Homemade Lip Balm

Winter is the time when each of us have to be concerned about skin care. Lip balms protect the lips from drying, not only in the harsh and cold winters, but also during the hot and dry summers. They help in healing chapped and dry lips. You can make use of the following best homemade lip balm recipes and cut down on the cost of chap sticks and lip balms. There are a number of advantages of making the lip balm at home. The first and most important advantage is that lip balms made at home do not have preservatives, artificial colors or sweeteners. Due to this, it is less likely to irritate the sensitive skin of the lips. You can experiment and use pure essential oils and cosmetic grade flavor oils and create one-of-a-kind product customized to your requirement and preferences. Now let's see how to make the lip balm.

Easy Lip Balm Recipes

Here are some of the lip balm recipes which you can make use of depending on your preferences, requirements, and also availability of the ingredients.

Jojoba Oil Lip Balm Recipe
With this recipe, you will be able to make the best lip balm, which will suffice for a month.

Ingredients

• Jojoba Oil 2¼ teaspoons
• Beeswax 2 teaspoons
• Grapefruit Essential Oil 1 teaspoon
• Container (small) 1

Method

• In a microwaveable bowl place the jojoba oil and beeswax together and let the ingredients microwave for about 3 to 4 minutes, till the ingredients are well blended.
• Remove the bowl from the microwave and add grapefruit essential oil to it and stir well.
• Then you can remove the mixture in the container and let it cool for about 20 to 30 minutes and your lip balm is ready to be used.

Vanilla Honey Lip Balm Recipe
If you like the taste of honey and vanilla, then I am sure you will certainly try out this recipe. Let's see what are the lip balm ingredients for this yummy lip balm.

Ingredients

• Petroleum Jelly 2 tablespoons
• Vitamin E Oil ¼ teaspoon
• Beeswax 1 tablespoon
• Honey 1 teaspoon
• Vanilla Extract 1 teaspoon

Method

• In a microwavable bowl heat petroleum jelly and beeswax together for about 5 minutes. After about 3 minutes, remove the bowl from the microwave and stir the ingredients well, so that the ingredients are equally heated. Place the bowl again in the microwave and let it heat for another 2 minutes.
• Once you see there is transparent liquid in the bowl, take the bowl out of the microwave.
• Let the bowl cool at room temperature for about 5 to 7 minutes and then add honey and vanilla extract to it and stir well.
• Once you stir well, you will notice that the texture of the lip balm is thickening.
• Then pour the lip balm in to the lip balm container and it is ready for use.

Cocoa Lip Balm Recipe
If you are a chocolate lover like me, then you will end up making this lip balm often.

Ingredients

• Beeswax 3 oz
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil 4 oz
• Vitamin E capsule 1
• Cocoa ½ teaspoon

Method

• In a double boiler melt the beeswax.
• Once you see transparent liquid, add extra virgin oil and Vitamin E oil capsule ingredients to the beeswax.
• Stir the ingredients well and heat the mixture.
• Remove it from the boiler and let the mixture cool at room temperature for about 5 to 7 minutes. Then add cocoa to it, stir well and your lip balm can now be transferred to the container.

Peppermint Lip Balm Recipe
This is another lip balm recipe which you may want to try.

Ingredients

• Beeswax 2 teaspoons
• Sweet Almond Oil 7 teaspoons
• Honey 1 teaspoon
• Peppermint Essential Oil 1 teaspoon

Method

• Heat beeswax and almond oil till the beeswax has just melted.
• Once the beeswax has melted, remove from heat, add honey to the mixture and stir well.
• When the mixture has cooled a little add peppermint essential oil and store the lip balm in a container.

Now that you know some natural homemade lip balm recipes, you can try your hand at making these. Not only is this healthier than the products available in the stores, it will work out much cheaper as well, and help you save money for a good cause!