Easy All Natural Peppermint Lip Balm Recipe
Whether you’re a peppermint lover, or planning on making festive gifts this Easy All Natural Peppermint Lip Balm Recipe is perfect for you! This is a variation of my Better Than Store Bought All Natural Lip Balm Recipe that I make often for our farm stand, custom orders, and holiday gifts! For deeper context of the ingredients used and more tips and tricks, go check out my original recipe!
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Why You’ll Love This Lip Balm Recipe:
- Easy – This is a very simple recipe to follow. With just a handful of ingredients and a little time you can have homemade lip balm to use yourself, sell, or gift to others.
- Customizable – you can add natural coloring like hibiscus powder to tint this balm. Or you can infuse the oils before making this recipe for deeper healing properties (like calendula) or to add scent (like vanilla beans or lavender). I talk all about how to infuse oil in this blog here.
- Affordable – a minimal amount of ingredients makes quite a few tubes of lip balm making this recipe very affordable. If there’s a specific ingredient you don’t usually have on hand like shea butter, you can ask a friend who might have some if they can spare a few grams for you. In return, you can give them a lip balm!
- All Natural – this recipe is made with simple, easy to acquire, all natural ingredients making it an excellent non-toxic alternative to mainstream Chapstick or lip balm.
Can I Substitute Different oils?
The oils in this recipe can be substituted as needed. It is good to try to use similar oils to maintain similar benefits and characteristics so I suggest researching which oils are similar to the one you are trying to replace. For example, I have substituted cocoa butter for shea butter in this recipe and it worked out great! I would not have a similar result if I substituted olive oil for shea butter they are very different products.
Can Homemade Lip Balm Go Bad?
Oils without any preservatives will go rancid over time. I have found it takes quite awhile for this to happen (6+ months unrefrigerated). Adding vitamin E can help slow the aging process due to its antioxidant properties. To extend the life of your lip balm, you can also store un-used tubes in the fridge until you’re ready to use them. I have found this to keep the balm good much longer than keeping them at room temperature.
What Containers Should I Use?
For affordability and simplicity, I prefer to use lip balm in traditional lip balm tubes. This is my favorite brand from Amazon. If you’d like to store a larger amount, you can also use glass amber jars, aluminum tins, or plastic pots. For these peppermint tubes specifically, I ordered these green and pink lip balm tubes. If you’re filling many tubes, I’d suggest you buy the filling kit that is sold under the same brand as whatever tubes you order. Rather than a different brand because the sizes are not all universal and the tubes may not fit into the fill tray correctly.
Essential Oil Safe Usage:
Essential oils are considered natural, but are very concentrated dosages of natural ingredients. All essential oils should be used with caution and researched before using on skin and I personally never recommend ingesting essential oils. Reputable brands will give dosage rates for your specific usage on their websites. As well as safety guidelines and how to use them. In this recipe, I used a very conservative measurement to scent this lip balm that has worked for our family. For safety, peppermint specifically should be researched before using around pets and infants.
Easy All Natural Peppermint Lip Balm Recipe:
Tools You’ll Need:
Kitchen scale
Pot or double boiler
Glass bowl (if not using a double boiler)
Measuring Spoons
Spatula
Pour spout container (like this)
Ingredients:
Vitamin E (optional)
How To Make This Recipe:
Measure all ingredients (except vitamin E and essential oil) into glass bowl or the top of double boiler pot. This recipe can also be made in the microwave. Heating in 30 second increments and stirring until fully melted.
Add water to bottom of double boiler and set on stove top.
If not using a double boiler, line bottom of pot with canning lids or a washcloth- something to create a barrier between the glass bowl and bottom of the pot. Add water to fill pot half way. Fit glass bowl on to pot. This works as a homemade double boiler to prevent oils from over heating.
Set stovetop heat to medium-high. Once simmering, lower to medium low to slowly melt all ingredients. The beeswax takes the longest to melt.
*Tip* Make sure no water gets into the mixture from the pot
If you have a lip balm tube filler kit, fit tubes into the fill tray. Otherwise, just set out desired containers to pour lip balm into.
Once all ingredients are melted, remove from heat and add vitamin E and essential oil if desired.
Transfer the lip balm mixture into a container with a pouring spout for easier pouring.
Carefully pour mixture into lip balm containers using a dropper or pouring slowly.
If mixture cools too quickly, put back on heat or briefly microwave to melt again.
Wait for lip balm to solidify before putting the top on the containers.
Label and store as desired.
Easy All Natural Peppermint Lip Balm Recipe
Equipment
- Kitchen scale
- Pot or double boiler
- Glass bowl (if not using a double boiler)
- Measuring spoons
- Spatula
- Pour spout container (like this)
- Lip Balm Tubes
Ingredients
- 45 grams Coconut oil approx. 1/4 cup
- 20 grams Shea Butter approx. 2 tbsp
- 20 grams Beeswax pellets approx 2 tbsp
- 1 tsp Jojoba Oil
- 1/8 tsp Vitamin E optional
- 6-12 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
Instructions
- Measure all ingredients (except vitamin E and essential oil) into glass bowl or the top of double boiler pot. This recipe can also be made in the microwave. Heating in 30 second increments and stirring until fully melted.
- Add water to bottom of double boiler and set on stove top.
- If not using a double boiler, line bottom of pot with canning lids or a washcloth- something to create a barrier between the glass bowl and bottom of the pot. Add water to fill pot half way. Fit glass bowl on to pot. This works as a homemade double boiler to prevent oils from over heating.
- Set stovetop heat to medium-high. Once simmering, lower to medium low to slowly melt all ingredients. The beeswax takes the longest to melt. *Tip* Make sure no water gets into the mixture from the pot
- If you have a lip balm tube filler kit, fit tubes into the fill tray. Otherwise, just set out desired containers to pour lip balm into.
- Once all ingredients are melted, remove from heat and add vitamin E (optional) and peppermint essential oil.
- Transfer the lip balm mixture into a container with a pouring spout for easier pouring.
- Carefully pour mixture into lip balm containers using a dropper or pouring slowly.
- If mixture cools too quickly, put back on heat or briefly microwave to melt again.
- Wait for lip balm to solidify before putting the top on the containers.
- Label and store as desired.
Notes
Have You Tried This Recipe?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
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References:
Jojoba oil facts: https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/jojoba-oil-for-face#antioxidant
Coconut oil facts: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/coconut-oil-and-skin
