Finished Honey Elixir Lip Gloss
There is something delectable and enticing about sun warmed honey. One of my favorite ways to eat honey is atop a sweet, oven fresh cornbread and creamed butter. If the honey drips off the corn bread, not to worry, licking the honey off your fingertips is half the fun! (If you want the recipe I use, check out the cornbread recipe Dirk shared a while back!)
The label for our Honey Elixir Lip Gloss
| Ingredients Beeswax Castor Oil High Melt Point Shea Butter Lanolin Squalane Chamomile Extract Calendula Extract Honey Flavor Oil |
Equipment Scale Microwave Safe Container Spoons Pipettes Thermometer |
Recipe:
| Recipe in Grams 20 grams Beeswax 60 grams Castor Oil 80 grams High Melt Point Shea Butter 20 grams Lanolin 4 grams Squalane 4 grams Chamomile Extract 4 grams Calendula Extract 8 grams Honey Flavor Oil |
Recipe in Ounces 0.71 oz Beeswax 2.12 oz Castor Oil 2.82 oz High Melt Point Shea Butter 0.71 oz Lanolin 0.14 oz Squalane 0.14 oz Chamomile Extract 0.14 oz Calendula Extract 0.28 oz Honey Flavor Oil |
Recipe in Percentages 10% Beeswax 30% Castor Oil 40% High Melt Point Shea Butter 10% Lanolin 2% Squalane 2% Chamomile Extract 2% Calendula Extract 4% Honey Flavor Oil |
Weighing Beeswax
Weigh everything except for the Honey Flavor Oil, Squalane and extracts into a microwave safe container. Heat in short bursts until everything has melted and is crystal clear. At this point you can add the flavor oil and additives. If you want to add any color or mica this would be the time. Stir well making sure that everything is incorporated.
Weighing Oils
Using a pipette, dispense into the lip balm pens. Allow to cool and solidify just a little before inserting the brush or doe foot tip. Push until you hear a snap. Place the cap on top. Label and enjoy!
Melted Oils
Adding Extracts and Flavor Oil
Mixture in Pens
Mixture Fully Cooled
OMG…….I just got my order and inside was a Honey Elixir Lip Balm Pen. Scrumptious, just absolutely scrumptious. Thank you so much. Now I have to make some too.
Alison,
I am so glad you got one of these! Isn’t the flavor just amazing? I think I am in love.
Wow, I just got my order and it had one of these in it also! Love that honey FO!! I’m a big fan of mint in my lip gloss…but this almost makes me want to switch! I love the brush also, may have to invest in some of them. Thanks for the sample and recipe! I am wondering though, if unrefined shea butter would work, as I’ve not gotten any of this yet. :-)) (so far I’ ve not had the graininess issue. )
For this recipe, I suspect the Unrefined Shea Butter will work. You just need to test!
This is really nice. Thank you for the sample.
You are welcome!
Tina