101 Things #44

Make some home made beauty products

I bought the ingredients for this months ago on eBay and put them in a cupboard and forgot about them!
For this project I decided to make lip balm. I don't use many products - but I had awful eczema as a child and was particularly teased about having it around my mouth - cracked and sore lips were one of the worst parts. I have my eczema pretty much under control now, I believe the biggest cause was stress during my childhood. The whole experience has left me with a bit of an obsession with lip balm though - I prefer to have my lips moisturised at all times as the dry skin feeling is associated with bad memories for me.
As I go through so much lip balm, I thought this should be the thing for me to try and make with as simple ingredients as possible - ones I can pronounce, know what they are and where they came from.
It was really easy to make, although fiddly to get into the pots before it set. It was mostly a case of melting and stirring but at as low a heat as possible so as not to damage the cocoa butter.



Ingredients:
Cosmetic grade beeswax
Shea butter
Cocoa butter
Sweet almond oil
Essential oil




I now have about 9 months worth of lip balm at a much cheaper price than the store bought variety with simple ingredients and as a bonus my house smells like The Body Shop!