Today, for a change, I wanted to get my hands dirty, not to bring it to the mouth this time, but to the lips! And voilà, let’s go for a little Easy DIY Vegan Chapstick Lip Balm Recipe Without Wax
Easy DIY Vegan Chapstick Lip Balm Recipe Without Wax
Chapsticks were indispensable during my college years: we went from chapsticks to lip balm. We competed against who would have the brightest gloss, and we sometimes even ended up eating the ones with the strawberries, flower, gum, or chocolate flavor.
Unfortunately, when we changed our balms and our clothes to all-vegan products, we didn’t really know what was inside such balms, and if we had known, we might not have excessively lapped our colorful sticks…
So today, I’m going to show you why and how to make your homemade Easy DIY Chapstick And Lip Balm. A very quick recipe Without Wax, customizable as you wish, requiring a very limited number of ingredients & utensils, 100% natural, organic, and guess what, also Vegan… in short, you will see, there are only good reasons to opt for this amazing lip balms!
Why make your own lip balm?
Good-quality store-bought lip balms are very expensive in terms of their effective ingredients, They may range from somewhere between 5$ and 10$ and even more.
Still, most products will most definitely have some sorts of artificial chemicals which we are trying to avoid in the first place as vegans.
Easy DIY Vegan Chapstick Lip Balm Recipe Without Wax
Three ingredients are enough to make this 100% vegan lipstick yourself. Formulated with vaseline, coconut, and jojoba vegetable oils, it nourishes and protects lips from drying out.
You can also take your stick with you everywhere to take care of your lips all day long.
Needed Utensils
- A bowl
- Mini stainless steel whisk
- Precision balance or graduated syringe
- 0.5ml measuring spoon or graduated beaker
Our beauty formula
- A Healthy Jelly -Natural Plant-Based petroleum jelly works as the hardening agent in sticks. Vaseline increases the film-forming power of the mixture 75.00% 1.5 measuring cup 30ml 11.3g
- Organic coconut vegetable oil Very nourishing, it perfectly hydrates the lips and protects them from drying 18.00% 2.8ml 2.7g
- Organic jojoba vegetable oil Softening and protective, it restores elasticity to the lips 7.00% 1.2ml 1.1g
Preparation
- Step 1: Melt the ingredients in a saucepan over low heat until the petroleum jelly is completely melted
* Tip 1: to liquefy the coconut oil: it is solid if the temperature is below 25 ° C, then place the bottle under a stream of hot water to dissolve it.
- Step 2: Immediately transfer the still-hot mixture to the stick before the preparation solidifies, using a syringe or a mini funnel if necessary
- Step 3: Let the mixture solidify for at least 2 hours in the fridge
Application tip
The chapstick is very easy to use: Apply it to your lips in horizontal movements, it instantly melts on contact with the skin.
Preservation
- It can be used for up to 6 months when respecting good manufacturing practices.
- Just keep dry, away from heat and light.