Doterra Chapstick Burts Bees Recipe 45

DOTERRA CHAPSTICK (BURT'S BEES) RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• I added the ingredients in grams so that if you have a little scale you can get accurate & exact measurements (which is best) but if you don't have a scale just use measuring cups & spoons as accurately as possible. I never realized how extremely easy it is to make chapstick! Basically all you need to do is melt it all and pour into your containers! Easy peasy. Step one - measure out all your ingredients except essential oils into a cup or pan. If you don't have liquid vitamin E oil, you can cut open vitamin E capsules & squeeze out the oil into the cup. Next, melt all the ingredients, and stir. The beeswax will be the last thing to melt, but it was all melted within a couple of minutes. Once it's all melted add your essential oils and mix it up. Then test it out, to make sure it has the flavor you want by letting a tiny bit cool on your finger. Rub it on your lips and check if its just right. If you feel it needs more mint or other flavorings, add more! Then use a dropper to add the melted goodness into chapstick tubes or small containers. (If it cools too quickly before you're done filling your tubes, just heat it until it melts again.) Then voila! You are done. Just let them all cool. I had more liquid than I had tubes so I poured the rest into a small container and let it cool. I will stick this one in my bathroom and use it everyday, it will probably last me a whole year! I cannot believe how easy it was to make my favorite Burt's Bees Lip Balm from home. WORTH THE COST? YES as each tube costs $0.12 each to make + about $0.17 for tube/caps vs. $3.00 Burts Bees Lip Balm at store WORTH THE TIME? YES - super quick, easy and enjoyable!

BURT'S BEES STYLE LIP BALM

Steps:

• Melt 2 oz. organic beeswax in a pan on low heat. While that was melting, I measured out 3 oz. coconut oil, 3/4 oz. pure shea butter, and 1/4 oz. pure lanolin. Important note: I ordered lanolin because that's what a few other recipes had mentioned. But honestly, I won't use it the next time I make it because it SMELLS like an old doctor's office. I would experiment with keeping it out. You should have twice as much oil as you do beeswax, so if you decide to try only coconut oil and shea butter and keep out the lanolin, OR if you'd like to experiment with other solid oils, just make sure it's 4 oz. total.
• Drop the coconut oil, etc. in with the beeswax. Stir on low heat till it's melted. Drop in your desired amount of peppermint and rosemary oil. I like my lip balm VERY peppermint-y, so I dropped in probably a good 25 drops, and probably 10-15 drops of rosemary oil. As you can see, I got a little excited with the peppermint oil and dropped it in the wax. Oops. I also felt like I needed a lot of peppermint and rosemary to cover up the lanolin flavor. Again, when I do this again, I'm definitely trying it without the lanolin.
• Once it's all melted, definitely make sure you try a little bit on your lips (after it has cooled on your finger) before you settle. Now, if you're just going to drop this in a massive bowl and keep it for yourself, you can solidify it, try it, melt it, and change the recipe up. If it cools too quickly before you're done filling your tubes, just pop it in the microwave till it melts again.