DIY Lipstick Recipe
Supplies
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons sweet almond oil OR coconut oil, extra-virgin AND unrefined
- 1 teaspoon yellow OR white beeswax pellets *
- 1 teaspoon cocoa butter OR unrefined shea butter
- 4 drops essential oils **
- Natural food coloring ***
Instructions
- Set a large glass jar in a saucepan filled with an inch of water.
- Add the wax, carrier oil, and shea butter to the jar and melt over medium heat.
- Stir in optional coloring.
- Finally, remove from heat and quickly stir in a drop or two of essential oils. Pour into lip balm tins or sticks.
- Let cool.
Notes
*If you are allergic to beeswax or are vegan, try candelilla wax or bayberry wax. Use these ingredients if you desire a thicker product.
**Essential Oils: If you’ve never used lipstick that contains essential oils, you’re in for a treat! EOs take DIY lipstick to a whole new level. I love using the following essential oils in my lip care products:
- Peppermint: Naturally anti-bacterial, can fight cold sores. You can also use our Peppermint Sticks blend, which is 2 drops peppermint essential oil and 2 drops vanilla absolute or oleoresin.
- Lavender: Extremely soothing to chapped skin
- Lemongrass: Smells like a day at the spa! Can soften lips
- Bergamot Oil (FCF) – Bergaptene/Furanocoumarins is removed
- Blood Orange Oil
- Lemon Oil (Steam Distilled)
- Lime Oil (Steam Distilled)
- Mandarin Oil
- Sweet Orange Oil
- Orange Leaf Oil
- Satsuma Oil (Cold/Expeller Pressed)
- Tangelo Oil
- Tangerine Oil
- Yuzu Oil