I love not having chapped lips in the winter...but I don't like regular lip balm from the store. I know their are alot of natural choices out there but most of them have sunflower oil. (And I just happen to be allergic!)
It turns out that it's really easy to make your own though! It only takes a few ingredients and you can "flavor" it any scent you want! I love vanilla scented anything so I was happy to find a vanilla essential oil on Amazon to use. It didn't mix in as well as I wanted but it still scented the lip balm.
So here's all you need to make a batch of at least 6-8 lip balms depending on the size of the containers you have to put them in.
Vanilla Lip Balm
- 2 T. beeswax
- 2 T. shea butter
- 2 T. coconut oil
- essential oil (I used Vanilla)
Melt together the beeswax, shea butter, and coconut oil. Add in the drops of essential oil depending on how strongly you want it flavored. (Or you don't have to add any!) I only added about 12 drops to mine.
Use an eye dropper while the liquid is still hot and fill your containers. If it starts to cool before you finish just heat it back up again to the liquid state.
Remember that in warm temperatures this lip balm might melt so keep it in a cool place or in the fridge if you have to. Enjoy!
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Having allergies must be the mother of all invention!
They sure make finding all sorts of items a pain, and reading labels a new past-time… Cool ideas.
This sounds good.
I’ve been getting chapped lips this summer! I think I lick my lips when I’m in the pool or when outside working… sweating, you know?
So…you get the vanilla essential oils from amazon. I’m guess the little jars too?
where does one buy beeswax or shea butter? Do you have to buy them online or are these items carried in stores?
thanks in advance, Pat
I added the links in the post above to Amazon where I got my ingredients. And yes, I also purchased the jars on Amazon.
You can buy beeswax locally most of the time….if you can find local honey then chances are you can also get bees wax there.
Mountainroseherbs.com sells all kinds of glass containers, herbs, essentials oils, teas. Just basically natural stuff. I use them for herbs and sometimes henna for my hair. I believe they carry lip balm containers.
did this same balm last winter – those little jars work well.
Hi,
I can’t wait to try to make this. Thank you,
Brenda
I am going to have to try this. My teenage daughter is on a lip balm kick! I have never seen anyone with so many lip balms at one time. My question is what do you, or did you put your balm in once you made it? Thank you for posting this.
It’s so easy and fun! I love making it!
This sounds great! It would make lovely gifts, and my girls would enjoy it, too! Thanks for all of your great tips.
Wonderful
we made some a few years ago,,,guess it’s time again 
have a great & Godly day 
~eva
Can you tell me what size these little jars are? I’m having alot of trouble finding small CLEAR ones for some reason…are they called “Pots or jars?”
Thanks!
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I have never heard of anyone other than myself and one of my daughters being allergic to sunflower. It’s wonderful to be able to make great natural alternatives to the natural alternatives!
Blessings!
Yes, it’s a frustrating little uncommon allergy isn’t it?
I also have a sunflower allergy in addition to celery. Super fun to deal with when nobody believes you.
Seems like it’s that way for many allergies! For some reason I’ve found that people find the corn and carrot allergies hardest to believe, but I’m not sure why!
I just tried this recipe last night, and love it. The lip balm is truly the best stuff I’ve ever tried. Perfect consistency and moisture level. I used peppermint oil instead of vanilla as the beeswax & shea butter have a fairly strong scent that I wanted to cover up a little. But it was really quick and easy to do. Grating the beeswax was the hardest step…pastilles next time! The recipe is simple and easily adjustable. I’m so glad I found you Merissa – yeah for Pinterest!
Woohoo! I’m glad the recipe worked great for you, enjoy!
Instead of the vanilla essential oil do you think you could use a vanilla bean in the melting process?
You could try it, I’m not sure how it would work!
Is the shea butter absolutely necessary? Would just beeswax and coconut oil suffice? I have plenty of those two ingredients and was wondering if I could just substitute the shea with extra coconut. Thanks!
I haven’t made it that way before but you can sure try it and tell us how it comes out!
sharing! I have had my eye on beeswax and now I will buy some cause I love coconut oil too!
I love making my own products as well! I bought that same vanilla oil from amazon and have had so much trouble with it…it all tends to settle in the middle bottom of the lip balm. I have used a few other oils from them and have had no problem. I think maybe I’ll use some pure vanilla extract the next time.
hello! i really really liked your recipe! i bet it tastes so good too
i have cocoa butter, do you think i could use it instead of shea butter?
thank you
You could try it, I think it would work!
thank you!
You had mentioned using around 12 drops of Vanilla Essential Oil. So in your opinion would you consider the vanilla smell afterwards to be more light, or heavier? I love scented chap sticks but most I find give off very little scent. I’ve read on several sites to “just add the essential oil to your liking” so I guess my 2nd question would be does it smell the same while you are making it as it does once it’s solidifies? Thanks!!!
In this recipe the vanilla scent was still very light. It does not smell as strong as it solidifies.
I would love to try this, but I am sensitive to coconut oil. Any ideas for a substitute?
Maybe try adding cocoa butter instead?
Oh wow! I love lip balm! I am going to try this out! I will let you know how I do!