Lip balm is an essential lip care product for girls, especially in dry autumn and winter seasons. Lip balm works wonders in keeping lips plump and soft. However, many lip balms available in the market contain a lot of chemicals. So why not try making your own safe lip balm? Below, we will teach you how to make lip balm using simple ingredients.
Homemade Rose Lip Balm
Ingredients: 40ml Vaseline, 8g beeswax, 5g shea butter, 2 drops rose essential oil, 1 beaker, 1 lip balm tube.
Instructions: Put Vaseline, beeswax, and shea butter in a dedicated beaker. Heat the beaker in a water bath until the mixture turns liquid. Then add the rose essential oil and stir well. Pour the mixture into the lip balm tube and let it cool and solidify before use.
Benefits: Keeps lips moisturized and glossy.
Homemade Lavender Lip Balm
Ingredients: 1 drop lavender essential oil, 15ml jojoba oil, 3g beeswax, 1 incense burner, 1 small plastic container, 1 test tube, bamboo sticks, cotton swabs as needed.
Instructions: First, put the jojoba oil and beeswax in the incense burner and heat it with a flame. Stir with a bamboo stick to dissolve the beeswax for 3 minutes. Then pour the solution into the plastic container and continue stirring until the solution cools. When the edges turn white, add the lavender essential oil and stir again. Let it cool completely before use.
Benefits: Helps improve lip color and promote blood circulation in the lips.
Homemade Lavender Lip Balm
Ingredients: 2g beeswax, 15ml sweet almond oil, 3 drops lavender essential oil, 2 drops geranium essential oil, 2 lip balm tubes.
Instructions: Put the beeswax and sweet almond oil in a glass cup and heat it in a water bath until melted. Then add the essential oils and stir well. Pour the mixture into the lip balm tubes and let it cool and solidify before use.
Benefits: Makes lips rosy and improves dry and cracked lips.
Homemade Aloe Vera Lip Balm
Ingredients: 1 aloe vera leaf, 10g honey, 1 lip balm tube.
Instructions: Peel and wash the aloe vera leaf, then mash the flesh into a paste. Add honey and mix well. Pour the mixture into the lip balm tube and let it cool and solidify before use.
Benefits: Moisturizes and nourishes, improves dry and peeling lips.
Homemade Chinese Yam Lip Balm
Ingredients: 10g hawthorn, 30g Chinese yam, 5g cinnamon powder.
Instructions: Peel and wash the hawthorn and Chinese yam, then grind them into a paste. Add cinnamon powder and mix into a paste. Apply the mixture on the lips and leave it on for about 15 minutes, then rinse off.
Benefits: Activates lip cells, supplements vitamins, and effectively protects the lips.
