One of the beautiful by products of honey is
BEESWAX
When you extract the honey you have all of this glorious, sweet smelling, luscious beeswax.
I have experimented with beeswax lip balm, hand cream and face scrub.
Here is my preferred beeswax lip balm.
Moisturising for your lips, non greasy, light and lovely.
Measure your ingredients; I finely chopped the beeswax but you can also grate it.
Add the coconut oil, vitamin E and lanolin cream
(you can use pure lanolin oil instead.)
Add your essential oils after the oils have been heated.
- Beeswax Lip Balm Recipe
25 grams pure beeswax
40 grams coconut oil
4 capsules of Vitamin E
1 heaped teaspoon of Lanolin cream
6 drops lemon myrtle essential oil
6 drops peppermint essential oil
4 drops lavender essential oil
Place beeswax, coconut oil, the vitamin E oil that has been squeezed out of the capsules (pierce capsules with a pin first) and the lanolin into the small saucepan.
Place on top of a larger saucepan with boiling water and stir until dissolved, approx 3 -5 minutes.
Remove from heat and add essential oils, to achieve your desired fragrance.
Let cool, then test before bottling.
Buon appetitio, Enjoy, Merryn.
My sister in law used to make a lip balm with a lovely lemongrass scent! We really liked the smell of it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea Lorraine, lemongrass scent would be delightful. I will try that next time :D
DeleteHow great to make your own lip balm - I like it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cakelaw, it is so good to be creative, in any which way we can :D
DeleteJust made a lip balm tonight using beeswax, coconut oil and shea butter. Next time ill use a scent. I love making home made health and beauty products. Bees wax is so versatile.
ReplyDeleteHow is it with shea butter Sanaa? I plan on buying some shea butter to incorporate into body moisturisers, but have not tried it with shea butter. The essential oils added are gorgeous :D
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