One thing I am never without is a lip balm. I have them in my bag when I am out and all over the house. Along with my homemade gifts this year. C and I decided to try making lip balms. If you are looking to make some homemade gifts. I am sharing How To Make Homemade Lip Balms.
This is so easy to make, and perfect for adding to homemade hampers or little stocking fillers.
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Ingredients
3 tbs Beeswax Pellets
2 tbs Shea Butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
15 drops of essential oil of your preference – we chose vanilla
How To Make
- Add all the ingredients (apart from the essential oil) to a microwavable jug
- Heat until all has melted gently
- Add your essential oil of choice
- Pour into containers – I got these from Amazon
- Leave to set
We have made two batches
- First using original recipe – we found this quite hard and feel this would be better for lipstick style containers. Although if you warm your finger first it works well.
- Second batch – we added a little more coconut oil and it softened it to a more manageable balm that was easier to apply
Like with anything, these are just base for the product. You can play around to make them the consistency that you prefer.
The good thing about making your own homemade beauty products. Is that you have the ingredients to make them as you need them. You also know what you are adding and putting on your skin.
I was also going to have a go at making my own candles. Time just got away with us. We will be trying them at some stage in the future.
In case you missed my other homemade gift ideas
When I was younger I used to make my own truffles. Maybe I will try to recreate these at some stage.
Like you and others, I go through lots of lip products!
I used to dabble in making my own but, somehow, have let that slip. It’s good to make your own as it’s sobering reading what low-cost manufacturers add to their skincare ingredient lists.
I do love making my own as I know what is going into it and know it is all natural products
I’ll have to give this a try and i’m always buying lip balms,thanks for sharing this
We use a lot of lip balms so this is definitely a great way for us to keep stocked up
much easier than I thought – will have a go at trying therse
Honestly, they take no time at all to make and I love using the ones we made
This looks like a lot of fun and would save lots of money on lip balms!
Honestly it takes minutes to make and natural ingredients as well
I use such a lot of lip balm at this time of year. Thanks for sharing.
I always have lip balms around me and we loved making our own
I use to make this when I was younger . How nostalgic! Will definitely do it with my daughters 🙂
We have never made it before, but it is fun and also practical
I didn’t realize it was so simple to make homemade lip balm! Thank you for sharing this info.
It is even easier than the body butter recipe
These tips Will be very useful for my sister in my opinion. Thank you so much for putting it together.
I hope she enjoys trying to make her own lip balm
Added benefit of knowing exactly what is in the balm. important when it’s going on your lips.
I do love natural products and making your own you really do know what is going in the balms
This is a great idea cold homemade gifts. Everyone can benefit from lip balm. And making it at home can save money and mysterious ingredients.
Honestly it is so quick and easy to make and something everyone loves
This is so much fun and I love making homemade everything so adding in lip balms sounds awesome! I am pinning this one to come back to….a great activity to share with my daughter 🙂
Honestly so quick and easy and they set very quickly as well
I will definitely have a go at making my own – I didn’t realise how easy it would be. I use lip balm every day so I get through a lot! These would make lovely gifts too!
I always have lip balms around me we did enjoy making our own
I love this idea! I had no idea lip balm was so easy to make. This is so much better than something full of chemicals.
I had no idea either but it is just a few ingredients melt in the microwave and then just pour into containers
This is amazing! I had no idea it was that easy to make homemade lip balms, wow…And I feel it is much healthier than the store-bought ones. Thank you so much.
I do love my lip balms I have them everywhere so never without them. These are great and you know what you are putting in as well
I had no idea it could be that easy to make, especially the fact that it can be done in a microwave. The homemade gifts you have both made this year have all been fab.
I am a convert now to making my own so quick and easy to make