But life gets in the way sometimes. Our whole roost got a lovely stomach virus, which stretched from my daughter to me over a two week period of time. I finally came down with the virus the two days before we were to leave for Florida.
Florida?!?!?! What a nice vacation!
Not.
Our trip to Florida was personal business. As in, a 6 day, 2000+ mile trip to meet our new son. Unfortunately, this isn't something I can talk about too much right now. However, he is an amazing little boy who has a ton of potential and I can't wait until we can bring him home.
But the lip balm... I did get it made before we left. I used a mixture of recipes, but I mainly pulled from here. Because I love me some Crunchy Betty. Anyway, the one thing I changed was using Coconut Oil instead of Jojoba, Almond or Olive. Not because I thought it was a good idea, or that I had done any type of research. Basically, it boiled down to me being way to lazy to walk 4 houses down to the market to buy some.
Anyway, my recipe was identical to Betty's Lucsious Lavander Lip Balm Recipe, with the substitution of Coconut Oil for Jojoba Oil. And it was oh so pretty. Here's a picture of the ingredients.
And here is the finished product in it's melted form. It was so pretty. I loved its smell and creaminess.
Sadly, I found it to be so drying for my lips. I had to put it on every 5 minutes. After a couple days, I turned back to my old friend, Carmex. Faithful and potent, my lips were back to normal after 24 hours of use.
But, I'm not one to back down from a challenge. Especially when my goal is to learn to make things at home so that we are more independent and self-sustaining. That, and have you read the ingredients in beauty products? It's enough to make my stomach turn.
But I digress. Last night I scooped all of my first batch of lip balm out of the container and reluctantly threw it into the trash. And I started over. This time I toughened up and had my husband go to the market for some Jojoba Oil so I could do this right.
My recipe is as follows: (Yes, it is very similar to the first one, shoot me. I am taking baby steps here!)
1 Tablespoon grated bees wax
4 Tablespoons Jojoba Oil
7 drops of Lavender essential oil
10 drops of Peppermint essential oil
1 teaspoon of honey
4 Vitamin E capsules, squeezed out
Over low heat, slowly warm the bees wax, vitamin E and jojoba oil. Stir constantly. Don't let it scorch!
When wax is melted, add in honey and essential oils.
Stir for another minute, or 5, you know, whatever you want.
Poor into your container.
Let sit until it solidifies. DON'T stick your finger in there before it is cooled. You don't want to mess up the pretty top!
And that's it! I've been using the new lip balm today and so far it seems to be much creamier and soothing to my lips.
What is your favorite lip balm recipe?
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