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Homemade beeswax lip balm in white tubes with labels image.

Lip Balm Recipe with Beeswax and Coconut Oil

Charlotte Anderson @ Carolina Honeybees, LLC
Step by step instructions to make your own beeswax lip care products at home.
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Tools

Supplies
 

Instructions
 

  • Melt the Beeswax: Using a double boiler is a safe way to liquify your wax.
    I can not express enough how much I love these light-weight double boiler inserts. I have several and find them so handy.
    Melting beeswax in a double boiler pot image.
  • Add in Other Oils:
    When most of the wax is melted, add the coconut oil, sweet almond oil and castor oil. Stir gently.
    Sometimes I use a microwave for these but you can just add them to your double boiler too.
    Once everything is liquid, mix well and remove from heat.
    lip balm recipe ingredients melting image.
  • Add Vitamin E (and fragrance oil if scent is desired)
    Now is the time to add a small amount of vitamin E.  You may purchase liquid vitamin E from a craft supply. 
    Or for a small batch, vitamin E capsules can be cut open and the content inside used. Vitamin E prolongs the freshness.
    If desired add a fragrance oil to the mixture.  Use the ratios provided by the manufacturer with your fragrance oil and be sure that it is approved for cosmetic use. Honestly, I don’t use it.
    Capsules of vitamin e oil image.
  • Pouring Mixture Into Tubes: Before the melted ingredients begin to cool too much, we must pour it into our tubes. 
    The use of a special tray to hold the tubes is a very valuable aid. 
    However, it is not a requirement and you can certainly pour them by hand.
    Holding tray for filling lip balm tubes image.
  • Filling tubes: Fill each tube.
    Don’t worry about a little over flow – the tray will catch it. And, it is easily cleaned up once cool.
    Using glass cup to fill beeswax lip balm tubes image.
  • Cool and Clean: Let the tubes cool and they will harden to a semi-solid consistency.
    A flat scrapper can be used to scrape the excess ingredients off the tray and be stored in a container for use later. 
    Using a flat spatula to scrape off excess material on lip balm tray image.
  • Cool and Set: After an hour - Remove the cool tubes from the tray and top with the provided caps.  Your lip balm is ready for a label .
    Removing cool beeswax lip balm tubes from tray image.

Notes

  • This is a basic recipe for homemade beeswax lip balm.  You can make adjustments.
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