DIY Lipbalm

This is the first time I made my very own lip balm, so I thought I would share with you the process!

This lip balm is made of coconut oil. 

So, the very first thing you need is a container where you're going to store your lip balm. I'm using my old EOS container which I'm sure everyone has one lost in the bottom of their bag. 

So, my EOS is pretty full because I really don't like these, but what I'm going to do is clean it out.  So, the base is attached to the bottom and if you stick a knife into the groove and pop it out, the base should detach. 

So, this is the base popped out. And I used an exacto knife, Tip: Push the knife or any other shar object into the groove as far as it can go then pop it out. 

So, then you should be left with 3 separate pieces. The lid, the base, and the little circle with the lip balm in it. 

I cleaned out all the leftover EOS and you're left with this wagon wheel looking shape. 

I then washed my EOS container with an old toothbrush and hand soap. Then you're going to screw the wagon wheel piece onto the LID of the Eos container. NOT THE BOTTOM. 

Okay so getting to the actual lip balm making process. I have this jar or Organic Coconut Oil which I got at my local super store for $7.00. 

I'm using a candle holder made of glass because I didn't want to use any container that I'm going to be re-using again for food. So this is about 2 heaping TEASPOONS of coconut oil. And because I leave my coconut oil in the fridge, it comes out as this white paste. 

Pop the coconut oil in the microwave for 1 minute-1 minute and 30 seconds, and you should have this liquid with a yellow tint. 

To this liquid mixture I actually added a tiny bit of the leftover EOS chapstick for the summer berry scent. And I also added a little bit of my MAC's "Tumblr dry" lipstick for a tint. 

I microwaved that for 20 seconds and after gave it a good stir, making sure everything was melted and there are no lumps. And this is what the coconut oil+ little bit of EOS+ Mac Lipstick came to. You don't have to add any lipstick to your coconut oil if you don't want a tint. As well as using the EOS lip balm is completely optional. You can use other scents such as peppermint, etc. 

(I forgot to take a picture of this part) Then the next step is to pour this liquid into the LID OF THE EOS CONTAINER making sure the liquid COVERS the wagon wheel part. I had enough liquid to fill 2 EOS containers. 

Then pop that sucker into the fridge for about an hour, or until it becomes a solid. I popped mine into the freezer because I have no patience. 

So then when you take it out of the freezer, it looks like this. Then you want to snap the base of the EOS container back on so that your EOS is put back together again. 

This time, unscrew the lid. This is how my chap-stick turned out with the colouring from the MAC lipstick. It looks a little different in different lighting, but Tumble dry doesn't really come off as a colour on my lips, it just has a little bit of sparkle because it is a lustre lipstick. As well, when I added that tiny amount of the old EOS in here, the scent still stuck. 

Just a side note: Because this lip balm is made of coconut oil, it started to melt when you leave it out at room temperature, so make sure to keep it in the fridge after use. This lip balm would be more effective if beeswax went in it, but all in all it was a fun process and I liked the way the lip balm transferred into the container. Rather on my lips, I prefer to use this balm on small dry spots on my skin, so if you are going to make lip balm out of the coconut oil, I recommend you don't use any lipstick for the tint.