lip balm tubes — where to find
Directions:
- In a double boiler over low heat melt the coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax
- Remove from heat and add honey and essential oils
- Whisk together, but act quickly so it does not begin to harden
- Pour the mixture into lip balm tubes or small canisters (to make it easier, I use pipettes to fill the lip balm tubes)
- Let them cool until hard
- Cap and label
- Store unused tubes in the fridge and they will last a long time
- Makes approximately 16 tubes
