How to make natural lip balms to soothe and heal dry chapped lips.
- Ingredients
- Supplies
- Directions
- Essential Oil Blends
- Colour Variations
Ingredients
The Lip Balm recipe is a 3:1 ratio—perfect for keeping its shape within the tube.
- 1/2 oz (14 g) beeswax
- 1/2 oz (14 g) jojoba
- 1/2 oz (14 g) cocoa butter
- 1/2 oz (14 g) coconut oil
Essential Oils
Use 5 drops per lip balm tube, in this recipe, use 60 drops total of essential oil. Choose from any of these citrus oil as none of them are phototoxic:
• Distilled Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)
• Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis)
• Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)
• Blood Orange (Citrus sinensis)
• Mandarin (Citrus reticulata)
Bottles/Containers
You can use lip balm tubes or silver salve tins.
• 12–13 lip balm tubes (holding 5 ml each, which is 1/6 oz) OR
• 8–10 lip salve tins (holding 1/4 oz, or 7.5 ml each)
Other Supplies
• Lip balm tube tray (If you’re using lip balm tubes, it helps to have a tray to hold them all in place.)
• Pipettes
• Pyrex measuring cup
Directions
1. Set up your lip tubes in your lip balm tray. I suggest you put one tube in each corner of the tray so it stands up well. Place the remaining tubes all together, if you are not filling the tray.
2. Add your beeswax and jojoba to a Pyrex and melt. Once melted, add the cocoa butter and melt. Once melted, add the coconut oil and melt. Remove from heat, add your essential oil and stir.
3. Take the Pyrex off the heat, and begin filling the tubes using a pipette.
4. If the liquid begins to solidify you can place the Pyrex back in the hot water to keep it liquid while you dispense it into the tubes.
5. Once the balms are solid, gently taking them out and capping them.
Important guidelines for essential oils in lip balms
• Be sure to only use citrus oils that are not phototoxic! Distilled
A phototoxic essential oil in a lip balm could cause serious lip sun burn.
• Use only essential oils that are nourishing for the skin. Avoid anything spicy or skin irritating
A few essential oil recipes:
Total of 60 drops of essential oil for these recipes.
Coconut Chocolate
No essential oils as the coconut oil and cocoa butter are lovely together.
Citrus Mint
• 25 drops Distilled Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)
• 24 drops Peppermint (Mentha x piperita) (2 drops per tube is my maximum, I find more that 2 drops per tube can feel too hot)
• 11 drops Blood Orange (Citrus sinensis)
Fruity Delight
• 20 drops Distilled Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)
• 25 drops Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)
• 15 drops Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
Healing Balm
• 25 drops Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)
• 15 drops Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
• 20 drops Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
Natural Color lip balms
These are all very nourishing for your lips, and made at a 3:1 ratio.
Green Lip Balm
• 1/2 oz (14g) beeswax pellets
• 1 oz (28g) avocado
• 1/2 oz (14g) coconut oil
Chocolate Brown Lip Balm
• 1/2 oz (14g) beeswax pellets
• 1 oz (28g) kombo butter
• 1/2 oz (14g) palm kernal
Yellow Lip Balm
• 1/2 oz (14g) beeswax pellets
• 1 oz (28g) shea butter
• 1/2 oz (14g) marula oil
