Making lip balm at home is super simple!
Pick a few quality ingredients, and follow this easy recipe.
Your homemade chap stick will be all natural, moisturizing, and healthy for your lips.
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Best of all, it’ll save you quite a bit of money compared to buying commercial organic products.
Once I started making a batch of 6-8 lip balm tubes for my everyday use, I’ve never had to buy from the store any more.
You can re-use the tubes, and vary the recipe depending on the current season.
Let me show you how it’s done!
What You’ll Need
Use quality ingredients for your homemade chap stick recipe.
You can find these products in my Amazon shop under DIY recipe ingredients.
- Coconut oil (solid)
- Beeswax (use Candellia wax for a vegan option)
- Jojoba oil
- Vitamin E oil
- Essential oils
- Double boiler
- Measuring spoons
- 8 Lip balm tubes or round containers
- Lip balm tube filling tray (optional, but makes life so much easier!)
- Label Maker (also optional, but oh so handy!)
Homemade Lip Balm Ingredients
Here is the list of ingredients I used for my version of DIY lip balm.
The Vitamin E oil is quite crucial, I find it makes the chap stick smoother. So don’t omit it!
- 1 tbsp Coconut oil (solid)
- 2 tbsp Beeswax pallets
- 2 tsp Jojoba oil
- 2 drops Vitamin E oil
- 10 drops of Happy Joy essential oil blend (from Simply Earth)
- 10 drops of Sweet Orange essential oil
Once you have assembled all these ingredients, you can get started!
How to Make it
The beeswax, Jojoba and coconut oils melt fairly quickly in a double boiler.
- Melt beeswax, coconut oil, Jojoba and Vitamin E oil in a small double boiler (or in a jar resting in 2 inches of water in a pan).
- Once melted, take off the heat and stir in the essential oils.
- Pour the mix into lip balm containers.
- Allow to cool before use.
NOTE: Having a spout to pour from makes it a whole lot easier to fill the lip balm tubes. These things are quite small!
Empty lip balm tubes.
I like the tubes for applying my lip balm easily when I go to use it. But to fill them, you need a calm and steady hand.
The pour spout definitely helps, rather than trying to do this simply over the side of the pan. Trust me, I’ve tried both ways. 😅
But, if you don’t mind chap stick in a tin, these aluminum tin jars would be perfect for you!
Recipe yield
This recipe will fill 8 standard lip balm tubes. Do not use heaping ingredient quantities or you will have left overs and nowhere to put it.
If you are re-using lip balm tubs, please make sure that you screw the dial all the way to the bottom. This helps to ensure that you re-fill the tube fully (and not only half-way).
Is it Safe to Put Essential Oils in Lip Balm?
Using essential oils always comes with safety warnings and precautions. Oils are concentrated, and if improperly used, can burn your skin or give you rashes.
Do not use hot oils in your lip balm recipe. Hot oils would be: Cinnamon, Clove, Lemongrass, Oregano, Thyme or Thieves. For some people also, Peppermint’s cooling sensation can be too intense. Not using hot oils in lip balms may help you avoid unexpected skin reactions or irritations.
Best Essential Oils for Lip Balm
Lemon Oil Steam Distilled, 10 ml
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I like to vary my homemade lip balm recipes for each season; summer and winter specifically. In summer, I like tropical blends and coconut notes. In winter, I prefer more herbal scents such as tea tree and peppermint, perhaps with a hint of vanilla.
Here are the essential oils that work best in a homemade lip balm:
- Sweet Orange
- Mandarin
- Grapefruit
- Lemon (distilled, not cold-pressed)
- Happy Joy blend (from Simply Earth)
- Vanilla Absolute
- Geranium
- Lavender
- Tea Tree
- Peppermint
Final Thoughts
Making natural lip balm is fun and easy! Best of all, you can customize the essential oils you use to your liking.
Most DIY lip balms use beeswax. If you want to make your lip balm without beeswax, use Candellia wax instead for a vegan lip balm recipe.
Always make sure to use your favorite essential oil or oil blend to add that personal touch!
Enjoy!
I’d like to know- does this balm is rather creamy sleek& shine appearance when applying or if it’s more of a tougher application, with a dull appearance and takes a hard pressing on the lips to spread?
Thanx!
Thanks Emma, I was just reading the side of my store bought lip balm container and don’t like what I see. I decided to look for a natural recipe. Can’t wait to try it!