Beeswax Lip Balm

I'm going to hang out with my sisters-in-law tomorrow so I wanted to get some supplies to make facials and lip balm. I tried out the lip balm today to see how easy it was to make. I can't believe I've been buying lip balm for all these years, it was so incredibly easy to make! It took me maybe 5 minutes total and I only needed to buy a couple things that I didn't already have.

Homemade lip balm ingredients

The ingredients are pretty simple: beeswax, almond oil and honey are the base. Then I added vitamin E, tea tree oil and lavender oil to make it a soothing lip balm (my whole family gets chapped lips in the winter), but you can add whatever essential oils you want to give it different properties (peppermint is a good one for a cooling, refreshing lip balm). Here is the ingredient list:

1 tablespoon grated beeswax (that suspicious looking white powder is pre-powdered beeswax)

4 tablespoons almond oil

1 teaspoon honey

10 drops tea tree oil

5 drops lavender oil

400 IU (1 softgel) vitamin E

You mix the beeswax and the almond oil in a small saucepan and heat it over the lowest heat setting you have until it melts (it will be clear). Then remove the pan from the heat and add the honey plus the essential oils and vitamin E if you're using them. Pour the liquid into your containers before it starts to harden and let it cool before using. I only filled a couple of those little metal containers, but I had enough lip balm to fill at least 5 or 6 of them if not more. The mixture gives your lips a nice, creamy feel without the stickiness of the waxes in some lip balms. It's good stuff!