Lip balm advice.

[MelissaG]

Well, the stevia extract tastes great! It didn’t blend in as good as I’d hoped. But it mostly stayed suspended. This bit of sediment at the bottom was disappointing.

Try the brand Lakanto. It tastes just like sugar but very slightly less sweet. It's made with monk fruit and erythritol. Erythritol can give stomach aches in large amounts but they are mixed at an amount that just tastes good without side effects. You can get it at walmart. My husband has diabetes so I've been forced to look for alternatives. It's not cheap though.

 

[TashaBird]

Try the brand Lakanto. It tastes just like sugar but very slightly less sweet. It's made with monk fruit and erythritol. Erythritol can give stomach aches in large amounts but they are mixed at an amount that just tastes good without side effects. You can get it at walmart. My husband has diabetes so I've been forced to look for alternatives. It's not cheap though.

You e used it for lip balm?! I thought erythritol was grainy.

 

[TashaBird]

Current workings on lip balm. Reformulating again due to cocoa butter being quadrupled the cost it once was. Loving using Deanna’s lip balm ratios with my preferred fats/oils! Currently pocket testing that recipe. But I think I like a slightly thicker balm like my previous recipe. The stevia extract is super potent! I reduced one batch by half and will reduce it again. Loving the rose flavor oil from bulk apothecary! Highly recommend it if you love rose!! Will add more mica to my tinted batch next time. Hate the mess of Kraft tubes! But just ordered more of the black cardboard tubes which I love!!
Was wondering if my honey worked so well long ago because it looked like this…instead of this. Started looking into removing moisture from honey, but will probably just stick to the new stevia extract I got.

 

[dmcgee5034]

That container of Stevia powder will probably last a lifetime, but they do have liquid, if the powder didn’t dissolve as nicely as you’d like. Stevia Liquid

 

[Tammyfarms]

@TashaBird

Current workings on lip balm. Reformulating again due to cocoa butter being quadrupled the cost it once was. Loving using Deanna’s lip balm ratios with my preferred fats/oils! Currently pocket testing that recipe. But I think I like a slightly thicker balm like my previous recipe.

I was just looking at cocoa butter and those prices!

The stevia extract is super potent! I reduced one batch by half and will reduce it again.

Do you mind sharing how much stevia you used with how much lip balm? I am putting a last minute batch of balm together and want to try sweetening it up.

 

[CLMP]

I'm planing to make chap stick for my son and I'm wondering how much lanolin and glycerine I would add to the recipe. I'm making enough for 10 tubes. Also wondering what kind of lanolin do I buy? Lanolin or lanolin oil. If some one knows what percentage of each to use in a recipe I would be so happy I'm having trouble finding the right info about it. Thanks so much.

 

[CLMP]

So I made lip balm almost 4 years ago. I posted about it on here and was read the riot act because I’d used 10grams of honey to my 200g fats and butters. I’ve been waiting all these years for it to show any sign of spoilage or going bad. I’ve used it all day everyday, and I am at my last bit of my last tube. So, I respect the opinions and experience here, and in an attempt to “improve” my recipe I tried honey powder. I also used a different flavor combo: essential oil mixed w glycerine flavoring. The honey powder hasn’t really added any sweetness, and it is a tad grainy. Without the sweet the flavor has a tinge of bitterness. I’m still waiting for them to harden for the final test.
Now before I remake the flavor color combo that I and my customers have loved over the years, I want to get this right. My instinct is to remake it exactly as I did before. Why shouldn’t I use the honey? I know there’s a small percentage of water in honey. But I’ve had zero problems over 4 years.
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Anyone use monkfruit to sweeten lip balm? Something like this? https://a.co/d/3sF6Qiv

Ooh! I have glycerine! Can I sweeten lip balm with that?! Trying hard to use what I have on hand. Wish the honey powder wasn’t grainy!! Really just want to use honey like I did before, but trying to heed advice.

I think this’ll make more than 12 lip balms!

I don't know much about lip balm I'm trying to learn how to make some right now and I came across a article that says too use raw honey that it won't seperate so I thought I should mention it in case it's right.

 

[A-Polly]

I'm planing to make chap stick for my son and I'm wondering how much lanolin and glycerine I would add to the recipe. I'm making enough for 10 tubes. Also wondering what kind of lanolin do I buy? Lanolin or lanolin oil. If some one knows what percentage of each to use in a recipe I would be so happy I'm having trouble finding the right info about it. Thanks so much.

Hi @CLMP,
Here is a recipe from Humblebee & Me that uses lanolin; maybe Marie's percentages will help you work out your formula. One thing: she used HPA (highly purified anhydrous) lanolin because the regular lanolin has such a strong and unpleasantly musty (sheepy?) smell. The HPA stuff is a sticky sort of salve that comes in a tube and I've bought it at a regular pharmacy. There's a picture of the exact kind I found in Marie's recipe description (she's located in Canada, but I am not). Good luck!