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Natural Tinted Lip Stain Recipe with color options Natural Tinted Lip Balm Recipe

Natural Tinted (or un-tinted) Lip Balm is a great alternative for those (like me) who don’t regularly wear lipstick. If you are a lipstick girl, check out this recipe for homemade lipstick.

Tinted Lip Balm is a smoother and and glossier recipe that lipstick, and more like a traditional lip gloss. It is made with completely natural ingredients and a little goes a really long way. I colored the one above with a tiny drop of natural red food coloring and added lemon and vanilla for scent, though you could leave it unscented or add an essential oil you like.

I re-used an old tin for this recipe, but Mountain Rose Herbs sells cute 1/2 ounce and 1 ounce tins that I use when I make these for gifts. By adding slightly more beeswax, this also makes a great lip balm in a chap stick container as well. My daughter also loves this lip balm because it is a natural recipe so I’ll let her use a tiny amount and she feels special because she is wearing “make-up.”

This recipe also has many of the same ingredients as Homemade Lotion Bars, Homemade Lotion, DIY Deodorant and more, so if you keep these ingredients on hand, you can make endless variations of natural beauty products.

Natural Tinted Lip Balm Recipe
 
Natural Tinted Lip Stain Recipe with color options Natural Tinted Lip Balm Recipe
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  1. Melt the coconut oil, beeswax and shea/cocoa butter in a glass jar sitting in a small pot of simmering water (not boiling) and stir gently until melted (be careful not to get any water into the mixture).
  2. When melted, carefully stir in any colors or essential oils, if using. My favorite is lemon and vanilla for scent and a little red coloring or cocoa powder for color. A couple drops of peppermint will make it similar to Burt’s Bees Lip Chap.
  3. Once colors/scents are mixed in, use a dropper to transfer to tins or lip chap containers. Let cool.
  4. Apply the versions in the tins with your finger or use the version in plastic container as you would regular lip chap.

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Optional Add-Ins For Red Hues: ⅛ teaspoon of beet root powder or 1 drop of natural red food coloring with no chemical additives. NOTE: Add these very slowly as a little goes a long way! I added one drop of natural red food coloring to the recipe above! For Brown/Tan Hues: ¼ teaspoon (or more for color) of organic cocoa powder, a tiny pinch of cinnamon or turmeric to get the shade you want For Scent: A drop of essential oil of choice (optional)

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  • http://twitter.com/CarrieHomemaker 20SomethingHomemaker

    I’ve been using your face powder recipe for a few months now and I love it. My daughter is still very little, but when she starts wanting to put on makeup like mommy, I won’t worry one bit about brushing a tiny poof of powder on her face, just for fun. I have a feeling this lip balm is going to fall under the same category!

    I actually have had a really hard time finding a lip balm I love, all because of the color. I’m really excited to try this and make it work perfectly for my complexion. Thanks for sharing!

  • http://profiles.google.com/kdfgreene Kristina Greene

    I love making lip balm. My daughters and I made a bunch last year. They gave them to their friends as gifts. I’ve never tried adding color. Have to give that a go this year!

  • Wendy McKenzie

    Just checking…..you still put the shea butter or cocoa butter in the lip balm, you are just crossing out the link……………not the ingredient, correct?

  • Lisa Oedekerk

    I made some, but used a little ice cube like piece of bee’s wax, and it was about twice as much, so I got chap stick instead. The beet root powder that I got didn’t break down into color, just floated to the bottom. It was cheap by the ounce at the local store, but I’m going to order some of the natural color drops for next time. This was my first time making anything like this, there’s definitely a learning curve :) I love lip gloss and use it constantly, I’m probably addicted, so thanks for this recipe.

  • Lisa Oedekerk

    Yes, still use the shea butter :)

  • TheNaturalFighter

    Where do you get natural food coloring?
    Didn’t you have the recipe before as 1 parts each ingredient? Why did you change the shea butter/cocoa butter quantity?
    I made the previous recipe and it was perfect consistency for a lip balm container. 1 part coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter.
    Thanks for the blog, one of my favorite sites!

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    I just recently published this, so I don’t think it has changed, but there are a lot of recipes online… so perhaps it was a similar one? The equal parts recipe of coconut oil, beeswax and shea butter is great too! There should be a link to the natural food coloring above, but I got mine on Amazon… Thanks for reading! :-)

  • KDS

    Any idea where you can get a glass container with a stainless steel rollerball applicator? I have been using coconut oil on my lips and was thinking about tinting it, so this recipe is awesome-thx for sharing!

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    Have you tried Amazon? I haven’t seen those, but if you’re able to find them, please share the link! :-)

  • Stacy

    I used beet root powder in mine and it just floated in the mixture, it didn’t really tint it. Maybe I should put it in in the beginning next time so it has time to infuse?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    That is strange… putting it in at the beginning probably would help though.

  • http://www.facebook.com/stephanie.madriaga.3 Stephanie Madriaga

    What if I tinted the balm with steeped tea? ie: hibiscus tea

  • http://www.facebook.com/stephanie.madriaga.3 Stephanie Madriaga

    Please disregard my question. Clearly I wasn’t thinking this through. I’m going to get the natural food coloring:)

  • Martha

    Does it matter if the Cocoa powder has been “processed with Alkali”? I recently bought some organic baking cocoa, and was thinking about using it for this recipe, but don’t know if I should…

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    What is the brand?

  • Martha

    Equal Exchange baking cocoa

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    From what I can tell, it should be fine

  • Martha

    thank you!

  • Guest

    How much will this make? I am trying to figure out how much to make if i want to have 30 of them …xmas presents

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  • nfiori

    I have the same problem, hmmm…Did you ever figure out why the beetroot powder was sinking?

  • Carie Jordan

    Thank you so much for posting this! I just have a few questions. I just made it and i used an essential oil. I licked my lips not thinking and now thats all I can taste. Its weird. But my actual question is, is it safe to use essential oils in lip products? And where did you find natural food coloring? I’ve looked all over :/ Again, thank you so much! xoxo- Carie

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    I got the food coloring on Amazon… most essential oils are safe for use on skin/lips…

  • Vivian

    I have follow the steps above to create my product but it ends up so dry after 2-3 days?? what did I gone wrong?? thanks

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  • Mickee

    Hi! Do you think I could add some fruit juice such as strawberry or pomegranate to tint this pink (along with some vitamin E oil to preserve)? I don’t want to get beet root powder because it comes in such large amounts that I’ll never use.

  • Kacee

    Can you also use homemade coconut oil?

  • http://wellnessmama.com Wellness Mama

    I don’t know that the liquid would mix well…

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  • http://www.facebook.com/evolet0680 Erin McArdle

    Hi Mama–
    Quick question: I tried using powdered beets for coloring…and then hibiscus. No matter how fine the powder, it seems a little grainy. I finally got it to stain, but had some granules left in the bottom of the mixture. Do I need to let it cool first? Also, you listed natural red coloring…can you tell us what brand or kind you use? This is all new to me and regular food coloring (don’t laugh– I watched my friend try this and end up with speckled lavender balm) beads up into nasty little flakes that don’t mix in. Thanks!

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