My Recipes:
Plain
3 tsp. Beeswax (grated)
5 tsp. oil (I used olive oil, but any carrier oil would work)
1/2 tsp. honey
1/2 vitamin E capsule liquid
Cocoa
4 tsp. olive oil
2 1/2 tsp. beeswax (grated)
1 tsp. cocoa butter
1/2 vitamin E capsule liquid
One recipe made 2 burts bees tins. In an effort to recycle I have been saving them. I cleaned and washed each one before refilling it with my own lip balm. Some of the links I used to make them are here: Lemelange and Yonderwayfarm.
I used a 2 cup pyrex and a stainless steel pot to serve as a double boiler. Then I added all the ingredients, stirred it with a tooth pick until it was totally melted and mixed (which doesn't take long.) I had two tins ready and poured the liquid into them and waited about 30 minutes for it all to harden and set up. Voila, Done!
Why have I been paying 2+ dollars per tin? I made the plain recipe once and the cocoa twice, I now have 6 tins of lip balm awaiting the dry winter air.
Thanks for the recipe - Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome! I love it! If you grow mint, you can add mint oil / essence to it next time! Or fruit! The possibilities are endless!
ReplyDeleteDani- You're welcome, have fun!
ReplyDeletemeemsnyc- I have some peppermint oil and I thought about adding but in the end plain won out. But fruit... I never thought about that!
My husband wants to raise bees for honey, but I'm worried what the neighbors will think. We live in a neighborhood where the neighbors houses are so close to our property. I would totally love it though to have fresh honey and beeswax!
ReplyDeleteRegarding the fruit added, I recently made concord grape jelly and the juice of the grapes are so amazing. I was thinking about things I could make with it, like soap and when you said you made lip balm, I was like how amazing would that be, grape flavored lip balm!!
OOOOO..... Another reason for us to get bees!
ReplyDeletemeemsnyc- Our neighbors are pretty close to us, we're in the city too and most people don't notice them at all. Bees are really very gentle if they are happy, unhappy bees tend to sting. The only time we've ever been stung is working the hive, since we're tearing apart their house I'd say that qualifies them to be unhappy.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could do anything with that fruit juice but gulp it down! Sounds to yummy to put into stuff, but then again.... :o)
Mike- It's SO worth it!!!!
THIS is a most interesting project... :)
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