When we talk about skin care and beauty products, we must not forget about lip care as well. Many of the best lip care products utilize natural ingredients that prove helpful for our lips. But what if you don’t trust those products? Just make your lip balm at home using ingredients available to you!

Lips are Important too

It may seem like run-of-the-mill advice but like every other part of your body, your lips deserve equal care. You must have seen people using chap sticks or lip balms just like we use face wash or sunscreen. Those who realize the importance of healthy lips invest time and money in their upkeep.

Lips are a very sensitive part of our skin. Not only does the texture and colour differ from the rest of the body but it can also react differently to different substances. So while lip care is very important, you must make sure you don’t use the common skin care products for your lip care as well.

Natural Ingredients are a gift

Nature has bestowed us with many gifts but the use of these gifts to take care of ourselves and our bodies is a huge blessing. Many natural substances can be used directly for the benefit of our body and for the sake of beauty.

That is why when you can make your own beauty products at home, why rely on industrial products? The reliability of industrial beauty products is always questioned time and again due to the numerous side effects and harmful effects they have on our bodies.

The only downside of natural products made at home is that they expire quickly and have a very short shelf life. So you need to make them in small quantities and discard the old ones because they can develop cultures of microorganisms that can end up affecting your skin. This is due to the absence of preservatives that are thoroughly added to synthetic beauty products.

Preservatives have actually been shown to have adverse effects so they should be avoided.

Lip Balms and their ingredients

Let us see how lip balms can be made at home while using natural and common ingredients.

Beeswax and Coconut Lip Balm

The goal of lip balms is to make your lips softer, hydrated, and evenly textured. Using beeswax and coconut can help you achieve the desired lips you want.

Here is what you need to make this lip balm:

1 tablespoon of grated beeswax
1 tablespoon of extra virgin coconut oil
Very little organic raw honey
2 capsules of vitamin E

Here is how to make the beeswax and coconut lip balm:

Melt the beeswax in a boiler and add coconut oil and honey halfway through.
Mix the ingredients together.
Add the capsules of vitamin E
Cool the mixture down and move it to a container from where you can use it as a lip balm.
Use whenever necessary.

Raspberry and Lemon Lip Balm

Here is what you need to make raspberry and lemon lip balm:

2 teaspoons of raspberry gelatin mix
2 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil
3-4 drops of lemon essential oil
A spoon and a microwave-safe bowl

Here is how to make the raspberry and lemon lip balm:

Heat up the coconut oil to melt it properly.
Add the raspberry gelatin mix and mix them together.
Microwave the mixture to melt the gelatin.
Add the lemon essential oil to the melted mixture and mix properly.
Pour the mixture into a container and refrigerate it to solidify it and after that, it will be ready for use.

Lime Lip Balm

Here is what you need to make the lime lip balm:

1 tablespoon of coconut oil
1 teaspoon of cocoa butter
1 teaspoon of almond oil
1 teaspoon of beeswax
5 to 10 drops of lime essential oil

Here is how to make the lime lip balm:

Add cocoa butter, coconut oil, almond oil, and beeswax to a container and heat it till the mixture melts.
Stir the mixture to mix the ingredients and then stop heating it.
Add lime essential oil to the mixture and stir it again.
Transfer it to a smaller container and let it cool.
Use the lip balm as required.

Conclusion:

When it comes to taking care of our body, the use of beauty products lessens our hustle and makes us believe that we can rely on their effectiveness. Lip balm is used to keep our lips from dryness, flaking or breaking out due to dehydration.

Drinking water can be very efficient in this sense but sometimes our lips require more so we use lip balms. We hope you try one of these lip balms at home to have soft and smooth lips and be confident about yourself.