How to make lip balm with your own hands

The skin of the lips is very thin and vulnerable, but in pursuit of the beauty and fashionable lipstick, we, unfortunately, often forget about it. In order for the shape and natural colors of the lips to delight the woman to old age, it is worthwhile to adhere to the middle ground and use decorative cosmetics in parallel with care products of hygiene. Let's talk about how to make lip balm with your own hands. In the article you will find interesting recipes that the recommendations necessary for each beginner and the specifics of creating home -made cosmetics.

In the list of components of hygienic lipstick purchased in the store, there is almost always a synthetic paraffin - cheaper compared to natural wax. Thanks to this substance, lipstick covers the skin with a dense, devoid of a protective film that does not provide sensitive lips with sufficient care.  The correct protective agent should feed and moisturize the skin, saturating it with the necessary vitamins. Among the numerous finished products, it is difficult to choose one best tool, but if you make lip balm with your own hands, then in the naturalness of its composition and the usefulness of the ingredients you can be confident one hundred percent!

Advantages of home cosmetics

If you are not lazy and prepare a gift for yourself - balm - yourself, then be sure to evaluate its advantages over ready -made hygienic cosmetics put on stream. Of the numerous "advantages" of the home balm, it is necessary to note:

• guaranteed naturalness of the ingredients - you yourself choose what to create your creation;
• comparative cheapness;
• the ability to exclude the presence of allergens in the composition of the balm;
• the ability to choose and combine your favorite ingredients;
• courting action from morning to evening.

In addition, independent creation of cosmetics is an exciting and useful pastime.

General recommendations for the preparation of lip balm with your own hands

A mixture of the ingredients of the future balm for skin care is not a troublesome thing. However, in this lesson there are certain rules that all newcomers need to familiarize themselves with:

1. Wax is melted in a water bath, but in no case in the microwave. In order for the process to go faster, the natural substance needs to be crushed.
2. Liquid ingredients are added to solid. First, they are engaged in wax, then oils are added to it, and the preparation of the balm is completed with food dyes (if necessary) and essential oils.
3. If only substances without smell are used in the Balm recipe, you can add a small pinch of vanillin or cinnamon to the product.
4. Before preparing the balm, it should be made that there are no ingredients in the recipe that can cause an allergic reaction.
5. If you plan to fill the used tube from the lipstick with a ready -made balm, make sure that its capacity is clean and dry. The tube should twist well.
6. To protect the skin of the lips from the aggressive effect of wind and frost, be sure to add glycerin and nutritious oils to the balm that will cover the lips with a reliable protective film.
7. Always pay attention to the dosage of the ingredients specified in the recipe. Be careful using bee wax - remember that its mass part should not exceed 30% of the total mass of the product. It is worth overdoing, and the balm will turn out to be very solid, it will be difficult to apply to the lips. If you “feel like it”, and to measure the insufficient wax, the balm will come out so liquid that it will drain from the lips like water.
8. Always write the results of your experiments with the preparation of home cosmetics in a notebook. Do not forget to fix the mass fraction of each component in each recipe. In the future, these records will help you create an original lip balm that will meet all your individual needs.

The main components in the lip balm

All Balms caring behind the lips combines the standard composition, the basic tool in which beeswax is. This component is also used in the production of store cosmetics. The importance of bee wax is that it gives the necessary firmness to the finished balm. Without adding wax, the product remains liquid and spreads on the lips.  However, these are not all the advantages of this natural component. Natural bee wax has anti -inflammatory, antifungal and bactericidal properties.

This ingredient in the first importance is traded by specialized stores that are engaged in the sale of beekeeping products. Also, beeswax can be bought from people who breed bees in their own apiary. If the acquired wax contains various impurities, it will not be difficult for you to clean it. To do this, melt the substance to a liquid state, remove all the sorceresses, strain and pour into convenient forms for you.

Honey is one of the most popular components in the preparation of lip balm. Everyone knows that this product has no equal in nutritional and softening properties. However, you need to handle honey extremely carefully - it can cause a violent allergic reaction.

Oil vitamins A and E. Retinol moisturizes the skin, eliminates peeling, and tocopherol acetate prevents the aging of the lips, increasing their tone. These substances work in pairs especially well, so they use them comprehensively.

