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It’s been the week of DIY Essential Oils around here! First I made the bath salts, next I posted about the sugar scrub and today, it’s all about the lip balm. Last winter my friend Jennifer from Threaded Together came over with some amazing Peppermint Lip Balm she had made. The stuff was awesome. Then in the summer she made Strawberry Lemonade Lip Balm which was incredible. I am hijacking off her recipe here and want to make sure she gets full inspirational credit. I have been wanting to try this for awhile with essential oils and finally the perfect combo came to me-Lavender Orange Lip Balm. It turned out great. Here are the directions to make your own! This will make 12 filled tubes. But with the beeswax bag you buy you could make 100’s.
Lavender Orange Lip Balm
Ingredients:
- Coconut Oil
- Beeswax
- 1 Vitamin E capsule (optional)
- 12 Lip Balm Tubes
- Glass Pipette I used plastic this time because I was being lazy and the hot oil melted the first one. Buy glass.
- Young Living Orange Essential Oil
- Young Living Lavender Essential Oil (Save $25 on the new Young Living Premium Starter Kit)
- Washi Tape if you plan to decorate them after.
Directions:
Melt 1/4 cup Coconut Oil and 2 TBSP plus 1 TSP of the beeswax pellets together over very low heat.
Remove from heat. Stir in 10 drops of Orange Essential Oil and 7 drops of Lavender. If adding Vitamin E capsule poke a hole in the capsule and add the Vitamin E liquid now.
Line up your 12 tubes (or rubber band them together in a tight circle) and fill to to just below the top using pipette to handle liquid. Be careful. It is VERY hot. Remember to work very quickly. This cools and solidifies pretty quick.
Let cool for 2-3 hours and place lids on.
Decorate with Washi tape if desired. I personally liked the Scotch Expressions Packing Tape because it was just the right size for the tube without the cap. This is what the tape looks like and I have seen it in Target and Walmart. I am sure Michael’s sells it as well.
TWO words of caution:
- This is my first time using a citrus based essential oil in a lip balm mix. Typically citrus oils degrade plastic. Because of the high ratio of carrier oils here I am hoping that isn’t the case. If it is I will update this post so people know to put this in metal pot tins instead of plastic tubes.
- Citrus oils are photosensitive and can increase skin sensitivity to sun. Use caution when wearing a balm with citrus oils in the sun.
Here is my finished project
Do you love lip balms? You may want to try this Peppermint Mocha Latte Lip Balm in the Fall and Winter!
I want one!
Oh my goodness…I think you’re getting me hooked on a new hobby…this is something I bet my teen daughter would love to do with me! Very cool.
Yum. And wow. And thanks for sharing! 😀
I can imagine how wonderful these two smell together — I’m going to have to make it happen for realsies!
any update on the plastic?
No issues at all with the plastic. Yay!
Love it! Have you found any problems with them liquefying? Say like if I carry a tube in my pocket and it gets warm. I know coconut oil turns into liquid form at 70 something degrees?!
I actually learned that lesson the hard way with a tube my friend Jen gave me that I mentioned above. YES! These get soft much quicker so be careful about leaving them in the heat or in your pocket. I have not had one flat out melt but I have turned it pretty soft. As soon as I set it back out on the counter it hardened back up but was a little grainy I noticed after that.
These look awesome!
I just made a variation of this today but I used citrus fresh instead of Orange. Do you know if Orange is good for dry skin / lips or did you choose it just because it makes smell and taste so yummy? (BTW – I also added some cocoa butter with vitamin E drops and it made it taste even better!).
Do you think it would be okay to put it in the fridge to harden it or would that kill that therapeutic properties of the oils?
Being cold will not ruin the quality of the oils
I was wondering if you have any other combos to try? Can you tell me how to make the Strawberry Lemonade? Thanks
Does anyone have any tips on how to clean the INSIDE of the glass pipette, when done? It’s all globbed up…
Thanks!
Hence why I am lazy and do the wrong thing and use long plastic….but the times I have cleaned the glass one I find putting it upside down on one piece of the dishwasher rack (what the heck are those called?) and then using a tooth pick to get any remaining out works well.
Just to let people know… 9 months later and there have been no issues with the orange oil in plastic
Using citrus oils and then going in the sun is dangerous. Have you experienced any problems with that? I want to use lemon oil but am afraid it will end up burning.
I don’t go in the sun with this on for that reason.
Add 1 -1 1/2 tsp raspberry seed oil. It adds 30spf
Very relaxing and a nice way to relief stress .thx
Do you have any recommendations as to where to find some cute labels for these chap stick tubes?