Make your own lip balm

Worrying about chapped lips is only because I am here in north California, where air is quite dry. If I were in japan at this time of the year, oh boy.. I would be dying for this dry air. Humidity in summer time in Japan is insane. I make all sorts of necessary skincare cosmetics, but lip balm is definitely one of the easiest ones to make. It should take about 5 mins and it's fun because you can make your own lip balm that fits your need. You might like peppermint or chocolate scented lip balm or you might have preference in the level of thickness. Of course you can make it 100% natural. And the best of all, it's really inexpensive! Anyway, This is the ingredients you need. -1 tsp Beeswax (grazed or pellets) -5 tsp Carrier oil of your choice such as almond oil, jojoba oil, or avocado oil -3 drops Essential oil of your choice such as lavender, peppermint, lemon, or orange 1) Put Beeswax and carrier oil of your choice in a glass jar and heat it like this. 2)When it's completely liquidized, add Essential oil of your choice, stir well, pour into a container, and wait until it cools down and solidifies. That's it! Isn't it so simple? Fun part is that you can really make up your own recipe of lip balm. Beeswax could be replaced by cocoa butter if you like the scent and the emollient effect, and the carrier oil can be anything! Just one kind of carrier oil like apricot kernel oil? Sure! A mix of some oils to make it more original? Sure, why not?! Essential oils work the same way: Choose whatever you want as long as it's applicable to skin. All the ingredients should be available at natural grocery stores like Whole Foods but you could buy them online too.(FromNatureWithLove has got a plenty of everything!) -------------------------------------------- Woo Hoo! Here comes one more beautiful fabric basket!!!! Fabric Basket by Billie of Tweety's Nest I am really impressed by so many creative and beautiful fabric baskets! Thanks so much for making;)