Did you know that most commercial lip balms and lipstick contains harmful chemicals? To name a few: parabens, oxybenzon, fragrance, Octinoxate, BHT, glyceryl… Studies shows that those chemicals cause allergies, irritations, hormone disruptions and cancer.
Making homemade lip balm is super easy and fun. You need natural beeswax, butter (shea butter or cocoa butter) and a carrier oil (coconut oi, almond oil, sweet almond oil…). To make lip balms, melt the ingredients in a double boiler on low heat and pour it in lip balm containers.
You will find below the top 3 DIY lip balm recipes from Organic Beauty Recipes.
SHEA BUTTER LIP BALM RECIPE
This lip balm recipe contains shea butter, sweet almond oil, coconut oil and castor oil. Shea Butter is naturally rich in Vitamins A, E, and F and helps soothe, hydrate, and balance the skin. Coconut oil and castor oil will give gloss to your lip balm. This is a great lip balm recipe to protect your lips from getting dry.
Ingredients
- Natural Emulsifier – 30%
- 3 teaspoons of natural beeswax pellets
- Oil phase – 70 %
- 2 teaspoons of organic refined shea butter
- 2 teaspoons of organic apricot Kernel oil or sweet almond oil
- 1 teaspoon of organic Coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons of organic Castor oil
Essential oils:
- 10 drops of Organic Lavender essential oil
Containers:
- 10 plastic lip balm containers / tubes
Instructions
- Melt beeswax & oils in a double boiler on low heat. Once melted, take it off the heat and add the essential oils.
- Mix well. Pour it into the plastic lip balm containers before it starts to harden.
- If it has already starting to harden, simply put it back in the double boiler for a few seconds until it melts again.
- Voila, you have made your first Shea Butter Lip Balm recipe!
CINNAMON LIP BALM RECIPE
This cinnamon lip balm recipe is perfect to have fuller lips naturally. Cinnamon leaf essential oil is a natural lip plumper. It’s important not to increase the dosage of the cinnamon essential oil as this can irritate your lips. Castor oil helps stimulate the production of collagen and elastin.
Ingredients
- Natural Emulsifier – 40 %
- 4 tablespoons beeswax pellets (or 3 only if you prefer a softer lip balm)
- Oil phase – 60 %
- 1 tablespoon organic castor oil
- ½ tablespoon of organic raw liquid honey
- ½ tablespoon of organic calendula oil
- 2 tablespoons of sweet almond oil
- 2 tablespoons of organic refined shea butter
Essential oils:
- 5 drops of cinnamon leaf essential oil (do not use the bark cinnamon essential oil)
Instructions
- Melt beeswax, oils, and honey in a double boiler of very low heat. Once melted take it off the heat and start whipping with an electric mixer until the liquid becomes frosty and the honey well blended. (at first you will see the honey at the bottom of the oils, that means it is not well mixed).
- Add essential oils and pour the mixture into lip balm container before it starts to solidify.
- If it has already starting to solidify, don’t panic! Put it back into the double boiler for a few seconds until it melts again and poor the rest in the containers.
Words of wisdom: Cinnamon leaf essential oil must be use with caution. Please do not increase the percentage of drops in your lip balm or it might irritate your lips. Cinnamon essential oil can be a mucous membrane irritant and strong skin sensitizer. Only the oil from the leaf should be used, never use the bark essential oil. This is just a word of caution, I never had any problems with this lip balm which is one of my favorite!
Yield: about 1.5 oz
HEALING NATURAL LIP BALM RECIPE
This natural lip balm recipe contains hemp seed oil which is a wonder of nature! It has anti-inflammatory properties and is great to heal chapped lips.
INGREDIENTS
- Natural Emulsifier – 30 %
- 3 teaspoons beeswax pellets
- Oil phase – 70 %
- 1 teaspoon organic castor oil
- 1.5 teaspoon of organic kokum butter (or replace by shea butter)
- 1 teaspoon of organic refined coconut oil (or not refined to have the coconut scent)
- 1 teaspoons of refined organic Shea butter
- 1 teaspoon of refined organic Mango butter
- 1 teaspoon of organic hemp seed oil
- 0.5 teaspoon of organic raw liquid honey
Containers:
8 plastic lip balm containers
Instructions
- Melt beeswax & oils in a double boiler on low heat. Add the honey and starts whipping until the honey is well blended. If you do not have a double boiler, simply use a deep pan filled with water and put an aluminium bowl inside.
- Then, take the double boiler off the heat and add the essential oils.
- Mix well. Pour it into the plastic lip balm containers before it starts to harden.
- If it has already starting to harden, simply put it back in the double boiler for a few seconds until it melts again.
Voila, you have made your first all natural Lip Balm recipes!
Eve is a certified aroma therapist and the author of the blog Organic Beauty Recipes. She creates easy DIY natural beauty recipes you can do right in your kitchen. By making your own natural beauty products you are making a statement: you do not want products that are filled with dangerous chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruptions and other health problems. Join the DIY organic beauty community today on Facebook!
Leave a Reply