| Have you ever heard the song, “This One’s For The Girls” by Martina McBride? I’ve had this song stuck in my head and while I was testing this lip balm, I started singing this song with my own twist! “This is for all you coffee baristas, Pouring coffee just trying to enjoy, a cup, a cup of joe, Wondering when your break is gonna come.” Ok, as you can see, I was being quite silly. This coffee lip balm is perfect for any coffee drinker, whether they classify themselves as a connoisseur, addict, or aficionado.
When I made this lip balm the first time I didn’t use any flavor. The first batch still had the coffee flavor, but it tasted rather flat and one-dimensional. I made the batch again and this time I added the Sugar Kisses and “POW” the coffee flavor was now comparable to an actual cup of coffee. Wait a minute, you are probably asking how the Sugar Kisses enhanced the coffee flavor when it is just a sweetener. Many times we will use a flavor to accent a flavor already present in our product. Have you ever made a lip balm with Cocoa Butter? If you add a flavor, you can accentuate the chocolate flavor of the Cocoa Butter. This is also true when baking. When making brownies you add vanilla, but you can’t really taste the vanilla in the finished product other than it smooths the chocolate into a fantastic brownie. You can use the Coffee Flavor Oil will make a strong coffee flavored lip balm. You can use the Sugar Kisses Flavor or Vanilla Banilla Flavor to add a little “sugar and cream” taste to your coffee lip balm. Don’t worry, the vanilla will not be very noticeable unless you use more vanilla to make a vanilla flavored French Roast lip balm. You can even use different flavors to make a flavored cappuccino or latte. I think I want to try using Chocolate Cream as the flavor to make a Mocha Latte Lip Balm. Collect needed items:
Recipe:
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 Completely cooled lip balm.  Weighing the ingredients.  Melted lip balm.  Filled 10mL jars after cooling. |
Weigh all ingredients except the Vitamin E Acetate and Sugar Kisses Flavor into your microwave safe container. Microwave in short bursts until all ingredients are melted. The beeswax will take the most time to melt, but if you stir the lip balm after the other oils have been heated, it will melt quickly. Once the mixture is melted, add the Vitamin E Acetate and Sugar Kisses Flavor. Stir until all of the flavor has been incorporated. Fill tubes or jars. Cool. Label.
Notes:
This lip balm is very firm and glides onto the lips for a long lasting, silky, barely there feeling. I asked Taylor what she thought about this lip balm. We both agree that this lip balm is a perfect lip balm for those who want a lip moisturizer with a silky feel, but don’t want a thick or heavy lip balm with gloss that feels like it is 4 million layers thick. This lip balm is a perfect lip balm for both guys and gals!
I prefer to use the Sugar Kisses flavor with this lip balm to accentuate the coffee with a little bit of sweetness. Using the Coffee Flavor Oil will make a strong coffee flavored lip balm. You can use the Sugar Kisses Flavor or Vanilla Banilla Flavor to add a little sugar and cream to your coffee. You can even use different flavors to make a flavored cappuccino or latte. I think I want to try using Chocolate Cream as the flavor to make a Mocha Latte Lip Balm.
How would you personalize this lip balm for you?
I’ve been looking at Mokalata FO for Coffee Soap. Can’t help but wonder if it would work in this recipe? I think a nice dark brown color would make this lip balm irresistible.
Cee
This is a great idea. The Mokalata Fragrance Oil is not lip balm approved. I think you could duplicate the Mokalata with a blend of Chocolate Cream and Vanilla Banilla. You may have to increase the amount of Coffee Butter or add a little Coffee Flavor to make an espresso flavor. Hmmmm. This requires some testing!
Looks lovely! But we have nut allergies in the family – can you recommend subs for the Macadamia and Almond oils?
You can use any oil in replacement for these oils.
I would use either Coconut Oil Fractions or Colorless Jojoba to replace the Macadamia Nut Oil.
To replace the Almond Oil I would use Apricot Kernel, Grapeseed, or Sunflower.
You can also use Rice Bran or Sesame Oil to replace one or both oils. Golden Jojoba, Olive and Wheat Germ can replace the Almond Oil for a heavier feel to the lip balm.
I hope this helps!
Thanks, Andee – that is a HUGE help.
Your link to the cupuacu butter does not work. http://www.thesage.com/catalog/products/Cupua%C3%A7u-Butter.html
It gives this error message on the page: “The requested URL was not found on this server.
Please double check that it is typed correctly and try again. If you still cannot find it, it is probably because the page has been removed or renamed.”
Darn! I never heard of it and was curious!
Whoops! I’ll fix that link!
The Cupuaçu Butter is listed in our Fixed Oils section.
ps: if you want to go vegan, use candelilla wax instead of beeswax, but you would not be able to sub 1:1, the candelilla wax is much harder, so you would use less.
I got a sample of the coffee lip balm with my last order and it smells YUMMY.
Hello,
Would like to buy some of this lip balm if you sell it.
Thanks!
the link is still broken to the cupuacu butter… what can i use in place of that?
thank you.
The link has been fixed. You can use either Cocoa Butter or Palm Kernel Oil as substitutes for Cupuaçu Butter.
thank you for fixing the link, when I did a search for it in the catalog it didn’t pull it up…
also I am wondering if it’s possible to cut the recipe in half to only make 25 tubes, and if so what method is best to
convert the recipe. This will be my first try at lip balm and just want to be sure I get it right… Thanks again for all your help.
When I like a recipe, I will determine the amount that is needed to fill the number of tubes I want. Then I take the amount and multiply the percentages of the formula to determine how much is needed. Like this 150 grams * .22 (for 22% Beeswax) Here is the recipe for you!
31.5 grams Beeswax
35.5 grams Coffee Butter
21.5 grams Cupuaçu Butter
21.5 grams Castor Oil
21.5 grams Macadamia Nut Oil
11.5 grams Sweet Almond Oil
1.5 grams Vitamin E Acetate
2.5 grams Sugar Kisses Flavor
Good luck!
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