Lip Balm with local beeswax (NAHBE 2025)

Lip Balm (NAHBE 2025)

1st Place Winner Lip Balm National Honey Show at NAHBE in Louisville, KY
Active Time1 hour
Course: lip balm
Keyword: craft, lip balm, local beeswax

Equipment

  • double boiler with water
  • 24 lip balm tubes with lid
  • 3 plastic pipettes for measuring and dropping essential oil
  • 1 glass pint jar
  • 1 kitchen scale
  • 1 wooden stirrer I use wooden skewer

Materials

  • 26 gr beeswax
  • 26 gr sunflower oil
  • 26 gr coconut oil
  • 18 drops peppermint essential oil
  • 2 drops cedar essential oil
  • 3 drops rosemary oil

Instructions

  • Place glass jar on kitchen scale and tare to zero. After each ingredient, tare back to zero.
  • Simmer and melt beeswax and sunflower in double boiler. Remove from heat
  • Add coconut oil and stir until melted (you might need to add to double boiler if mixture cools too much)
  • Add essential oil, stir and put into tubes or small lip balm tins