Turn Your Left-over Lipstick into a Tinted Lip Balm
Ingredients
- 1 tsp sweet almond oil
- 1/2 tsp white beeswax pellets (1/4 tsp if using candelilla wax)
- 1/2 tsp Jojoba oil
- 1/2+ tsp Shea butter
- remains of your lipstick scoop out with a kebab stick
- 1/8 tsp Vitamin E oil
- 2 chapstick tubes
- 1 pyrex bowl with pouring spout
- 1 large saucepan
Instructions
- Prepare your chapstick containers by ensuring they are completely wound down and twisted firmly as this helps prevent them from leaking out the bottom.
- In order to get the lipstick out of the tube, try using a kebab stick. Place all the ingredients, except the vitamin e oil, into your pyrex bowl and place it into a saucepan filled with 5 cm (2 inches) of hot water that is sitting over a medium-low heat.
- Make sure that none of the water from the saucepan gets into your oils.
- Gently stir until the ingredients have completely melted into a liquid and combined. Don't leave it sitting on the heat any longer than needed, as you don't want it to get too hot.
- Remove the bowl from the saucepan and dry off the water from the outside of the bowl so it doesn’t drip onto your work surface and lip balm.
- Add the vitamin E and stir to combine.
- Pour your liquid lip balm into the chapstick tubes and then leave them to completely cool and become firm.
Notes
Tips:
- You can use US or UK measurements, it is not essential to be perfectly precise!
- It's important that you don't overheat the oils, as this can destroy their nutrients and therefore lose its efficacy.
- If you live in a hot climate, you may need to add more wax to ensure a firmer consistency.
- Before pouring the lip gloss into the chapstick containers, make sure that they have been completely wound down and twisted firmly as this helps prevent them from leaking out the bottom.
- If you don't have a pouring tray, then hold your tubes together with a rubber band for easier filling.
- To extend the life of your lip balm, store it in the fridge until you need it.