Here is the recipe my husband used to make a batch of lip balm as gifts for teachers and the like for Christmas.
Ingredients:
3 TSP of Beeswax (or .45 ounces)
4 TSP of Cocoa Butter (.40 ounces) you can use Cocoanut Butter as well
5 TSP of Sweet Almond Oil
2 TSP of Lanolin
1/2 TSP Honey
5 drops essential oils (I used Lemon Eucalyptus - but have used peppermint as well)
Melt Beeswax, Cocoa Butter, Almond Oil and Lanolin in a double boiler - stirring often. Once it is melted - add Honey and Essential oils. Keep Stirring while you add it to the container of your choice.
Done - Burt's Bee's for a lot less than the store! My triple batch made about 5 ounces of lip balm. Considering a Burt's bee's contains about .15 ounces at 6 dollars a tube - I am about 70 dollars ahead!
Dude! You say all that like I have it in my pantry. Where are you getting this stuff, please? And what is the container of your choice?
ReplyDeleteJen -
DeleteJ gets all the stuff from http://www.texasnaturalsupply.com/. He gets containers from http://www.specialtybottle.com/. He gets the chapstick type containers for the balm - works just like the stuff you get at the store :)
Sorry this took so long...lazy blogger!!
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