This DIY tinted lip balm can be a fun treat for when your lips are chapped & you still want a color on them. It's function as a balm is still absolutely excellent.
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Place the container into a water bath. You can create a water bath by filling a saucepan with a couple of inches of water and bringing it up to a gentle simmer. allowing the waxes and butter to gently melt.
Once melted remove them from the water bath but keep the water bath close by as you may need it again. Stir in the sweet almond followed by the mica, If it starts to become solid and cloudy you can pop the beaker back into the water to gently re-melt it.
4 grams Sweet Almond Oil, 2 grams Mica Powders
Next we can add the vitamin E followed by the lavender essential oil, stirring after each one.
0.75 grams Vitamin E Oil, 0.25 grams Lavender Essential Oil
Make sure any tubes that you are using are fully twisted down. Pour the oils into lip balm tubes or containers. Lip balm containers can be fully filled, tubes are best with a little space left at the top ready for topping up later. For this, you will need to hang on to a small amount of the balm mix. When filled Leave the lids off, and put them into a cold place to solidify. A fridge is a perfect place for cooling them quickly, they shouldn't take much more than 30 minutes. Once cool, melt the leftover lip balm mix, give it a good stir and top up the tubes.When they are completely solid and cold, you can pop the lids on and leave them to sit for 24 hours before using them. This gives the lip balm time to thicken and bond with the lip balm screw at the bottom of the tube.
5 Lip Balm Tubes
Notes:
Shelf Life: Providing you’re using a good quality antioxidant like vitamin e, and you don’t expose your lip balms to a significant amount of water your balms should be good for at least 12 months