Saturday 21 January 2017

How To Prepare LipBalm At Home

Here’s How to Make Your Own Lip Balm and Lip Gloss!

1.) The basic formula is:


1/4 cup vegetable or nut oil
1/4 ounce beeswax
1 teaspoon honey or glycerine (humectants)
1/2 to 1 teaspoon natural flavouring oil aka Essential Oil.

Heat the oil and beeswax in a double boiler (or microwave) until the beeswax is melted. Remove from heat and whip with an electric beater until creamy. Add the honey or glycerine and approx. 5 drops flavouring oil; whip some more. Add more flavouring if desired. Store in small glass jars, small Tupperware bowls, decorative tins or film containers. Try different oils on your lips to choose the best one for your skin and taste preference. If the Balm is too hard (waxy), add more oil to your mixture.  If it is too soft, add more wax.


You can add a few drops of beet juice for a beautiful & natural red colour. But instead of going to that trouble, you can just shave off a little of your lip stick for that beautiful (not natural) colour. Don't use food colouring, it may contain alcohol base.

Never use extracts found in cooking sections of the grocery stores as they contain alcohol. Use safe essential oils. The good part about them is they have thousands of great flavours. Comfrey, Rosemary, Tea Tree or Camphor Oils are excellent for healing effects.
How do you know if it's time to throw away your gloss?  If it changes colour, odour, or texture,  throw it away.

Basic Lip Gloss 

Ingredients:  

Paraffin wax  
Coconut oil  
Petroleum jelly
Candy melts (to colour the gloss and make it taste sweet) 
Oil-based candy flavouring (if you want a special flavour) 
Grater 
Wax paper 
Ziploc bag 
Small container (recycle old lip gloss / balm containers or other makeup containers, even 35mm film containers work well.  Other places to look include, stores that carry beads, crafts, or fishing tackle supplies.

How to
:

Grate  a bit of paraffin wax onto wax paper. Put ¼ teaspoon grated wax into the plastic bag. Add 1 teaspoon coconut oil, 1 teaspoon petroleum jelly, and 1 candy melt to colour the gloss and make it sweet. Add 1/8 teaspoon oil-based candy flavouring if you like.  Seal the bag and put it in a bowl of hot water to melt the ingredients, for approximately 3-5 minutes. (Use tap water! Please never use a microwave or stove to heat the water). 

When all the ingredients are melted, take the bag out of the water. Move the ingredients around in bag to mix.  Make sure you work quickly.   Clip off a tiny corner of the bag and squeeze gloss into the clean container. Let it set for an hour. 

If you can’t wait that long, just put this in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.  Use a cotton swab to apply gloss to help your product last longer. Your lip-gloss should last a long time. If it changes colour, odour, or texture, though, throw it away.

2.) Basic Lip Balm II

1/2 ounce beeswax beads, refined 4 ounces sweet almond oil 2 teaspoons essential oil or food flavouring oil
Put the 4 ounces of sweet almond oil in measuring cup, add beeswax beads and melt in microwave. Stir with spoon, and when cooled a bit, add essential or flavouring oil. Pour into jars or containers.

3.) Cranberry Lip Gloss  

1 tablespoon sweet almond oil 10 fresh cranberries 1 teaspoon honey 1 drop of vitamin E oil
Mix all the ingredients together in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for a couple of minutes or until the mixture just begins to boil. (Bowl may also be heated in a pan of water on a stovetop). Stir well and gently crush the berries. Cool mixture for five minutes and then strain through a fine sieve to remove all the fruit pieces. Stir again and set aside to cool completely. When cool, transfer into a small portable plastic container or tin.

4.)Silky Smooth Lip Balm

2 Teaspoons Olive Oil 1/2 Teaspoon Grated Beeswax or Beeswax Pellets 1/2 Teaspoon Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter
1/2 Teaspoon Honey Any Flavoured Oil To Taste 1 Vitamin E Capsule (as a preservative) (optional)

5.) Honey Balm

3 oz. Almond Oil 2 Teaspoons Honey 1/2 oz. Beeswax or Beeswax Pellets 1 Vitamin E Capsule (as a preservative) 1-4 Drops Essential Oil

6.) Almond Lip Gloss


2 Teaspoons Grated Beeswax or Beeswax Pellets 3 - 6 Drops Flavoured Oil 1 Teaspoon Sweet Almond Oil 3 Drops Honey 1 1/2 Teaspoon Cocoa Butter 1 Vitamin E Capsule (as a preservative)

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