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homemade lip balm with coconut oil

Lip Balm With Coconut Oil Recipe

I just love this fun DIY lip balm with coconut oil. I think the colors are great & I can imagine these sitting beautifully next to other products in a skin care hamper.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: DIY Skincare
Cuisine: N/A
Difficulty Level: Easy
Yield (adjustable): 50 grams
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Ingredients:

Equipment:

Instructions:

  • Weigh the candelilla wax, coconut oil, and olive oil into a heat-proof beaker.
    9 grams Candelila Wax, 20 grams Coconut Oil, 7 grams Olive Oil
    how to make lip balm with coconut oil
  • Place the beaker into a water bath or bain marie. 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. Let the beaker sit in the simmering water until the wax and oils have melted.
    Place the beaker into a water bath or bain marie
  • Once fully melted remove the beaker from the saucepan, but keep the water bath close by as you may need it again. Stir in the Apricot kernel oil, If it starts to become hard and cloudy you can pop the beaker back into the water to gently re-melt it.
    10 grams Apricot Kernel Oil
    Stir in the Apricot kernel oil
  • Add your vitamin E and your flavor oil stirring after each one.
    0.5 grams Vitamin E Oil, 2 grams Flavor Oil
    Adding flavor oil
  • Now it's time to stir in the mica, this can sometimes thicken the oil slightly, so you may need to place it back into the water bath before pouring it into your chosen containers.
    1.5 grams Mica Powders
    adding color to a lip balm recipe
  • Once you have poured the balm into containers, 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.
    When they are completely cooled and are solid, pop the lids on and leave them to sit for 24 hours before using.
    5 Small Lib balm jars
    pour the coconut oil lip balm into containers

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
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