Orange Apricot Lip Balm
Trying to come up with something other than candy for my kids for Valentines Day, I searched fun things to make for them. ( other than crocheted hair accessories. LOL They have enough of those!) I found a recipe for homemade lip balm and it turned out delightful! The biggest plus to this recipe is that it's 100% natural.
I had all the ingredients at home already, so I whipped it up in no time this morning.
The recipe is
1 tsp beeswax
1 tsp apricot kernel oil
1 tsp calendula oil ( I used almond oil)
5 drops of orange essential oil
You heat the wax and oils together in a double boiler, remove from heat. While still hot add essential oil and coloring. Now, This is a small amount of wax and oils, so it cools fast. And the coloring did not blend fast for me. So I had to heat it up for a few seconds in the microwave until I had everything blended well. I also do not own a double boiler, so I made a make shift one with a glass bowl over some boiling water. Just make sure your bowl leaves room around the side for steam to escape, you don't want a pressure cooker instead of a double boiler!
Pour the hot liquids into a lip balm container and wait for it to cool. I boiled my lip balm containers before I started this and let them air dry while I completed the lip balm. I got my containers at Wal-Mart. They are actually little plastic pill holders that I found in the travel size toiletries aisle ( .97 cents for 2). Then I just let them cool and added a little orange sticker to the lid.
These smell HEAVENLY! They are not very shiny though. A lot more like chap stick than lip gloss. Which I prefer, because my kids are 5 and 7 years old.
For the original recipe click HERE.
