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Make your own lip balm? You use these ingredients to make your own products
You can make your own lip balm with just a few ingredients
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Conventional cosmetic products contain a long list of different active ingredients that only a chemist would understand. You only need a few (natural) ingredients to make a lip balm.
Natural cosmetics are becoming increasingly important: In contrast to conventional cosmetics, organic care products do not contain any chemical or artificial ingredients, some of which are suspected of being harmful to our health. In addition, they are usually manufactured in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way – and that comes at a hefty price. For this reason you can Pick up lip care and make your own lip balm. This saves money and you also know exactly which (natural) ingredients were used. Below you will find three different recipe suggestions that you can easily make at home.
Three simple recipes: Make your own lip balm
1. Recipe
You need the following three ingredients:
You also need a few little jars (about six pieces) or empty lipstick tubes, in which you can then fill and store the lip balm. And if you like, you can add two to three drops of one to the finished mixture essential oil (for example from cocoa) – for an individual scent.
Now it’s time to prepare:
- Take a small pot, fill it a third full of water and place it on the stove.
- Bring the water to a boil and place a glass or heatproof container in the water.
- Put the three ingredients mentioned in the container and let them melt in the water bath.
- Stir the ingredients until a homogeneous mass is formed – and pour it into the jars.
- Now place the liquid lip balm in a cold place to harden, the refrigerator is best.
2. Recipe
You need the following four ingredients:
Again, you’ll probably need five cans five milliliters each if you make this lip balm yourself. With this recipe it is also a good idea to use the scent essential oils to round off. Which scent is best depends on your personal taste. In this case, vanilla, for example, would work quite well.
Now it’s time to prepare:
First melt the beeswax and then the cocoa butter in the same pot over a water bath and stir the contents.
As soon as a homogeneous mass has been created, remove the container from the water bath and stir the jojoba oil evenly into the mixture.
The honey is only stirred in at the end before you add the finished lip balm cans Pour it over and let it cool down in the fridge.
3. Recipe
You need the following four ingredients:
The lipstick primarily serves to give the lip balm a beautiful color. The amount is enough for approximately two cans – if you want to make more, you simply have to adjust the quantities of the ingredients upwards.
Now it’s time to prepare:
Take another small, heat-resistant container such as a glass or a cup and pour all the ingredients into it.
Here too, the ingredients must be melted over a water bath and stirred until a uniform mass is formed.
Last but not least, the finished mass is placed on the cans divided and stored in a cool place until the lip balm has hardened.
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