Best Of Beauty » lip balm http://bestofbeauty.org.uk Learn The Best Beauty Tips Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:33:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Make Your Own Lip Balm http://bestofbeauty.org.uk/uncategorized/make-your-own-lip-balm/ http://bestofbeauty.org.uk/uncategorized/make-your-own-lip-balm/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:07:55 +0000 admin http://bestofbeauty.org.uk/?p=11 In order to create a lip balm, you need to strike a balance between the solids and the liquids. Solids include butters and wax while liquids include essential oils. For the butters and wax, mango butter and bee’s wax are recommended whereas for liquid, almond oil, castor oil and avocado oil are recommended. Essential oils can be combined together to give the lip balm a unique smell. The most popular essential oils are tea tree oil, cinnamon, camphor, mints and ginger. However, care must be taken to avoid including citrus essential oils into your lip balm as this leads to photosensitive lips.

All the ingredients except the essential oils must be mixed together in a double boiler. The ingredients must then be allowed to melt. It is essential to keep stirring the blend after every few minutes. The essential oils must then be added to the mixture. If you add the essential oil into the mixture with the rest of the ingredients, they will evaporate and offer no use. Next, add the mixture into the lip balm tub.

Once you are satisfied with your lip balm, you must right down the exact measurements of each ingredient so that your recipe can be perfected and next time you can make it again with much ease.

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