Vanilla Lip Balm

I had no idea that making your own natural lip balm could be so easy and so delicious! There are lots of recipes using petroleum based Vaseline but I wanted to try something more natural: you should be able to eat your cosmetics!

This delicious recipe comes from Go Native

Vanilla Lip Balm

15 g Beeswax

5 g Cocoa butter

5 g Honey

65 g Jojoba Oil (Jojoba is a light oil so you will need about 80 ml for this weight)

5 drops vanilla essential oil

Gently heat beeswax and cocoa butter until melted (about 7 minutes @ 60% in microwave – use 1-2 minute increments).  Add honey and jojoba oil and stir while cooling.  Add vanilla essence when cool.  Stir occasionally to ensure ingredients are well blended. Pour into containers (filled about 20 x 5 g pots or you could use tubes).