When I was in college, I would get up on Saturday mornings to go have coffee and breakfast with my best friend. Today we are hundreds of miles away, living different lives. While it is no longer practical for us to chat over breakfast, we send emails, letters and instant messages. I miss those mornings. In the spirit of nostalgia, I wanted to make a lip balm to celebrate those long morning chats. Come join me for the perfect coffee lover’s lip balm!
| Ingredients Coffee Butter Cocoa Butter, White Beeswax Castor Oil Buttercream Flavor Oil |
Equipment Scale Microwave Safe Container Spoons Pipettes |
Recipe:
| Recipe in Grams 124.8 grams Coffee Butter 113.4 grams Cocoa Butter, White 141.8 grams Beeswax 170.2 grams Castor Oil 17 grams Buttercream Flavor Oil |
Recipe in Ounces 4.4 oz Coffee Butter 4 oz Cocoa Butter, White 5 oz Beeswax 6 oz Castor Oil 0.6 oz Buttercream Flavor Oil |
Recipe in Percentages 27% Coffee Butter 20% Cocoa Butter, White 20% Beeswax 30% Castor Oil 3% Buttercream Flavor Oil |
Weighing Coffee Butter
Weigh all of the oils except for the Buttercream Flavor Oil into a microwave safe container. Heat in 30 second increments until everything has melted. If the beeswax is being stubborn, remove the mixture from the microwave and stir well. This often will allow the beeswax to melt from the heat of the other oils. Once the oils have completely melted, add the Buttercream Flavor Oil. Stir well.
Adding White Cocoa Butter
From here, you can either pipette the mixture into your tubes or you can use a filling tray. I like using a filling tray because they are simple and fast. If you are using a filling tray, insert your tubes into your tray. Flood the tray with your melted lip balm. Allow the mixture to cool. Scrape off the excess. I like to use a plastic putty knife. Remove the tubes from the tray and cap.
Adding Beeswax
If you are going to pipette the lip balm into the tubes, fill the tube until you get a dome of liquid material at the top. Wax shrinks when it cools and doing this helps insure that you get a very pretty top. Fill all of your tubes making sure they are domed on the top before they cool. (You may need to reheat your jar of lip solutions during this process. This is normal and to be expected.) Allow the tubes to cool and cap.
Ready to Pour into Tubes
Now you can give your lip balm a pretty label or put it into a cute bag. Enjoy this great lip balm or give as gifts!
Looks great! I’m puzzled about the name, though – why is it called ‘Flat White’ Coffee Lip balm?
Kelly,
A Flat White is a coffee with steamed milk and no sugar. It is the name of the drink much like a latte, cappuccino or mocha. I hope this helps and sorry for the confusion!
Cheers!
Taylor
Ahh. Okay, thanks! I’m mostly coffee illiterate 🙂
Kelly,
I’m so glad I am not the only one to ask that! I swear the coffee shops must think I am coffee illiterate. A good barista is awesome though because they PATIENTLY explain.
Tina
Sounds yummy! Just one question: How many lip balm tubes does this recipe fill?
The tubes which are rated at 0.15 ounces will have 110 tubes from the weight side of this recipe. Use the percentage side to figure a recipe for the number of containers you wish to fill.
Tina
I just received a sample of this lip balm in my last shipment from the Sage. It smells absolutely divine! And I just wanted to say THANK YOU to the Sage for always including such fun little treats in my packages. You guys are so sweet!
Beth,
I am so glad you enjoy your little goodies! We always want to have a little something in your box that just brightens your whole day!
Cheers!
Taylor
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First, a comment on the recipe. When I checked the percentages on this recipe, it looks like two of the values are off, by weight. By my calculations, the Beeswax should be 25% (not 20), and the coffee butter should be 22% (not 27).
Second, one question – this recipe came out a lot more sweet than the sample tube I got from you guys (I still had a tiny bit left when I made this recipe tonight, to compare). Do you know if they used any coffee flavor oil in the samples?
Erica,
Good catch. I am having someone check the recipe by both the shown percentage and the actual percentage. As soon as we compare these two batches I will update you on what seems to be correct. We will also correct the post at that time.
Good eyes!
Tina