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9 Homemade Lip Balm Recipes To Moisturize Your Lips Naturally

The basic ingredients for homemade lip balm recipes include beeswax, carrier oils or butters, and often essential oils. You'll also find recipes here that include extra ingredients such as honey and cocoa powder.

Here are some general tips for how to make lip balm:

For lip balm containers, you can use lip balm tubes, small round tins, small glass containers, or something similar.

For filling lip balm tubes, you might find a glass medicine dropper useful.

Remember the mixture is hot, so take care when filling containers!

For recipes that use essential oils, make sure you use genuine, authentic essential oils.

Ideally, use as many organic ingredients as possible.

An alternative to using a double boiler to melt ingredients is to heat a small saucepan of water and place a heat-proof glass cup (Pyrex works great) or dish in the pan.

1. Simple DIY Lip Balm

Here's a basic lip balm recipe that makes about one tube. Feel free to add one drop of essential oil of your choice after you remove the mixture from the heat.

1 teaspoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon almond oil
1/2 teaspoon grated beeswax

Melt ingredients on low heat in a double boiler.
Remove mixture from heat and stir until well mixed.
Pour into a small, clean container and let cool.
Use on your lips as needed.

Source: EcoBeauty: Scrubs, Rubs, Masks, and Bath Bombs

2. Homemade Lip Balm Recipe

Makes 8–10 1/8 ounce (4-ml) containers.

1 heaping tablespoon (22 grams) beeswax (less for softer balm, more for a firmer one)
1/4 cup coconut oil
30 drops lavender essential oil
50 drops sandalwood essential oil
20 drops ylang ylang essential oil

Melt the beeswax and coconut oil in a double boiler over low heat, stirring occasionally.
Remove mixture from heat. Let cool slightly.
Stir in the essential oils.
Carefully pour the mixture into lip balm containers.
Let the balm cool until firm (OK to cool in refrigerator).
Use as desired.

Source: Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide

3. Peppermint Homemade Lip Balm Recipe

Fills about 5 one-inch circular tins.

1-1/2 tablespoons beeswax
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon shea butter
2 tablespoons sweet almond or olive oil
20 drops peppermint essential oil

Melt the beeswax, coconut oil, shea butter, and oil in a double boiler over low heat, stirring until combined.
Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the peppermint essential oil.
Pour the mixture into containers. Let set for 24 hours before using.

Source: Hip2Save

4. Minty Chocolate DIY Lip Balm

Homemade lip balm for chocolate lovers!

1/2 tablespoon shea butter
1/2 tablespoon cocoa butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 tablespoon grated beeswax
1/2 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon vitamin E oil (or squeeze the oil out of 2 punctured vitamin E capsules)
3 drops peppermint essential oil

Place the shea butter, cocoa butter, and coconut oil in a double boiler.
Heat over VERY low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Do not let the mixture go over 175 degrees, or the shea butter might become a little gritty.)
Add the beeswax and stir until completely melted.
Remove the mixture from the heat and then add the honey, cocoa powder, vitamin E, and essential oil, whisking until everything is incorporated and smooth.
Transfer the mixture into lip balm tubes or tins and let set for 3 hours.

Source: Crunchy Betty

5. Honey Homemade Lip Balm

A taste of honey!

3 teaspoons grated beeswax
5 teaspoons jojoba oil
1 teaspoon honey
6 drops essential oil of your choice

Melt the beeswax and jojoba oil on low heat in a double boiler, stirring to combine.
Remove mixture from heat.
Stir in the honey and essential oil.
Pour the mixture into containers. Let sit 20 minutes before covering or moving.

Source: Martha Stewart Living

6. Coconut Mango Butter DIY Lip Balm

Makes about 9 tubes.

1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 tablespoon mango butter
1 tablespoon calendula-infused oil
1/2 tablespoon castor oil
1/2 tablespoon jojoba oil
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon beeswax pastilles
5 to 10 drops essential oil of your choice (optional)

Combine all the ingredients in a heat-proof glass measuring cup.
Place the cup in a saucepan containing a few inches of water.
Heat the water on low until the mango butter and beeswax pastilles melt completely.
Stir the mixture gently and remove it from the heat.
Stir in the essential oil.
Pour the mixture into lip balm tubes or tins.

Source: The Nerdy Farm Wife

7. Extra Moisturizing Lip Balm

Makes about 5 tubes.

1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon grated beeswax
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon cocoa butter
1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon olive oil
10 to 20 drops essential oil of your choice (optional)

Place all ingredients except essential oil in a small saucepan.
Stir continuously over low to medium-low heat until everything is melted.
Remove mixture from heat and then stir in essential oil.
Immediately pour into clean containers. Let cool for a couple of hours before using.

Source: Thank Your Body

8. Coconut Oil Vanilla Homemade Lip Balm

Makes 10 to 15 tubes.

2 tablespoons mango butter or cocoa butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
2 tablespoons grated beeswax (or beeswax pastilles)
1 teaspoon real vanilla extract

Place mango or cocoa butter, coconut oil, and beeswax into a small heat-proof glass cup.
Place the cup into a saucepan containing one to two inches of water.
Heat water on medium-low, stirring occasionally, to melt the ingredients.
Remove the cup from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
Pour the hot mixture into lip balm containers.

Source: Radiant Life Homemade Lip Balm