Honey Lime Lip Balm Recipe

 

 

 

 

Summary:

Natural help for Chapped Lips: Moisturize your lips the natural way.  Avoid petroleum based lip balms with this easy to make natural lip balm recipe.  Honey is a natural humectant, attracting moisture to the surface of the skin, and has anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial properties that made it an early and ancient home remedy for minor cuts and burns.

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Honey Lime Lip Balm: natural lip balm recipe

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons grated beeswax
7-8 teaspoons sweet almond oil (or jojoba oil)
1 vitamin E capsule
1 teaspoon honey
5 drops lime essential oil or flavoring

Note - for a firmer balm rather than a softer gloss, add more beeswax if you like a stiff balm).  If you like your gloss sweeter, use more honey.  Jojoba will help with shelf life, not going rancid.

Instructions:

Melt together the jojoba (or sweet almond oil) and beeswax over a doubleboiler over medium heat. Once completely liquefied, remove from heat and add vitamin E. Stir with a pop sickle stick to ensure the mix. Add honey and stir to incorporate.   You may choose to pour your lip balm while still liquid into your containers, but to incorporate the honey evenly through the balm continue to stir until cooled, then place in containers

 

Hints & Tips: Don’t have a Double Boiler? Click on the link to go get one and/or make yourself a double boiler for melting with a pyrex liquid measuring cup in a small saucepan with water in it.

 

Please Note: We are not able to test each recipe, and we cannot guarantee the results that you may obtain. The recipes are meant to be used as a guideline and source of inspiration, so please experiment in small batches. Try it and let us know what you think of this balm!