Honey Mint Lip Balm

Making your own lip balm can be fun, easy, and a great way to avoid synthetic chemicals and save money to boot.  I love using ingredients from my backyard and this simple recipe includes honey, which my husband Bill harvested this fall from our hives.

Honey Mint Lip Balm

This lip balm recipe has a sweet taste and the mint flavored essential oils give your lips a nice tingle.

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Honey Mint Lip Balm

2 TBS almond oil  (you can also use jojoba oil or castor oil)
1/2 TBS bees wax pastilles
1 tsp raw honey
5 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops spearmint essential oil

• Pour the oil and bees wax into a small glass measuring cup and set the cup in a pan of water.  

• Heat the water over a low flame and stir with a chop stick or wooden skewer until the bees wax has melted.

• Remove the measuring cup from the pan of water.

• Drop in the essential oils and stir.

• Allow to cool for a few minutes than whisk in the honey until it is incorporated.  (To keep the beneficial enzymes in the honey you will want the temperature under 104 degrees F when the honey is added.)

• Pour the mixture into small tins or glass containers.

• Allow the balm to rest for 2 hours to harden and blend.

• Apply a small dab to your lips and enjoy!

Tips

• Use castor oil if you want a super shiny finish.

• Try using fruity essential oils, like sweet orange, grapefruit or lemon to make different lip balm flavors.

• Adjust the amount of oil if you would like to change the consistency; more oil will make a softer balm, while less oil will make a firmer product.

Why Use Honey?

Raw local honey is delicious and powerful medicine, and when used in skin care products, honey;

acts as a humectant, reducing the loss of moisture, while it softens and tightens the skin

is an antibacterial agent

draws impurities from the skin

works well for both dry and oily skin

is naturally acid balanced

often used as a face mask or in face mask formulas

Want more body care information?  

These books are recommended by herbalist, Rosemary Gladstar and filled with great information for those who want to create their own healthy health and beauty products;

 Organic Body Care Recipes by Stephanie Tourles

Beauty by Nature by Brigitte Mars 

Earthly Bodies & Heavenly Hair , by Dina Falconi


Give this lip balm recipe a try and let me know what you think!