When you make your own lip balms and chapsticks, you’ll find that most recipes always use the same three components. These ingredients are cocoa butter or shea butter, beeswax, and some kind of oil. Knowing this, I came up with the following ratios for making homemade tubes of chapstick: 1 part cocoa butter (or shea butter) +
The key ingredients to make homemade lip balm: 1 part beeswax, 1 part cocoa butter, and 2 parts oil by volume (or 1:1:4 by weight). Feel free to add essential oils to your homemade lip balm recipe, but use high-quality “edible” oils only. Organic is all the better! We love to use certified organic oils from Plant Therapy.
These ingredients are cocoa butter or shea butter, beeswax, and some kind of oil. Knowing this, I came up with the following ratios for making homemade tubes of chapstick: This is what I call my “1-2-3” formula and it can be used to make any size batch!
You can also customize the color of your homemade lip balm using natural or artificial colorants, and you can use shea butter, cocoa butter, or another base, depending on what texture you prefer. It makes a great gift. Thanks to its wide appeal, DIY lip balm makes a unique homemade gift.