Do-it-yourself lip balm and lip balm, here are the recipes to prepare natural remedies at home to always have beautiful and hydrated lips. Making your own lip balm and lip balm at home is really very simple. The recipes we propose are really suitable for everyone, even for those who experience the self-production of natural cosmetics for the first time. The basic ingredients are cocoa butter and shea butter. To perfume you can use essential oils or natural aromatic extracts with cocoa or vanilla. All the necessary ingredients can be found in herbal medicine, natural product stores and online.
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Prepare the lip stick and lip balm it's really that simple. The recipes that we propose are really suitable for everyone, even for those who experience theself of the natural cosmetics. The basic ingredients are cocoa butter and shea butter. To perfume you can use essential oils or natural aromatic extracts with cocoa or vanilla. All the necessary ingredients can be found in herbal medicine, natural product stores and online.
The most suitable containers for homemade lip balm are the metal boxes with lids and the now empty lip balm sticks, to be washed well to remove any residue of the old products before use. Online you will find ready-to-use empty sticks, specially designed for the preparation of yours do-it-yourself lip balm.
The addition of essential oils and other fragrances is optional. Keep your lip balms away from heat sources and in the summer store them in the refrigerator. However, transfer them to the refrigerator after preparation, when they have cooled, so that they solidify more quickly. They can be stored without problems for at least 6 months.
Here 5 recipes to try.
Index
Vanilla lip balm
- 6 g of cocoa butter
- 2 g of shea butter
- 2 g of mimosa or candelilla wax
- 0,5ml Vitamin E (optional)
- 3 drops of vanilla oleoresin
From the blog Pocket Cosmetics here's an idea to make a vanilla-scented lip balm. You will need to melt the butters and wax in a double boiler. Then remove from heat and add vitamin E and vanilla extract or essential oils. Pour the still fluid mixture into the container chosen for storage. You can replace thevanilla oleoresin with 3 drops of your favorite essential oil. Follow Thu the complete recipe with video tutorial.
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Self-produced lip balm
- 2 teaspoons of shea butter
- 3-4 drops of essential oil
- 1 small container with lid
Keep your self-produced lip balm in a small container with a lid, perhaps metallic. Candy boxes or empty containers of lip balms and ointments are fine. Pour the shea butter. You will need at least 2 teaspoons or a little more, depending on the size of the container. Add a few drops of your favorite essential oil, mix with a spoon until the shea butter takes on a creamy consistency and distribute it well in the box.
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Sweet Orange Lip Balm
- 2 teaspoons of cocoa butter
- 2 teaspoons of shea butter
- 3 drops of sweet orange essential oil
- 1 drop of vitamin E (optional)
Pour the cocoa butter and shea butter into a saucepan. Place the saucepan in a pot in which you have poured boiling water and melt the butters a bain-marie, stirring occasionally with a teaspoon to mix the two ingredients well. Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour thesweet orange essential oil and Vitamin E, stir and pour the still liquid mixture into the chosen container.
Chocolate lip balm
- 2 teaspoons of shea butter
- 2 teaspoons of cocoa butter
- 1 square of dark chocolate
- 2 drops of natural vanilla flavoring (optional)
Pour the ingredients into a saucepan, starting with the chocolate. In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil so that you can put the saucepan inside for the bain-marie. When the chocolate it will be almost melted, add the cocoa butter and the shea butter. Stir to mix well. Turn off the stove, add - if you have it - the natural vanilla flavor and mix again. Pour the mixture into the chosen container, let it set at room temperature and then transfer the lip balm into refrigerator, until it has solidified well.
Cinnamon lip balm
- 2 teaspoons of shea butter
- 2 teaspoons of cocoa butter
- 2 drops of sweet almond oil
- 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
- 1 drop of cinnamon essential oil
Pour the cocoa butter and shea butter into a saucepan. Melt in a bain-marie, stirring gently. Add the sweet almond oil and mix the ingredients. Then add the cinnamon powder and mix again. Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour thecinnamon essential oil. It is enough a single drop, as it is very powerful. Mix and pour the liquid lip balm into the container of your choice. Let it cool first at room temperature and then in the refrigerator.
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