I have been taking an herbal basics course for school. One of the lessons was on how to make chapstick. And it turned out quite well. If you wanted to try it, here's what you'd need.
Containers (You could by them on line at Mountain Rose Herbs or somewhere else that you might find them).
1 cup of oil. (Sweet Almond oil is less greasy than other oils.)
Essential oil. 2 drops of essential oil to every 1/4 ounce of lip balm. Whatever flavor you like (I used grapefruit).
2 ounces (by weight) of Beeswax.
I used a double boiler, but you could probably use something else.
A liquid measuring cup with a pouring spout.
You put the 1 cup of oil and the beeswax in the double boiler, until the beeswax is all melted. Turn the heat off, then you put in your essential oil (and colouring, such as Alkanet, if you want it to be coloured). Then pour the lip balm into your measuring cup (you might want to warm the measuring cup first, so that the lip balm doesn't harden when it hits the cold glass.) And then pour it into your containers and let them cool.
That's how you make lip balm! I hope you have fun!
(My Mom, of course, already had all this stuff on hand. If you'd like to learn about herbal remedies you should really check out her blog. http://www.woodwifesjournal.com/)
I'm sharing this recipe with Wildcrafting Wednesday #42
Containers (You could by them on line at Mountain Rose Herbs or somewhere else that you might find them).
1 cup of oil. (Sweet Almond oil is less greasy than other oils.)
Essential oil. 2 drops of essential oil to every 1/4 ounce of lip balm. Whatever flavor you like (I used grapefruit).
2 ounces (by weight) of Beeswax.
I used a double boiler, but you could probably use something else.
A liquid measuring cup with a pouring spout.
You put the 1 cup of oil and the beeswax in the double boiler, until the beeswax is all melted. Turn the heat off, then you put in your essential oil (and colouring, such as Alkanet, if you want it to be coloured). Then pour the lip balm into your measuring cup (you might want to warm the measuring cup first, so that the lip balm doesn't harden when it hits the cold glass.) And then pour it into your containers and let them cool.
That's how you make lip balm! I hope you have fun!
(My Mom, of course, already had all this stuff on hand. If you'd like to learn about herbal remedies you should really check out her blog. http://www.woodwifesjournal.com/)
I'm sharing this recipe with Wildcrafting Wednesday #42
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