Sue e-mailed in asking for help to create an easy lip balm recipe that she could put together and give away as gifts. Her request? “Can you make a nice chocolate peppermint lip balm that feels luxurious, but doesn’t cost me an arm and a leg to make it?” Sue, I’m so excited to work on your challenge for you! I have the perfect recipe to share with you and I’m sure you will love it!
Collect needed items:
| Ingredients Beeswax Castor Oil Peach Kernel Oil Cocoa Butter Refined Shea Butter Peppermint Essential Oil Sugar Baby Flavor Oil |
Equipment Scale Microwave Safe Container Spoons Pipettes Lip Balm Tubes |
Recipe: (Makes 100 grams or 3.53 ounces and fills 22 Black Lip Balm Tubes)
| Recipe in ounces: 0.71 ounces Beeswax 0.35 ounces Castor Oil 0.95 ounces Apricot Kernel Oil 0.53 ounces Cocoa Butter 0.88 ounces Shea Butter, Refined 0.09 ounces Sugar Baby Flavor Oil 0.02 ounces Peppermint Essential Oil Oil |
Recipe in grams: 20 grams Beeswax 10 grams Castor Oil 27 grams Apricot Kernel Oil 15 grams Cocoa Butter 25 grams Shea Butter 2.5 grams Sugar Baby Flavor Oil 0.5 grams Peppermint Essential Oil |
| Recipe in Percentages 20% Beeswax 10% Castor Oil 27% Apricot Kernel Oil 15% Cocoa Butter 25% Shea Butter 2.5% Sugar Baby Flavor Oil 0.5% Peppermint Essential Oil |
Weigh all ingredients except the Peppermint Essential Oil and Sugar Baby Flavor Oil 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 flavors . Stir until all of the flavor has been incorporated. Fill tubes or jars. Cool. Label.
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Thanks for that lovely recipe, Andee.
TIP: Try Hershey’s Dark Chocolate for 1/2 of the cocoa butter portion to get a real chocolate kick! YUM! : D
Great idea. I’ve used unsweetened baking chocolate in the past with great success.