A simple DIY lip balm recipe for silky soft smooth lips using only natural ingredients, including beeswax, sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, cocoa butter, vitamin E oil, and essential oil.

For me, any change of the season – whether it be summer or winter – brings out the dry, chapped lips. But, on top of that, I’m a compulsive lip biter. Whenever I’m unsure, anxious, or bored, I bite and pick at my lips.

I used to use a lip balm brand called Blistex, but I wanted something more natural as their products contain some toxic ingredients like phenol, saccharin, parabens, fragrance, oxybenzone, mineral oil, paraffin, and petrolatum.

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Once you start making your own natural products, like lip balm, it eventually becomes second nature, and the DIYs are actually a lot of fun to customise and experiment with, using different natural ingredients to create something completely your own!

Before we get started in learning how to make this creamy lip balm, if you like what you’re seeing, subscribe to my email newsletter at the bottom of the page to keep up to date on the latest recipes, DIYs, gardening and health tips I share!

Homemade Creamy Lip Balm

To make a thicker, harder lip balm, use one to two extra teaspoons of wax or, for a smoother, softer lip balm, use slightly less wax, more cocoa butter, and more oil.

As there are no water-based ingredients in this recipe, you can re-melt and add more of each ingredient during the melting process until you get the exact consistency and texture you want.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp beeswax
• 2 tbsp cocoa butter
• 2 tbsp sweet almond oil
• 1 tbsp jojoba oil
• 5 drops vitamin E oil
• 10 drops peppermint essential
• Lip balm tubes or small lip balm tins

To Make:

1. Make a double boiler by placing a small saucepan filled with a couple of inches of water over medium heat, and bring the water to a boil. Then, place a heat-safe bowl on top. The bottom of the bowl should not be touching the water below.
2. Melt the beeswax, cocoa butter, sweet almond oil, and jojoba oil in the bowl, stirring regularly throughout until melted.
3. Remove the pan from heat but keep the bowl over the still-hot water to keep the mixture melted, then add in the vitamin E oil and stir through.
4. Add the essential oil and stir through.
5. Immediately begin transferring the hot mixture into the empty lip balm containers using a teaspoon. This must be done quickly as the mixture will start to harden as soon as it is removed from the heat.
6. Once filled, let the containers sit at room temperature for several hours until completely cool, then place the lids on and store the balm in places where they’ll be on-hand to use when needed (I keep one in my backpack, one in my handbag, one in my purse, and one in my bathroom). Glass or tin containers are a preferred option to store this lip balm in, as plastic leaches chemicals into whatever’s stored inside, particularly if stored for long periods of time, or if the contents are fatty or hot.

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Have you made lip balm or other natural beauty products before? What were they like? Share in the comments below.

Lots of love,

Vanessa