Making chapstick from scratch at home is not everyone’s cup of tea. I’ve been making my version for about a decade now and find it a fairly simple two-step process: melt the ingredients and pour into lip containers.
The benefit is knowing the ingredients that will be used on your skin. No chemicals, dyes, or fragrances.
A couple of notes before you dive in:
- shea butter can replace mango butter, but shea butter is NOT for you if you have a nut allergy.
- Use coconut, jojoba, almond or similar oil instead of the castor oil, but I have found the castor oil to be much more hydrating.
- Skip the vitamins E and C if you don’t have them
- I prefer no flavor in my lip balms but you can add any essential oils as desired.
Here’s to happy lips!
Monique
Hydrating Mango Lip Balm
1 tbls beeswax
1 tbls mango butter
1/2 tbls castor oil
1/2 tsp Vitamin E
drop of Vitamin C
optional: 4-6 drops of essential oil
Have 4-6 lip balm capsules ready (cap removed, sitting upright.)
Gently melt the beeswax, mango butter and castor oil over a double broiler. Remove from heat, stir in the E and C and any essential oils (if using).
Quickly pour into lip balm capsules. Let cool
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