Saturday, January 5, 2013

Lemon Zest Lip Balm: DIY

As you probably know from reading previous posts, I enjoy using herbs in our organic products. I also like using ingredients that are easy to come by - from the local health food store if not in my garden or pantry.

This morning, I came up with this simple lemon zest lip balm recipe. The result is a combination of sweet and savory, sensually soft when spread on the lips.

Ingredients:
2oz olive oil
1.5oz beeswax
4 Tbsp lemon zest, dried
4 drops rosemary essential oil
1 Vitamin E tablet

Directions:
- Place the oil and 2 Tbsp lemon zest in a pan. Heat on medium and saute until lemon turns brown. Strain the oil, and repeat this step with the 2nd 2 Tbsp of lemon zest.
- Place lemon oil and beeswax into the top of a double boiler or into a bowl set into a saucepan of boiling water.
- Gently melt them together.
- Add essential oil, and pour in contents of Vitamin E tablet.
- Heat and stir until mixture is entirely melted.
- Strain into pocket-size containers and let cool.

3 comments:

  1. very cool, I will have to try this out later, thanks for sharing as always :)
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