1st attempt at making lip balms/body butter

thewifey · Mar 10, 2012

hi everyone!

I just received all of my online orders and ready to explore the wonderful world of making my own body products

I know there are tons of recipes to choose from and so it's hard for a newbie like me to figure out where to start.

I hope you can help me with a simple recipe that I can try for my first shot.

Here are the ingredients I got:
EVOO
coconut oil
beeswax
cocoa butter
shea butter
vitamin E oil
peppermint EO

Thanks in advance!

saltydog · Mar 14, 2012

Hi & welcome!
try this link for a guide to lip balms and other recipes. It helps point you in the right direction and then you can change things as you learn.
http://www.thesage.com/recipes/recipes. ... play&id=19

Also, check out Millers Homemade Soap Page: http://www.millersoap.com/
lots of good info there, too.

skinbykenya · Sep 27, 2013

I like a butter that is mostly shea butter but if my finished butter is going to have a chocolate fragrance i will add somecocoa butter, but only a little. Olive oil is too heavy for me so i stick to coconut oil.

DeeAnna · Sep 27, 2013

Another good resource is Susan at http://swiftcraftymonkey.blogspot.ca/ She has lots of posts on her blog (free) and nice tutorials/workbooks for a modest fee. The tutorials cover anhydrous products (lip balms, salves), lotions, hair care products -- pretty much anything except for lye soap. I recommend her highly.

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