Homemade Chocolate Lip Balm

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I went through my cupboards last week and threw away all of my cough medicines, aspirin, anti-diarrheal medicine, antacids, allergy medicines, and more. I haven't used shampoo, conditioner, or face wash in months. What am I using instead you might wonder? Essential oils! Therapeutic grade essential oils, like Young Living's, can replace so many things in your household. There are endless recipes for beauty products, from lip balm to insect repellant, and guess what, these items are so safe you could eat them! Have you ever accidentally gotten bug spray in your mouth? It doesn't taste good! One of my favorite books for learning more about recipes with essential oils was written by my friend Lindsey over at http://www.homemademommy.net/. Her book, Homemade Mommy Beauty Essentials: 35 DIY Beauty Recipes to Use Everyday, contains 35 wonderful DIY recipes for everyday beauty products. Check her page out for recipes, healthy eating, and much more!

A picture of Homemade Mommy's lip balm!
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One recipe I am looking forward to making is Chocolate Mint Lip Balm. Yum! It sounds delicious!

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp coconut oil
• 1 Tbsp (0.5 oz if you have a kitchen scale) cocoa butter
• 1 Tbsp sweet almond oil
• 2 Tbsp beeswax
• 1/4 tsp peppermint essential oil

Equipment You'll Need

• 12 lip balm tubes

Directions

Gently melt the cocoa butter, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, and beeswax in a double boiler (or in a glass bowl set on top of a sauce pot of simmering water).

Remove from heat and then stir in the peppermint essential oil.

Quickly pour the melted oil into the tubes. You have to move very quickly before the oils start to set. You can use a small funnel, but it may get clogged in the process. Using a medicine dropper is not recommend because it will quickly clog up as well!

Allow the lip balm to set and then cap the containers.

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