![]() ![]() In addition, they're tolerated well by most people's skin and inexpensive. I think you mean "petrolatum" or "petroleum jelly" not petroleum? Mineral oil, paraffin, and petrolatum (aka petroleum jelly or Vaseline) are highly effective occlusive ingredients - barriers to moisture loss. Less wax (or more oil) will make the balm softer and more melty. More wax (or less oil) will make the balm firmer and more melt resistant. Your results may be different than mine, however, so plan to test and adjust the proportions to get the consistency you want. It also passes the Iowa winter test - the balm remains soft enough when its cold to glide smoothly over sore chapped lips. This recipe as written passes my "pocket test" - the balm in a regular lip balm tube doesn't melt in my pants pocket. :end editĪ 275 gram batch will fill about 50 regular-size (0.15 oz) lip balm tubes. (Honey is not a preservative in this context.) I want my balm simple to make and safe to use, so I never include water soluble ingredients. Also, adding a lip-safe preservative is mandatory. Without an emulsifier, the honey may separate out unless you use only a tiny, tiny amount of honey. If the beeswax is a nearly white product from a B&B supplier, it's most likely been filtered, deodorized, and bleached, so none of the propolis or pollen (or the wonderful scent) remains.Įdit: You're on your own if you want to add water-soluble ingredients such as honey. ![]() If the beeswax is from a local beekeeper, the wax will naturally have propolis and pollen in it - the lemon to butter yellow color is proof of that. To adapt this recipe to be more similar to the Boom and Egyptian Magic products, I'd replace the sunflower and jojoba with mildly-scented olive oil. It also passes the Iowa winter test - the balm remains soft enough when it's cold to glide smoothly over sore chapped lips. edit: A 90 gram batch will fill about 16 tubes. Let the balm cool undisturbed until the product is firm.Ī 275 gram batch will fill about 50 regular-size (0.15 oz) lip balm tubes. Immediately pour into lip balm tubes or other containers. When fully melted and the mixture is clear, stir in the essential oil blend or other fragrance. Warm the water in the bath to about 180F / 80C and let the beeswax melt, stirring occasionally. The water warms the glass up to the rim so the balm remains more liquid as I pour it. For this type of recipe, I often use a small glass canning jar to hold the fats and immerse it into a saucepan of warm water that's as deep as possible. Measure the beeswax, sunflower, and jojoba into a small heat-proof container sitting in a warm water bath (bain marie). 100%Įdit: All ingredients are measured by weight, not volume. My " why buy it if you can make it better" mother would be proud of me. With a nice label, I'm all set for making a Boom-type moisturizer, DeeAnna style. I even already have some 0.5 ounce lip-balm type tubes and a few oval mini deodorant containers on hand. I think I can safely omit the honey and then I don't have to worry about using a preservative. I'm sure this humble Midwestern provenance weakens this as a selling point, but I'm okay with that. My beeswax naturally contains propolis and pollen, although from the plebian cornfields of Iowa, not the lush tropical forests of Hawaii. I imagine it is probably every bit as nice as the Boomstick moisturizer. I make a premium lip balm with beeswax from my own bees, high-oleic sunflower oil from Wisconsin that I infuse with homegrown calendula petals, and jojoba. Ingredients: Organic extra virgin olive oil, beeswax with propolis and pollen, and raw Pupukea wildflower honey. A whopping $28 for 7 grams (about 1/4 ounce). ![]() There's a related product "Boomstick" that is the same moisturizer without water in a firmer stick form. Ingredients: Purified water, organic extra virgin olive oil, beeswax with propolis and pollen, raw Pupekea wildflower honey, and d-alpha Vit E. Price ranges from about $8 to $15 per ounce. The "Boomsilk" product is a white cream touted as a general purpose face and body moisturizer. ![]()
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