Why do you tend to buy expensive lip balms, whereas, these can be easily prepared at home? It will not take much time and, in a long run, such a habit will save you some money. In order to prepare such a lip balm, you will need: beeswax, cosmetic butter, such as Shea butter or coca butter, castor oil or coconut oil, as well as, some additives like essential oils, chocolate, natural tints, honey and E vitamin. You will also need a clean lip balm container.

When you have managed to collect all crucial ingredients, take a pot and melt cosmetic butter and beewax in water bath. When the mixture gains the liquid consistency, put it aside in order to let it cool down. After that, add the rest of the ingredients and place the mixture into the clean lip balm container. In a case, the cosmetic does not coagulate, melt it one more time and add more beewax. Oil should be added only when your homemade lip balm appears to be too hard.

What are the precious properties held by your own lip balm? Beewax and honey have got nourishing, regenerating, anti-wrinkle and anti-free radicals working. What is more, these substances ale build up with plenty of vitamins, micro and macro elements as well as with mineral compounds. Castor oil, in turn, is able to moisturize and provide shine. Similar properties belong to all cosmetic butters. Obviously, there are both advantages and disadvantages of natural ingredients usage. To clarify, on the one hand, chocolate, honey and essential oils make the cosmetic smell and taste really good, but on the other hand, such ingredients will definitely shorten the consumption period of the homemade product.

If you would like to give a colour to the lip balm you create, reach for only natural tints, for instance: coca, chocolate, strawberries or other fruits. Mind you, adding some residues of eye shadows, a lipstick or any other of your colour cosmetic, cause that your homemade lip balm loses its naturalness and nourishing properties. Worth mentioning, if you would like to lengthen the period of your product consumption, add some preservatives such as E vitamin which is one of the easy-accessible natural substance.