I saw the idea for making this lip balm at
7 Alive and I fell in love. I'm always looking for fun little gifts my 'adult' friends....and I usually say it with food. But....I think there is probably way too many calories floating around on Valentine's Day....I'm not complaining, but I suspect some of my gifts get tossed for just this reason. This was a simple one!
I bought beeswax from Amazon. I'm sure they sell it at the health food stores, but it was cold and I was feeling lazy. You can also find liquid vitamin e there, but....I just bought the pills and cut open the gel tablets with scissors. I grabbed some coconut oil (sold near the Crisco on most baking rows in grocery stores), and some fun scents of essential oil (optional). To house my lip balms, I bought little heart containers from Michael's (10 for 2 bucks full price, I used a coupon b/c that is the kind of gal I am).
To make one lip balm:
1. You place a few drops of the oil in the bottom of your plastic container.
2. In the microwave put 2 T of beeswax pellets in a microwaveable bowl with 1 T of coconut oil, and 1/2 t of Vitamin E (three pills).
3. I heated my bowl for about a minute. I stirred it around, and then I started heating it in 30 minute segments. It took me about 2 1/2 minutes to get the beeswax melted. The coconut went to liquid pretty quickly. I had to really work the beeswax with the back of my spoon to get it to start blending, but then it worked great once it got hot enough.
4. I pour the liquid into the container (with the oil already at the bottom) and let it cool and solidify.
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