Coconut Honeybee Lip Balm

Are you a lover of lip balm? It's a part of my daily wardrobe. Ever since we made the body scrubs together, my daughter has enjoyed making natural body products. We love these soothing sticks and are pleased to share our recipe with you!

If you have never made any, you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy they are! Lip balms don't require any fancy equipment either. While many recipes are measured in volume, this one uses old-fashioned measuring spoons and will produce 3 - 4 "chap-sticks".

Simple Supplies:

• 1 Tbsp. grated beeswax
• 4 tsp. coconut oil
• 1 tsp. jojoba oil
• 1/4 tsp. honey (we used raw)
• 3 - 4 chap-stick tubes (we recycled our old ones)

To begin, pack a tablespoon tightly with shredded beeswax.

Note: It is easier to remove wax if you grease the spoon first.

Place 4 tsp. of coconut oil and 1 tsp. of jojoba oil in a heatproof glass (such as a Pyrex measuring cup).

Add in your measured beeswax.

If using a double boiler, place all your ingredients (except for the honey) in there.

If you don't own a double boiler, place your heatproof bowl/glass inside of a small pot filled with water like we did. 

Bring water to a simmer and stir mixture inside until it is clear and smooth. Remove from heat.

The next step is to add 1/4 tsp. of honey into your melted mixture.

Stir it in until smooth, making sure that the honey is completely dissolved.

Let sit a few minutes and stir one more time to incorporate the honey.

Pour mixture into your containers as soon as possible because it will start to thicken. If your mixture does thicken up before containers are filled, then simply reheat in the double boiler and re-pour.

For best results, let your lip balm set overnight prior to capping.

These make excellent gifts so "bee" creative and melt and pour your own!

Here are some of our homemade labels if you are interested.

We simply used a glue stick to apply them.

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