Homemade Moisturizing Jojoba Oil Lip Balm Recipe
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This jojoba lip balm recipe is a fan favorite. I have multiple people beg me every year to make them some, and while it’s super easy to do, I rarely make time to do so. THANKFULLY, one batch of this lip balm makes like 35 tubes or so depending on what you use, so you’ll have puh-lenty for yourself and your friends for gifting. Who could be mad about skincare products handmade with love as a gift.
This lip balm has been carefully crafted by yours truly with a lovely blend of shea butter, coconut oil, and jojoba oil to be super moisturizing, leave a nice sheen on the lips kinda like a lip gloss, and also moisturize dry lips well and quickly leaving protective hydration in its wake! This is lovely for everyday wear and if you use your favorite essential oil or essential oil blend, it can double as aromatherapy. Use a flavoring oil or essential oils of your choice, and go crazy! While I know beef tallow is all the rage, I hope you give this jojoba oil lip balm a chance. It’s divine for daily use and I’ve been using this homemade lip product for a good long time.
Purchase this lip balm from our online farm stand! :)
Why Jojoba Oil
Jojoba oil is a great choice for lips because it mimics the skins natural sebum making it a good option for hydrating and protecting chapped lips. While you can rub pure organic jojoba oil straight onto your lips, having it in a balm for adds another barrier with the protective natural waxes provided by the lovely bees. Some people have reports due to the deep hydration of jojoba oil, it helps deepen the lips natural pink color. Jojoba oil is a wonderful addition to your lip care routine and goes a long way for those with sensitive skin.
My Favorite Essential Oils For Lip Balm
- Lavender
- Wintergreen
- Peppermint
- Sweet Orange
- Mixture of cool wintergreen-peppermint flavor
- Rose
Equipment You Might Want:
- Scale
- Lip balm tubes
- Lip balm tube filling tray + scraper
- Glass measuring cup
- Sauce pan
Ingredients:
- 1.35 ounces beeswax (locally sourced if possible)
- .75 ounce shea butter
- 2.7 ounces coconut oil
- 2.7 ounces jojoba oil
- 2 1/2 teaspoons flavoring oil or 1 teaspoon essential oil of choice
Step 1: Prep
Start by sanitizing all equipment. Dry thoroughly.
Remove tops of lip balm tubes and place them into the filling tray. If you don’t have a filling tray, line the tubes up on a surface lined with paper towels for easy clean up and use a clean syringe to fill them. Or you can attempt to dump the liquid lip balm straight from the measuring cup. I’m real bad at that, hence the need for a lip balm filling tray.
Step 2: Measure Ingredients
Measure all ingredients into a glass measuring cup or even a wide mouth jar. Place jar or measuring cup into a sauce pan and fill up about 1/3 of the way up the side of the jar with water.
Place over medium heat and bring to a gentle simmer, then reduce. Stir frequently to melt beeswax.
While the oils and beeswax heat, have your flavoring oil or essential oils and a measuring teaspoon out and ready to go.
Once melted, remove jar from sauce pan and shut off heat.
Check the temperature of the lip balm mixture. Double check the flash point temperature of the flavoring oil or essential oil you are using. You want to add the oils when the temperature of the oils are BELOW the flash point temperature. This information can be found on most sites that sell soapmaking and balm making supplies that sell the flavoring oils or the essential oils in the description of the products.
Add in the flavoring oils or essential oils and stir well to combine.
Step 3: Fill Tubes
Fill tubes using the tray or a syringe, working quickly as the beeswax will harden pretty quickly. If needed, reheat the jar to remelt the oils as you work. It’s not a big deal if it hardens on you, just heat and start again.
Allow tubes of balm to harden and cool completely, then add lids.
Wipe tubes off with a clean paper towel to wipe off any spills.
You can print of labels using address label stickers and your home printer and label the flavor and date.
Notes:
I get my lip balm flavoring oils from either Brambleberry or Wholesale Supplies Plus (not affiliated). Brambleberry has a honey flavored on and also a passionfruit rose that is perfection and loved by almost everyone I give them to!
Equipment
- Glass measuring cup or jar
- Sauce pan
Ingredients
- 1.35 ounces beeswax locally sourced if possible
- .75 ounce shea butter
- 2.7 ounces coconut oil
- 2.7 ounces jojoba oil
- 2 1/2 teaspoons flavoring oil or 1 teaspoon essential oil of choice
Instructions
- Start by sanitizing all equipment. Dry thoroughly.
- Remove tops of lip balm tubes and place them into the filling tray. If you don't have a filling tray, line the tubes up on a surface lined with paper towels for easy clean up and use a clean syringe to fill them.
- Measure all ingredients into a glass measuring cup or even a wide mouth jar. Place jar or measuring cup into a sauce pan and fill up about 1/3 of the way up the side of the jar with water.
- Place over medium heat and bring to a gentle simmer, then reduce. Stir frequently to melt beeswax.
- While the oils and beeswax heat, have your flavoring oil or essential oils and a measuring teaspoon out and ready to go.
- Once melted, remove jar from sauce pan and shut off heat.
- Check the temperature of the lip balm mixture. Double check the flash point temperature of the flavoring oil or essential oil you are using. You want to add the oils when the temperature of the oils are BELOW the flash point temperature. This information can be found on most sites that sell soapmaking and balm making supplies that sell the flavoring oils or the essential oils in the description of the products.
- Add in the flavoring oils or essential oils and stir well to combine.
- Fill tubes using the tray or a syringe, working quickly as the beeswax will harden pretty quickly. If needed, reheat the jar to remelt the oils as you work. It's not a big deal if it hardens on you, just heat and start again.
- Allow tubes of balm to harden and cool completely, then add lids.
- Wipe tubes off with a clean paper towel to wipe off any spills.
- Label!
