This olive oil lip balm was extremely easy to make, and only uses two ingredients – olive oil, and beeswax. You can add essential oils to this recipe if you like, but I wanted to keep this recipe as basic as possible. I love olive oil bath and beauty products. Maybe my Italian background is showing, but for me, olive oil reminds me of high-end health-oriented spa products. This recipe make a little bit more than one tube, and can easily be multiplied to make lovely little gifts for friends and family. I bought the beeswax pastilles from Mountain Rose Herbs and I used California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil. I like this brand because it’s made it California and is certified extra virgin olive oil by the California Olive Oil Council. This insures that will be exactly what it claims to be: 100% pure extra virgin olive oil.
- 1 tsp beeswax
- 1½ tsp extra virgin olive oil
- Place a heat-resistant glass pyrex measuring cup in a pot with a couple inches of water. Put on heat at a low setting so you start to see steam.
- Add beeswax and olive oil to measuring cup, and mix with a popsicle stick or bamboo skewer until they are both melted.
- Pour mixture carefully into a lip balm container.
- It should cool very quickly, but to be on the safe side, wait five minutes before using.
Thanks for the recipe Lauren!
I was just wondering how long will this lip balm be ok to use? I was always under the impression that homemade balms don`t last for too long?
There is no water in these lip balms, so they should last a while. Water breeds bacteria. Olive Oil and Beeswax have a indefinite shelf life… you can also rub the top off with some alcohol that is exposed to air, if you’re worried about bacteria growing on the surface.
Have you ever added honey for a little sweetness and additional health benefits. If so, how much?
I haven’t tried adding honey before, but if you do please let me know how it turns out!
I have used honey and it is amazing!! Reccomend it!
How much honey you have used in this lip balm logan😘
I was wondering, can you put those into EOS lipbalm containers? Are they safe to do that?
I don’t see why not. Unless you have a specific allergy related to EOS lipbalm containers, and it wasn’t completely cleaned first.
I think she meant as if those lip balm containers are BPA free when exposed to heat
Where can I find the stick type of containers like you have in the photo? Thank you for this recipe 🙂
Here is an amazon link
I just made this recipe (using our handpicked olive oil and beeswax from our hive)
I tried it on my lips and it is wonderful.
However I had an issue. After I melted the wax and olive oil together, I poured them into the container.
At that point the beeswax settled to the bottom and immediately began to harden, while the olive oil floated on top.
I was able to save the situation by mixing it vigorously with the toothpick.
The resulting lip balm feels luscious but looks lumpy. It doesn’t have the smooth pro look that it would have if it had set in the pot.
Any suggestions to prevent this happening?
thanks
I’m sorry that happened with your batch. Maybe try coconut oil?
The lower the grade olive oil the leas concentrated fats and thus the lumpiness. We use Ilias And Sons Organic Olive oil which is a higher priced oil but worth it.
I wonder if this could be happening to you because your beeswax may be a different consistency then the recipe’s brand, which may have caused this issue. Or possibly olive oil’s consistency may also be different after it gets bottled.
Where can I find the beeswax that you used?
It’s been so long since I bought this I can’t remember the exact brand, but here is a similar product from what I can remember.
Hi Lauren
Is there any chance you could translate your measurements into weights please i.e. grams? I have much larger beeswax pellets so one tsp won’t be the same because the gaps in between the pellets will be bigger for me!
Thanks!
Sorry I don’t have a kitchen scale. I would just error on the side of making extra and fill it to the top.
Can you add vanilla extract to this, or would that be unsafe for topical use? Is there such a thing as vanilla essential oil?
I haven’t tried it, but if it’s safe to eat then I would assume it’s safe for a lip balm.
Thank you for the recipe. I have used it many times! I like to add Grapefruit essential oil at 175*F for a pleasant smell.
Can you use soy wax instead of beeswax?
I’ve never tried it with soy wax. Please let me know how it turns out.
added a pinch of crystalized sugar and it turned out well. It’s a lip balm and scrub at the same time.