I have never thought I would come to love lip balm so much till my lips started cracking in humid Singapore. To me healthy lips are important as they are used for smooching and also for vanity sake.
There are a few factors to painful crack lips and mine is due to dry air conditioning in the office. I found a few interesting ways to relive painful lip cracks by applying various items like lipgloss or glossy lipstick, aloe vera gel, cucumber slice and Vit E other than lip balm. You can get more information on the link below:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Painful-Cracked-Lips
On the other hand, I have been experimenting with my own version of Mango Lip Butter and it seems to be a success. I have made a few batches of it and have been busy passing it around to friends and family. Have not had a negative remark yet. All of them seem to think that these are better than the ones that are selling in the retail shops. I’ll take that as a compliment thank you. Although they could have said it out of obligations but I personally have been using them to my own satisfaction.
One of the ingredients that I included in my lip butter is the COCOA BUTTER.
It is an edible vegetable fat from cocoa beans, extracted from the cocoa beans during the process of making chocolate and cocoa powder. The best part about using Cocoa butter in the recipe is that it has a mild chocolate flavor and aroma. According to reports, cocoa butter is one of the most stable fats known, containing natural antioxidants that prevent rancidity and give it a storage life of 2 to 5 years. It is used for its smooth texture in foods (including chocolate) and in cosmetics and soaps.
I have also add glycerin, beewax, mango flavor oil, jojoba oil and bee propolis extract. But basic lip balm would only require a bit of wax and oil to prevent moisture from evaporating from your lips.
Ok so a little bit of economics 101, part of the reason people turn to DIY homemade recipe is to save cost. The project may seem cheaper in bulk but trust me a stick of lip balm is gonna last you a long time unless you are using it every so often. So to me homemade lip balms may not be so economical unless you are making a lot of it and giving it away or sharing the cost with someone else for the lip balm. Its a sweet let's make something together with girlfriends. I have post the basic Lip Balm Recipe below for Mango Lip Butter. Have fun with it.
Mango Lip Butter (Make 1 Tube = 6ml)
· 40 small pellets of beewax (about 1 round tsp)
· 13g of coco butter
· 15dp(small dropper) mango flavor oil*
· 1ml of jojoba oil
· 1dp of hyalauronic acid*
· 5dp of bee propolis*
*optional
Melt them down and pour them into the tube. Wahla thats it.
Signing Off,
Sandi
One of the ingredients that I included in my lip butter is the COCOA BUTTER.
It is an edible vegetable fat from cocoa beans, extracted from the cocoa beans during the process of making chocolate and cocoa powder. The best part about using Cocoa butter in the recipe is that it has a mild chocolate flavor and aroma. According to reports, cocoa butter is one of the most stable fats known, containing natural antioxidants that prevent rancidity and give it a storage life of 2 to 5 years. It is used for its smooth texture in foods (including chocolate) and in cosmetics and soaps.
I have also add glycerin, beewax, mango flavor oil, jojoba oil and bee propolis extract. But basic lip balm would only require a bit of wax and oil to prevent moisture from evaporating from your lips.
Ok so a little bit of economics 101, part of the reason people turn to DIY homemade recipe is to save cost. The project may seem cheaper in bulk but trust me a stick of lip balm is gonna last you a long time unless you are using it every so often. So to me homemade lip balms may not be so economical unless you are making a lot of it and giving it away or sharing the cost with someone else for the lip balm. Its a sweet let's make something together with girlfriends. I have post the basic Lip Balm Recipe below for Mango Lip Butter. Have fun with it.
Mango Lip Butter (Make 1 Tube = 6ml)
· 40 small pellets of beewax (about 1 round tsp)
· 13g of coco butter
· 15dp(small dropper) mango flavor oil*
· 1ml of jojoba oil
· 1dp of hyalauronic acid*
· 5dp of bee propolis*
*optional
Melt them down and pour them into the tube. Wahla thats it.
Signing Off,
Sandi
