DIY Lipbalm

One of my friends gave me a 'make your own lipbalm kit' from Sweet Cecily's for Christmas which contains everything you need to make 5 little pots of strawberry, mint or unscented lipbalm. I made them the other day and thought I would share how!

The kit contains shea butter, beeswax, almond and calendula oil, cocoa butter and flavouring (my kit contained strawberry flavouring). You also need a bowl, a saucepan of boiling water and something to stir with like a fork or a whisk.

The first thing to do is mix the solid ingredients together (shea butter, beeswax and cocoa butter).

Next, put them in a bowl over water and heat until they are all melted.

Then add the bottle of almond and calendula oil and mix well.

When this has melted in and it is all mixed together, take it off the heat and add the flavouring.

Mix well again and pour it into the tins that come in the set. I did this using a teaspoon because it was easier and it needs to be done quickly as it sets fast!

The kit comes with labels and I really didn't know what to put on mine but this is how they turned out :)