This natural cocoa butter lip balm recipe helps prevent dry, chapped, cracked lips. It is very easy to make as it only contains 3 ingredients!
- Preparation: 5 min
- Cooking: 1 min
Ingredients
For 20gr:
- 5gr Beeswax
- 5gr Cocoa Butter
- 10gr Almond oil or Jojoba Oil
About the ingredients used for this cocoa butter lip balm recipe:
- Beeswax: when applied to the skin, beeswax forms a protective barrier from environmental assaults and it helps hold in moisture and reduce dryness. This is one of the reasons beeswax is often used in lip balms.
- Cocoa butter: cocoa butter is high in fatty acids and hydrates the skin deeply.
- Both jojoba and almond oil are great carrier oils that can effectively act as skin moisturizer.
How to make this cocoa butter lip balm recipe?
- Melt beeswax, cocoa butter and oil together in bain-marie.
- You can add flavoring and coloring if desired: a little bit of cocoa powder or concentrated beet juice.
- When the mix is liquid, quickly pour into small containers and let set.
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