DIY LIP BUTTER

DIY LIP BUTTER

When the fresh scent of citrus and cocoa collide, you get an amazing autumn lip butter!


Ingredients

30 grams cocoa butter
30 grams flax seed oil
30 grams sweet almond oil
20 grams beeswax
2.5 ml organic sweet orange essential oil
1/2 teaspoon light white mica (optional)
1/4 teaspoon amber mica (optional)

Method

-Combine cocoa butter and beeswax in double boiler and heat on high until ingredients are fully melted.
-Remove boiler from heat and add flax and almond oils. Stir to combine.
-Allow mixture to cool for two minutes, then add sun gold mica and essential oil. Stir well until fully blended.
-Fill jars halfway with melted balm, then chill in refrigerator for two minutes. Meanwhile, return boiler to the hot water to keep balm melted.
-Add amber mica to remaining balm, then pour into jars, filling them the rest of the way.
-Allow balms to cool and harden completely before handling

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