Basic and essential oils. They enrich the composition of the lip balm with valuable trace elements and vitamins, give it a fragrant smell. Anyone who practices the preparation of home cosmetics for not the first day will confidently say that coconut, olive, peach and almond oil, as well as cocoa oil, are best suited to create a balm.

DIY Balms for lips: recipes

For beginners in the preparation of cosmetics who open the “beauty laboratory” at home for the first time, we offer recipes for several simple in creating (but therefore no less effective) balms for the skin of the lips. We hope that you will find what you need.

Balm "chocolate fairy tale"

For a balm you will need the following products:

• natural black chocolate (grated) - 1 "square";
• bee wax (grated) - 2 tsp.;
• cinnamon - ¼ tsp;
• olive oil - 1 tsp;
• castor oil - 1 tsp;
• grape seed oil - 1 tsp;
• orange essential oil - 3 - 5 drops.

So, to prepare a chocolate lip balm with your own hands, you will be enough for 10 - 15 minutes.

1. Melt the indicated amount of bee wax in a water bath, then add grated black chocolate to this mass. Wait until the ingredients completely melt. Chocolate will give the balm “cozy” aroma of sweets and perfectly soften the skin of the lips, and the wax will protect it from pathogens of the external environment.
2. Complete the wax base of the future balm with a useful mixture of castor, olive oils and grape seed oils. Each of these components will endow the finished product with certain properties. So, grape seed oil has an anti -inflammatory effect, olive oil has a deep moisturizing effect, and castor oil softens and holds moisture in the skin of the lips.
3. Add cinnamon to the mixture and mix the ingredients well. Some believe that the cinnamon in the balm is one of the most necessary components, because it stimulates blood circulation and has nutritional properties.
4. Remove the mixture from the water bath and wait for it to cool down to about 40 degrees.
5. The final chord in the preparation of chocolate balm for the lips will be a few drops of orange essential oil. The tool can be added only after the mixture is completely cooled, otherwise it will lose all its useful qualities.
6. Rightly pour the finished mixture into tubes from lipstick and leave in the refrigerator for 1.5 - 2 hours.

Balm, prepared according to this recipe, can be stored in a cool place up to 6 months. If you like softer lips care products, use not two, but one spoonful of bee wax in the preparation of the balm. This tool will be more convenient to pour in small jars.

Lip balm with almond oil

To prepare a fragrant tool, take:

• natural bee wax - 25 g;
• almond oil - 30 g;
• cocoa solid oil - 15 g;
• solid oil shi - 25 g;
• vitamin E - 15 g;
• tea tree essential oil - 1 drop.

We arm ourselves in a good mood and begin to create!

1. Sofue bee wax in a steam bath.
2. Add cocoa to the soft wax mass and mix the ingredients thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
3. Complete the resulting mixture of shi oil.  Keep the product in a steam bath until the final dissolution of oils in the wax.
4. Pour almond oil into the mixture. Mix the balm well and remove it from the steam bath.
5. Without stopping stirring the mixture, wait until it cools down a little, and pour vitamin E.
6. Mix the mixture until completely cooled, then the balm will turn out to be homogeneous, without lumps.
7. In a cooled balm, add a drop of tea tree essential oil to endow the product with antiseptic properties and a pleasant specific aroma.
8. Apply the product to the lips and enjoy the result!

Lip-linen

This balm will help you out in the cold season, when lips often suffer from weathing and peeling. You will need the following ingredients:

• natural bee wax - 25 g;
• avocado oil - 15 g;
• lemon essential oil - 3 - 5 drops;
• honey - "by eye."

The procedure for preparing a honey lemon balm for lips is as follows:

1. Put the wax in the water bath. When it melts, pour avocado oil into it. Mix the ingredients leisurely for several minutes.
2. When the mass acquires a homogeneous consistency, remove it from the water bath and enter a small portion of honey there. Mix the ingredients.
3. Now add a few drops of lemon essential oil to the mixture and put the balm in the refrigerator for hardening.
4. The prepared tool is characterized by a rich composition: vitamins B, D, E, F strengthen and refresh the skin of the lips, increasing its resistance to negative environmental factors. Having tried such a balm, you will forget what weathered dry lips are.

