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Cocoa And Cinnamon Lip Balm

A delicious lip balm recipe, made with cocoa butter and cinnamon essential oil. Bear in mind that cinnamon might be a skin irritant, so make a skin test before using it. Only for the bold ones!
Difficulty: Really easy
Weight: ~10 g
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Method: Oil-based Product
Cosmetic: Lip Balm
Servings: 2 tubes or 1 tin container (15 ml)
Author: Sofia Matias
Cost: $0,36 / 0,30€ per tube

Ingredients

Instructions

Preparations

  • Disinfect all your equipment before starting. You can boil some of your equipment (like the double boiler, glass cups, spoons), and use a solution of 1 liter of water with 1/2 cup of bleach, for items that are not heat-resistant (like the milk frother, plastic cups or the lotion containers)
    Disinfect-equipment
  • Assemble the ingredients and equipment first
    ingredients and equipment to make lip balm
  • Measure the oils and the beeswax to a double boiler (you can also use a metal jug)
  • Fill the pan with water to use as a double boiler. Turn the heat on and place the double boiler inside the pan with water.
  • Let the beeswax melt completely (beeswax melts at ~60ºC)
  • Turn off the heat and remove the double boiler from the water. Wait a few minutes to let it cool down (up to 45ºC - 113ºF)
    melted-oils-cooling-down
  • Add the essential oil and the vitamin E and mix well. CAREFUL with cinnamon essential oil it is a skin irritant. Add only 1 drop! If you are afraid, use a cinnamon lip balm flavour oil instead.
  • Pour the mixture in the lip tubes or containers. If the misture hardens before you can pour everything, you can reheat it again.
    pouring lip balm into tubes
  • Wait 5 minutes for the mixture to solidify, then place it for 15-30 minutes in the fridge to solidify completely
    cocoa-and-cinnamon-lip-balm
  • Make sure you clean up the wax from the utensils while it's in liquid form, with a kitchen paper towel. If needed, reheat the utensils.
    cleaning-equipment-from-wax

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