This should make me enough lip balms for a lifetime!
Bye bye store bought lip balms!
I was not happy with my last two lip balms I bought. One was EOS, the other Chapstick, both grapefruit flavored. Maybe it was the flavoring, but I swear they only made my lips thirstier! Or maybe that is their trick, to get you to use more more often, and then buying more. Either way, no more! I'll make my own.
This should be simple, right?
This project went the way all my other first-time projects go. I make assumptions that end up biting me in the butt. Not that I'm complaining (gotta learn somehow), it just shouldn't surprise me anymore. I only had these 2 containers to use, and looking at my recipe, I thought I better half it and go from there. Also, I had no idea what kind of container to use to melt my ingredients. I ended up picking this one.
I planned on melting in the microwave, so I was a little skeptical on using plastic. But just look at that perfect little spout! Plastic concern overridden!
I put in 1/2 tbsp beeswax, 1/2 tbsp coconut oil, and (roughly) 3/4 tbsp shea butter. My beeswax would not melt..
I did my best to scrape all that goodness into a shotglass and continue.
That's better! I also added in 4 drops peppermint oil and 2 drops lavender.
Now to carefully pour the piping hot liquid lip balm into the containers.
Oops, I spilled.. I still had leftovers even! We don't use that shotglass, so the extra will just sit in there till next time.
I tried some on. So. Much. Better. Now the Big Man will finally want to kiss me ;)
