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Making natural lip balm is fun and easy to do, and it requires only a few ingredients! Its the perfect product you can make as a gift for your loved ones, or even to sell at the market or your online store. Follow along to learn exactly how to make this natural moisturising lip balm!
A double boiler - or, create a makeshift double boiler by nesting a stainless steel bowl, heat-safe glass bowl, or smaller pot inside a larger pot. Add water to the bottom pot and make sure the top pot is resting in the water.
Small containers to store your final homemade lip balm. We have lip balm containers available.
Optional: a glass measuring cup
We listed the ingredients in “parts” (by volume) so you can easily scale the natural lip balm recipe up or down to your liking. For example, use 1/2 cup beeswax, ½ cup cocoa butter, and 1 cup oil. Or for a much smaller batch, combine 1 tablespoon of beeswax and 1 tablespoon of cocoa butter with 2 tablespoons of oil.
Clean Up.
For the easiest clean up, immediately wipe the pan out with a paper towel. If the lip balm residue starts to harden inside, lightly heat the pan again to help it melt once again.
How long does homemade lip balm last? Can it expire?
As a general rule of thumb, consider homemade lip balm “good” and safe to use as long as it looks, smells, and feels normal – typically for several months or up to a year. Signs that homemade lip balm has expired or gone bad include “off” odor’s, tastes, or visible mold on the surface of the lip balm or inside its container.
A number of factors influence the shelf life of homemade lip balm, including the ingredients used and how it is stored or applied. For instance, certain oils are more prone to going rancid more quickly than others (though beeswax does act as a natural preservative and helps to extend their shelf life). Furthermore, using a tube applicator or dipping clean fingers into a lip balm tin will help it last longer than applying lip balm from a tin with soiled fingers.
What if my homemade lip balm is too hard (or too soft)?
If your homemade lip balm comes out too soft, the easiest fix is to re-melt it and add a tad more wax. On the other hand, if the lip balm is too firm you can re-melt it and add more oil instead. Yet if you follow the natural lip balm recipe we provided above, this shouldn’t be an issue.
We hope you love this recipe! Please let us know in the comments if you tried it and tag us on Facebook and Instagram with your creations! :)