Need a lip balm for your chapped and damaged lips?
After trying this homemade lip balm recipe, you'll never want to buy it again!
It's easy, economical, 100% natural and good for your lips, especially in winter.
I tried to estimate the cost of this recipe but frankly, it was not worth counting the pennies!
On the other hand, you can thank the bees because beeswax is just perfect for the lips. Watch:
- 14 g grated or coarsely chopped beeswax (about 3 teaspoons)
- 28 g of coconut oil (about 6 teaspoons)
- 1.5 teaspoons of lanolin
- ¾ teaspoon of vitamin E
- 2 teaspoons thick honey
- ¾ teaspoon of peppermint essential oil
1. In a small saucepan, combine the beeswax, coconut oil, lanolin and vitamin E over low heat.
2. Use a wooden chopstick or other small stick to stir.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Add honey and mint essential oil.
5. Mix well with the stick, trying to evenly distribute the oil in the mixture. This is the trickiest part of the recipe.
6. Quickly pour the mixture into small cans or jars.
7. Let the mixture cool, on your work surface, until it hardens.
There you go, your natural and homemade lip balm is already ready :-)
When I told you it was simple, it wasn't a joke!
This recipe makes it possible to fill 3 small boxes of 21 g (as in the photo) or 1 jar of 150 g.
For the containers, I re-used old hand cream containers that I had kept a few years ago.
Note: I always prefer to measure my ingredients with an accurate kitchen scale. But for those who don't have one, I've also included approximate measurements in teaspoons.
All the ingredients can be found in organic stores or here, by clicking on the following links:beeswax, coconut oil, lanolin, vitamin E, thick honey, peppermint essential oil.
Some people are allergic to lanolin. If you want to offer these lip balms, put a small label mentioning the presence of lanolin.
I always use solid honey. From experience, liquid honey will make the mixture too liquid and not homogeneous enough. If that's all you have, try to put less than 2 scoops.
With this recipe, I make enough balm for our family of 5 for several months!
I usually give away a little jar with every batch I make :-)
After a while, if the honey begins to crystallize, you can melt it again and use it again. Like new!
