Written by Katie Mae Stanley
Christmas is just around the corner! Before you know it, decorations will be everywhere you look, and stores will be crowded with people. I don’t know about you, but crowds of people searching for “the perfect gift” drains me. I prefer to shop early, buy online, or make my own. I love to give and receive simple homemade gifts.
There is something delightful about opening a gift someone made just for you. Another perk to making your own gifts is that you can control what ingredients go into them if they are consumables.
Homemade lip balm is a gift everyone loves and will use. It only takes four ingredients: cocoa butter, coconut oil, beeswax, and essential oil. It feels amazing and leaves your lips feeling soft. Cocoa butter is moisturizing; creating a barrier between sensitive skin and the environment. Coconut oil is antibacterial and moisturizing, providing recovery for chapped lips.
Homemade lip balm makes the perfect stocking stuffer or addition to another gift. Every year since I can remember my mom always put a chapstick tube or lip balm in our stockings. Maybe you can start a new tradition with your kids this year!
Peppermint Lip Balm
Ingredients & Supplies:
- 6 tbsp. beeswax
- 4 tbsp. coconut oil
- 4 tbsp. cocoa butter
- 20 drops of peppermint essential oil
- 24 chapstick tubes or 10 1/2 oz tins
[…] Homemade lip balm makes the perfect stocking stuffer or addition to another gift. Every year since I can remember my mom always put a chap stick tube or lip balm in our stockings. Maybe you can start a new tradition with your kids this year! Today I am sharing my tutorial on how to make your own peppermint lip balm! […]
Where do you purchase these ingredients? Can I get them at Whole Foods?
Hi Marie! Yes, most should be able to be found at Whole Foods or your local health food store.
Another great source is Moutain Rose Herbs.
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Where did you find the tins? This is a great Christmas idea! I see a few different kinds of beeswax. As long as it is food grade it should be acceptable to use in a lip balm, correct?
Hi Gilly,
I’m unsure where our guest poster found the tins. There are some options here: http://www.sks-bottle.com/Lip_Balm/Lip_Balm.html Yes, any food grade beeswax should be fine.
Gilly, I bought my tins from Moutain Rose Herbs.
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Just made these today as part of my homemade gifts for my family. They came out great! My 2 year old is “addicted” to lip balm. When I gave her her own freshly made tube she exclaimed, “You made this for me?! Oh my gawd! Thank you soooo much mommy!” 🙂 The only thing I will say is that I used tubes and tried to fill them with a medicine dropper, but it would cool off and get stuck in the dropper instead of coming out. So I just carefully filled them from the pyrex measuring cup. Thanks for the recipe!
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Thanks for posting the recipe. I made the lip balm using Shea butter and it turned out nice. I used Infinity Jars for storing my lip balm as I feel more comfortable using jars rather than tubes. The jars are marvelous in keeping the lip balm fresh for a long time and perfect for Christmas gifts.
http://infinityjars.com/collections/lip-balm-jars-and-bottles
Thanks for sharing, I’m going to do it now.
Where did you find the tins? This is a great Christmas idea!
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Where did you get the metal caps from? It looks like the link you sent us to has plastic lids, not metal. Such a cute idea. Thank you for sharing.