I thought I might try making lip balm from our soapmaking leftovers. It turns out to be easy as long as your standards aren’t all that high. Really, it’s no harder than melt-and-pour soap. <\/p>\n
My first trial batch was this:<\/p>\n
16g olive oil
\n10g coconut oil
\n8g beeswax
\n6g palm oil <\/p>\n
Melt it. Put it in a container. Let it firm up. Tah-dah. If you really want a lip balm stick, I’m pretty sure you can get the appropriate containers from Zenith Supplies<\/a>, but it’s not like there aren’t plenty of perfectly great lip balms that come in little pots.<\/p>\n I wanted to fuss with it a bit, so I remelted it and infused it with cocoa nibs for about twenty-five minutes, adding a touch more beeswax. Then I added a few drops of clementine oil. I can’t say that the nibs added the kind of chocolateyness I was hoping for, but they did add a subtle scent and an interesting color. <\/p>\n I’m reasonably pleased with this as a lip balm, but it’s a tad on the oily side for my tastes. I’d like to try cocoa and shea butters in this, and knock down the liquid oil component a bit. What this batch seems great for, though, is heavy-duty skin moisturization. It’d be a good cuticle cream or a base for a homemade Badger Balm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I thought I might try making lip balm from our soapmaking leftovers. It turns out to be easy as long as your standards aren’t all that high. Really, it’s no harder than melt-and-pour soap. My first trial batch was this: 16g olive oil 10g coconut oil 8g beeswax 6g palm oil Melt it. Put it … Continue reading Lip balm experiment<\/span>