I love lip balm. I don’t know why my lips are so dry, even in the summer, but they are. And so I always have some with me. Well, I made some awesome homemade honey lip balm a while ago, and I am almost out of it. So when I went to make a new batch I decided that I should try making it tinted. Why not have a little color while I moisturize my lips?
And the results were awesome. Why spend extra on tinted lip balm at the store when you can make it yourself? You don’t have to worry about what is in it. Some of the worst offenders of the unnatural and toxic chemicals in our cosmetic products are artificial colors and scents. Well, this lip balm is tinted and scented naturally.
And at 40 cents a tube you can’t beat the price. That includes the price of the empty chapstick tube. Counting only the ingredients, it only costs 13 cents to make one tube! Amazing.
All the ingredients in this lip balm serve a purpose:
- Coconut Oil: natural moisturizer, antibacterial, full of antioxidants and nutrients your skin needs (you can get it here– make sure your coconut oil is organic, unrefined, and cold-pressed)
- Honey: Naturally anti-bacterial, natural humectant (attracts moisture to the skin), (use a raw, organic honey, and local is preferred)
- Beeswax: protects skin against damaging elements, antioxidant, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory, keeps lip balm solid at warmer temperature (you can get it here)
- Beet Root Powder: Natural colorant (you can get it here)
- Essential Oils (optional): for scent
I get my empty chapstick containers on amazon (like most of my ingredients).
This picture illustrates how you know the lip balm is done. The easiest mistake to make for this recipe is to not heat the coconut oil, beeswax, and honey for long enough. The honey takes a higher temperature to combine with the coconut oil and beeswax.
It is a subtle difference, but you can see in the picture on the left that the honey is “heavier” and sits on the bottom. On the right it mixes with the other ingredients.
There may be a little separation when you add the beet root powder, which is not a problem. Just make sure it is warm enough and mix it well before you pour it into the tubes and it should turn out fine.
Looks pretty great right? It feels even better!
This should make about 10 tubes of lip balm
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- slightly less than 2 teaspoons beeswax
- beet root powder- to your desired color (I used about 1/2 teaspoon)
- optional: 10 drops of essential oils for scent
Directions:
- Heat the coconut oil, honey, and beeswax in a double boiler or a pot placed on a pot of boiling water over medium heat for 5-7 minutes
- Reduce heat to low and stir continuously for 6 minutes, or until the honey combines with the coconut oil and beeswax (time may vary- it could take longer than this)
- Remove from heat and add essential oils and beet root powder, and mix thoroughly
- If there are clumps of beet root powder that won’t break up, you can put the pot back over the heat and stir to help them break up, but this may not be necessary
- Pour into your desired container and leave out to return to room temperature for at least one hour
- Use as you would lip balm or chapstick
If you want to put labels on your lip balm, 2″x2″ labels fit my tubes perfectly. I think its always fun to have a label on a product you make yourself. It makes it feel even more professional.
My lips feel a little spoiled right now.
You can play around with other natural tints to get a different color. This was just the bright raspberry color I was going for, but nutmeg and cinnamon are also natural colorants that could be mixed with beet root powder to get your desired color. There are a bunch of other natural colorants as well, but you probably have those two on hand.
Next time I make these, I might just add some extra SPF as well. I’ll update the post if I end up doing that.
Try making yourself some tinted lip balm and let me know how it goes for you!
jan williams says
I wonder if you can give me a length of time this lip balms are good for; I wanted to sell several body care products, but now I’m seeing lots of information about them spoiling & I certainly don’t want to make anyone sick! Thx:))
Susie says
Hi Jan. If you want to sell body care products I suggest you start making them and test for yourself how long they last. That being said, I haven’t had one of these chapsticks go bad, I always finish the tube before they do. So they last at least a month if not more.
Aarika says
This is great! I have a website featuring beets, and I have been looking all over for more DIY beet-themed ideas. Thanks for the wonderful “how-to” tips. I may feature this in my upcoming Valentine’s Day blog post. I will link to you. Cheers!
Susie says
Thank you! I look forward to seeing it.
varshu says
It’s very nice. Can i use Olive oil, Honey, Beetroot powder and Ghee(instead of bees wax)?
Using these will the lip balm turns out well?
Susie says
I don’t know without trying it myself- but my guess would be that you would get a very very soft lip balm from those ingredients. The beeswax makes it harder and easier to apply. Ghee is very soft and would not provide the stabilization or texture needed.
varshu says
okay…:)
I will try it and let you know how it is..:)
Melanie says
The beet powder is a little grainy on my lips. And doesn’t seem to tiny much. What do you think I did wrong?
Susie says
I’m not sure! Maybe you needed to reheat the powder to make sure it was thoroughly mixed. It can also depend on the brand and batch of the powder.
Teasister says
I have been experimenting with beet root powder as a lip balm tint, but every batch is grainy, even if I heat and stir for 15-20 minutes! After several wasted batches, I did some more research, and dried beet root powder is not soluble in oil~! I am going to try again using freeze dried raspberries, grinding them in the coffee grinder to fine powder, but the first batch is heating now, and the seeds are not dissolving. I have brought out my cheesecloth to see if I can strain the particles before pouring into my tubes for lip balm. FYI for 25-50 SPF, try organic red raspberry seed oil. I use 3/4 tsp for 8 tubes (I have learned to make half batches to lessen the waste until the right recipe is reached)!
PureLove says
Hi! Can I use Vaseline petroleum jelly ( instead of Beeswax) ?
Susie says
I don’t think that would work, because beeswax is what keeps the lip balm more solid, and vaseline would make it very goopy. You could certainly add some to the recipe, maybe replace 1 tbsp of the coconut oil with 1 tbsp of the vaseline.
Jennifer says
How do you think I can make lip balm with wine sediment?
Susie says
I’m not sure how, you could certainly try to infuse an oil with it, but I don’t know how well it would work.
imunati says
You have to pre-mix the beet root with something to refine it or something, it will not blend in the oils. It clumps. Tried it 3 times. annoying
Ria says
I must say this page is very very informative, as I am a novice in making DIY lipcare.
In INDIA, ambient temperature rises upto 40-42C in summer, so coconut oil melts in our room temperature in Summer. So if I wish to make my own lip balm at home what should be my wax to oil ratio so that it doesn’t melt in room temperature. and what if I wish to add some more olive oil too (and sometimes may be little Vitamin E oil too) in that mixture?
Susie says
I can’t tell you specifically, but more wax will make it more resistant to melting. Olive oil would make it more likely to melt, in my opinion, because it is liquid already at room temperature. You can always add a tiny bit of cocoa butter to harden it up a bit more.
Pavel Rodica says
Hi dear! Could you tell me how do you make the labels ,please? I am not soo good and would be easear for me if you can share some patters for lips or round shape.
Thanks a looot!
Susie says
I use avery labels and print, I believe the labels I used for the chapstick are these: https://amzn.to/31udTv9