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Homemade Lip Balm with Essential oils and Vitamin E

12/12/2014 by Katie 13 Comments

Is there anything worse in the winter then dry chapped lips?  Seriously, I can handle being cold and crazy wind blown hair, but when it comes to protecting my lips from the elements, having lip balm in my pocket is a must.  It seems easy enough.. have lip balm, apply to lips, right?  Wrong. Do you know whats really in commercial lip balm?  Its scary  and dangerous.  After reading several blogs and reports about toxic chemicals in our cosmetics, I started using just plain coconut oil for my lips but I either had to dig in the pantry for a jug of coconut oil every time I needed lip balm or I would put it in a container and it would melt in the my pocket.  Annoying!  Since lip balm is not something I’m willing to live without, then I’ve  decided to make my own to avoid the potential harmful chemicals.   And with only a handful of natural ingredients, there’s no reason to not make your own.  AND.. its economical!  Say what?  YES!.  All of the ingredients used to make this lip balm are ingredients you can use to make other homemade cosmetics. Speaking of… have you tried my Homemade Toothpaste?

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I melted down some organic solids to the coconut oil and after my fourth time making homemade lip balm, (yes four times!)  I came up with the perfect combo of silky smooth but firm enough so it won’t melt in my pocket and.. with the addition of the pure carrot seed oil, it gives this lip balm a spf of almost 50!  How cool is that! And super perk.. it only takes 10 minutes to make enough lip balm for myself and to put into homemade Christmas baskets.

 “In its near 30-year history,however, the industry’s panel has reviewed just 11 percent of the 10,500 cosmetic ingredients cataloged by FDA (FDA 2000). The 89 percent of ingredients that remain unassessed are used in more than 99 percent of all products on the market (EWG 2004a)”. You can read more about it here and  here.

Does your favorite lip balm contain toxic chemicals?  You can find out.. HERE

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HOMEMADE LIP BALM

2 Tablespoons of beeswax pellets

1 Tablespoon Cocoa Butter

3 drops vitamin E oil

5 drop peppermint essential oils

5 drops carrot seed oil

3 teaspoons coconut oillip balm 1

Place a glass Pyrex (with a pour spout) in a pot of water, like you would make a double boiler.

Add in your beeswax pellets, cacao butter, coconut oil, vitamin E oil.

Allow the mixture to melt slowly. Stirring constantly until the mixture is fully melted, take off the heat.

 Drop in peppermint and carrott seed essential oil and carefully pour into chapstick tubes or balm containers.

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Allow to cool overnight before applying or packaging.

These make excellent gifts or even simple stocking stuffers.

*source..http://www.ewg.org/news/testimony-official-correspondence/fda-warns-cosmetics-industry-follow-law-untested-ingredients

* http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/myths-on-cosmetics-safety/

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Filed Under: DIY Naturally, Essential Oils, Homemade Christmas Tagged With: carrott seed oil, chapstick, coconut oil, essential oils, lip balm, parabens, pepperment, pure, young living

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Comments

  1. Mark says

    03/16/2015 at 3:45 am

    How long are these lip balms safe to use? I was always under the impression that homemade lip balms have a short “shelf life”

    Reply
    • livinlovinfarmin says

      03/22/2015 at 8:27 am

      Ive been using the same ones for about 5 months now and their excellent. I’ve even ran them through the wash machine several times and they don’t get ruined. I make batches of 12 at a time, and I’m just now needing to make more.

      Reply
  2. Kobra Denton says

    10/27/2015 at 10:25 am

    Can you tell me how many empty chap stick tubes this could fill?

    Reply
    • livinlovinfarmin says

      12/29/2015 at 2:43 pm

      This recipe will fill roughly a dozen.

      Reply
  3. Jodi says

    01/12/2016 at 5:35 pm

    Can you use a “flavor” other than peppermint?

    Reply
    • livinlovinfarmin says

      01/13/2016 at 8:17 pm

      For sure! I would avoid citrus ones however as they may cause sensitivity to the sun.

      Reply
  4. Melissa says

    01/13/2016 at 7:37 am

    Hi, can I use different essential oils?

    Reply
    • livinlovinfarmin says

      01/13/2016 at 8:18 pm

      Absolutely!

      Reply
  5. Heather says

    11/19/2016 at 7:36 pm

    Can I use something other than cocoa butter? Could I double the coconut oil? Trying to get away from buying another ingredient. Thanks.

    Reply
  6. Gale Brick says

    12/07/2016 at 4:12 pm

    Would like to make for shower take home gifts. What makes them colored? Would like the pink as this is the color of the brides wedding theme.

    Reply
    • livinlovinfarmin says

      01/02/2017 at 2:15 pm

      Hi Gail, You can add powdered beet root to give them a pink tint. Or turmeric for yellow, but I’m not sure how that one would taste! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Amber says

    04/13/2017 at 4:24 pm

    Can I use drops of vitamin E oil out of capsules? I don’t want to have to buy a bottle of it when I have so many capsules.

    Reply
    • livinlovinfarmin says

      04/21/2017 at 12:41 pm

      Yes for sure! Use what you have.

      Reply

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