CHOCHOURAL-BACK BALZAM

In the list of components of this recipe, you will not find wax, but this is not a mistake. Instead, we will work with another substance. Balm for lips from Vaselin with your own hands make it incredibly simple - see for yourself!

The caring will turn out to be airy and very “tasty”. You will need:

• vaselin - 2 tbsp. L.;
• black chocolate with cocoa content of at least 70% - 2 “squares”;
• ground cinnamon is a small pinch.

As you can see, the number of ingredients for the preparation of this balm is not a fixed value and is indicated approximately. The fact is that with the ideal mass fraction of the components of the balm you will decide in the process of preparing the product. If the balm turns out to be too liquid, it can be re -melted and thickened by putting the amount of bee wax you need there. In the case when you want to give the product more softness, pour any natural oil (for example, almond) there.

The sequence of cooking cosmetic agents is this:

1. Put Vaselin in a steam bath and melt it. At this time, grind the pieces of chocolate using a grater.
2. Pour chocolate chips to liquid petroleum jelly. Wait for the sweetness to melt completely.
3. Throw a pinch of ground cinnamon into a container with a liquid mixture. Gently mix all the products and remove the mass for the balm from the steam bath.
4. Pour the mixture into small jars and place them in a cool place for 2 hours so that the product cooled and becomes thick.

This balm is suitable for children. He perfectly holds moisture and fuels the skin of the lips.

Lip balm "New Year"

We share with you another wonderful recipe for lip balm with wax, which is easy to mix with our own hands. Prepare the following products:

• natural wax - 1 tbsp. L.;
• pharmacy glycerin - 1 tbsp. L.;
• jozhoba oil - 4 tbsp. L.;
• mandarin essential oil - 5 - 6 drops.

We start work:

1. Melt the base over the steam. When the wax softens, add glycerin to the same dish and mix the ingredients well.
2. Combine a homogeneous mixture of wax and glycerol with jojoba oil.
3. Remove the mass from the steam bath and, constantly stirring the product, wait until it cools down, and then enter the indicated number of droplets of mandarin essential oil there. Having thoroughly stirring the balm, pour it into the bottles and put it in the refrigerator for hardening.

How to give color to the lip balm

To diversify home -made lips care products, you need to paint them. This can be done in several ways:

• boil in a water bath any oil that you will use in the creation of balm, with fruits, berries or vegetables. For example, strawberries, cranberries, beets can easily “share” their colors with colorless oil. As soon as transparent oil becomes colored, remove pieces of berries or fruits from it and strain;
• add natural sea buckthorn oil to the balm. A few drops will be enough, if you make more, then the balm will paint your lips in a crazy bright orange color!
• use food dyes in the creation of lip balm.  They must be introduced into the mixture in the last turn before distributing the finished product by forms.

How to give a pleasant smell of lip balm

When you have your own beauty laboratory at home, you can become an author of amazing creations - for example, create an original aroma, combining different volumes and composition of the essential oils of the lip balm to your taste. Moreover, you will enrich the means of caring for lips with all kinds of useful qualities. Remember, when it comes to essential oil, the score goes to drops - do not overdo it!

1. Oils, the basis of which are cloves, cinnamon and ginger, are notable for their warming effect. This is the perfect choice for the balm that you plan to use in the cold season. The combination of these oils, as well as each of them separately, will give your creation warm spicy notes.
2. Citrus essential oils invigorate and give the balm a thin refreshing aroma.
3. Mint oil will cool the skin of the lips in the summer heat and will delight a fresh specific smell.
4. The essential oils of orange, lavender and vanilla make a sweet smell, and are also perfectly combined with the aromas of other essential oils.

Application and storage of homemade cosmetics

The balm that you did yourself can be used daily.   With a small amount of fragrant mass, clean lips lubricate in the morning and evening.

Bars or tubes with a cooked tool cannot be left in the sun, as well as near heating devices. There are no preservatives in such cosmetics, so it will deteriorate very quickly. It is better to store a natural remedy in the refrigerator (but not in the freezer). Proper storage of a home -made lip balm will provide him with a long shelf life - from 6 months to 1 year.

In practice, you will make sure that the preparation of lip balm at home is a very simple and at the same time exciting activity! There is nothing more pleasant than using your own cosmetics. Now you can give a decent answer of dryness, weathered skin and bleeding cracks on the lips.

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