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5 Lip Balm Recipes That Will Transform Your Chapped Lips Into Happy Lips

Lip balm is surprisingly easy to make. All it takes are a few ingredients that are extremely easy to find at any bulk store, a little bit of time, and an empty lip balm tube. The best part is that these recipes are made with natural ingredients, so you know exactly what you’re putting on your lips!

1. Classic Peppermint

Mint is the best lip balm flavour ever. Make your own classic peppermint flavour using shea butter, beeswax, coconut oil, and peppermint essential oil!

Ingredients:
-1 tbsp shea butter
-2 tsp beeswax
-2 tsp coconut oil
-a few drops peppermint essential oil (make sure it’s an essential oil that’s safe to consume)

Fill a shallow pan with about an inch and a half of water and bring to a boil.

Toss your shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil into a heatsafe glass dish. Place the glass dish in the boiling water. The water should not be close to getting in the dish.

Let the ingredients melt, stirring occasionally to help the beeswax melt.

Once melted, remove from heat and let cool slightly. Mix in the peppermint essential oil.

Pour into your lip balm tube or a shallow tin.

Use daily to make your lips smooth and beautiful!

2. Chocolate Dream

Chocolate isn’t just for dessert. Mix some cocoa powder into your lip balm to make it taste and smell like chocolate! For this recipe, use cocoa butter instead of shea butter to enhance that chocolate taste!

Ingredients:
-1 tbsp cocoa butter
-2 tsp beeswax
-2 tsp coconut oil
-1 tsp cocoa powder

Fill a shallow pan with about an inch and a half of water and bring to a boil.

Toss your shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil into a heatsafe glass dish. Place the glass dish in the boiling water. The water should not be close to getting in the dish.

Let the ingredients melt, stirring occasionally to help the beeswax melt.

Once melted, remove from heat. Mix in the cocoa powder and whisk until smooth.

Pour into a lip balm tube or a shallow tin. Use daily and enjoy the chocolatey taste!

3. Strawberry Citrus

This recipe is perfect for summer! Using strawberry, lemon, and sweet orange essential oils, create this perfect summer lip balm!

Ingredients:
-1 tbsp shea butter
-2 tsp beeswax
-2 tsp coconut oil
-a few drops each of strawberry, lemon, and sweet orange essential oils
-pink and yellow gel food colouring

Fill a shallow pan with about an inch and a half of water and bring to a boil.

Toss your shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil into a heatsafe glass dish. Place the glass dish in the boiling water. The water should not be close to getting in the dish.

Let the ingredients melt, stirring occasionally to help the beeswax melt.

Once melted, remove from heat and let cool slightly. Mix in as much as you’d like of the essential oils. Mix in some pink and yellow colouring to achieve a nice summer fruit punch pink.

Pour into your lip balm tube or a shallow tin.

Use on your lips daily.

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4. Extra Moisturizing

Sometimes, your lips need a little extra help. For this recipe, we’ll use olive and avocado oils to provide extra moisture to your lips. Use this recipe to rescue your lips!

Ingredients:
-1 tbsp shea butter
-1/2 tbsp coconut butter
-1 tsp olive oil
-1 tsp avocado oil
-2 tsp beeswax

Bring about an inch of water in a shallow pan to a boil.

Toss your ingredients in a heatsafe glass jar and melt them, stirring occasionally.

Once melted, pour into a lip balm tube or a small tin.

Use daily for extra moisture!

5. Tinted Rose

Want to add a little colour to your life? Toss in a bit of food colouring to transform this lip balm recipe into a tinted lip balm!

Ingredients:
-1 tbsp shea butter
-2 tsp beeswax
-2 tsp coconut oil
-a few drops of rose essential oil (make sure it’s safe for consumption)
-red or pink gel food colouring

Fill a shallow pan with about an inch and a half of water and bring to a boil.

Toss your shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil into a heatsafe glass dish. Place the glass dish in the boiling water. The water should not be close to getting in the dish.

Let the ingredients melt, stirring occasionally to help the beeswax melt.

Once melted, remove from heat and let cool slightly. Mix in your rose essential oil and red or pink food colouring to achieve the colour you want.

Like these lip balm recipes? Comment below!

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