TAKE 1 - 11/6/18
coconut oil
beeswax
shea butter
caster oil
vitamin E oil
rose hip oil
essential oil rose & bergmont
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apricot oil (infused with marshmallow root, calendula flowers, comfrey leaves, licorice root)
castor oil
beeswax
bergamot essential oil
chamomile essential oil
collected ingredients lists
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Follow this basic recipe, using the above info to guide you
1 ounce beeswax, finely chopped or grated
½ cup vegetable fats, made up of: roughly 1/4 brittle fats, such as cocoa butter
roughly 1/3 solid fats, such as shea butter, coconut butter
or hemp seed butter
fill up the rest of the way with liquid oils, such as avocado, olive, almond, castor etc.
3 parts carrier oil (liquid oil)
1 part beeswax* (I tend to use a smidge more than this, but it depends on the recipe)
1 part solid butter (optional & adjustable)
optional, essential oil (start with 1 to 2 drops per tablespoon or 1/2 ounce of ingredients, adjust as desired)
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coconut oil
beeswax
shea butter
caster oil
vitamin E oil
rose hip oil
essential oil rose & bergmont
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apricot oil (infused with marshmallow root, calendula flowers, comfrey leaves, licorice root)
castor oil
beeswax
bergamot essential oil
chamomile essential oil
collected ingredients lists
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Follow this basic recipe, using the above info to guide you
1 ounce beeswax, finely chopped or grated
½ cup vegetable fats, made up of: roughly 1/4 brittle fats, such as cocoa butter
roughly 1/3 solid fats, such as shea butter, coconut butter
or hemp seed butter
fill up the rest of the way with liquid oils, such as avocado, olive, almond, castor etc.
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1 part beeswax* (I tend to use a smidge more than this, but it depends on the recipe)
1 part solid butter (optional & adjustable)
optional, essential oil (start with 1 to 2 drops per tablespoon or 1/2 ounce of ingredients, adjust as desired)
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list of options to draw ideas from:
- Castor Oil – adds gloss and smoothness to lip balm
- Apricot Kernel Oil – for sensitive and mature skin
- Olive Oil – an easy to find basic oil
- Sweet Almond Oil – softens lips
- Sunflower Oil – heals damaged skin
- Coconut Oil – melts easily (for those with coconut allergy though, it can make chapped lips worse)
- Tamanu Oil – heals many skin conditions
- Pomegranate Seed Oil – rich and nutritious
- Jojoba Oil – softens and nourishes skin
- Avocado Oil – rich and moisturizes dry lips
- Hemp Seed Oil – conditions lips
- ***Tip: One ingredient that I feel makes a lip balm is castor oil. It leaves such a soft glossy shine on the lips.
- ***If at all possible, try to keep a small amount (about 1/2 tablespoon) in your recipe and I think you’ll be very happy with the results! It counts towards your carrier oil portion.
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Herbs for Lip Balms
- Calendula – (soothing for almost anyone)
- Lemon Balm – (anti-viral, great for cold sores)
- Chamomile – (anti-inflammatory, soothing)
- Dandelion Flowers – (heals damaged skin)
- Plantain – (skin healing)
- Goldenseal – (anti-bacterial & anti-viral and another herb I like to use in healing formulas)
- Rose Petals – (skin soothing)
- Violet Leaves – (very helpful for chapped skin conditions.)
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Making Herbal Infused Oils
To make herbal lip balm, you’ll first need to make an herb-infused oil to go in it.
To do so, fill a small jar about half-way up with dried herbs or flowers.
Cover with about twice as much as your favorite carrier oil, or to the top of the jar.
For a quick infusion:
Set the jar down into a small saucepan filled with a few inches of water. Heat over a low burner for a few hours, keeping a close eye that the water doesn’t evaporate out.
Remove from heat and strain.
For a slower, more traditional infusion:
Cap the jar of herbs/flowers and oil and tuck it away in a cabinet for around 4 weeks, shaking occasionally as you remember to. When the infusing time has passed, strain.
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