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Recipe
Honey Lip Balm
This winter combat the cold months and dry lips with this fun, quick, and easy homemade honeycomb lip balm recipe! Step into the kitchen to whip up a sweet and soothing treat for your winter-chapped lips using the freshest ingredients found right at market.
Ingredients
- 1 ounce beeswax cubed into small pieces for easy melting
- 3 tsp. organic coconut oil
- 1 tsp. raw honey
- 3 tsp. organic sunflower seed oil
- 5 drops of peppermint essential oil
- 6 half ounce lip balm containers
Directions
Melt beeswax, oils, and honey in a double boiler on low heat. If you do not have a double boiler, simply use an aluminum bowl placed in a pan filled with warm water.
Once the beeswax has melted, take it off the heat and start whipping with an electric or manual mixer until the liquid becomes frosty and the honey well blended. (At first, you will see the honey at the bottom of the oils, which means you need to mix more).
If it has already started to harden, don’t panic! Put it back into the double boiler for a few seconds until it melts again and pour the rest into the containers.
Let it cool for 2 hours until it has completely solidified.
Apply on your lips as often as needed!
The shelf life of this honey lip balm is about 1 year, depending on the shelf life of the oils you have used. It does not need to be refrigerated.
Yield: about 1.5 oz (6 half-ounce plastic lip balm containers).
About Us
The Crescent City Farmers Market operates weekly year-round throughout New Orleans. The CCFM hosts 70+ local small farmers, fishers, and food producers, and more than 150,000 shoppers annually.