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Lip chap is a very simple item to make at home and it saves a lot of money over buying organic brands at the store. These also make a great gift item, stocking stuffer or a safe play make up for kids. I keep a lot on hand when doula-ing to give to laboring moms as hospital air can really dry out skin and lips.
Homemade lip chap uses all natural ingredients that can also be used to make dozens of other natural skin and body care recipes.
Since lip products are applied right next to the mouth and nose, I find it especially important to make sure they contain all natural ingredients, especially if children use them also. Lip chap is an incredibly easy recipe that can be customized to your preferences. I pour them in to these inexpensive lip chap containers for easy application, but re-using little jars or tins works really well too. (I had a bunch of tiny sample size jam jars that were in our room at a hotel one time and they are perfect for this as well).
If you haven’t made your own beauty products before, I’d encourage you to try it! With a lot of the same ingredients, you can make a natural lip salve, tinted lip balm or even homemade lipstick.
Homemade Lip Chap Recipe
The basic Lip Chap recipe is below, but have fun experimenting with the oils an flavors to get the scent and flavor you like. Mint is my favorite, especially in the winter!
Homemade Lip Chap Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 part beeswax pellets (example: 1 TBSP)
- 2 parts cocoa butter (example: 2 TBSP. Shea butter or mango butter will also work)
- 2 parts coconut oil (example: 2 TBSP)
- 20 drops essential oil of choice
Instructions
- Add about an inch of water to the bottom of a small pan.
- Place on the stove and turn on to medium heat.
- Place a small (pint size or smaller) jar in the water, being careful not to get any water inside the jar.
- Add all the ingredients except the essential oils to the glass jar and slowly melt, making sure not to get any water in the jar.
- When all the ingredients are melted, stir well and turn off the heat, but leave jar in the water to keep warm.
- Stir in the essential oils.
- Use a glass dropper to quickly fill the lip chap containers.
- The mixture will settle slightly as it cools, so I top off the containers after about 2 minutes as they start to harden.
- Let sit without touching for several hours or until completely hardened.
- Store in a cool dry place for up to a year.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Increase or decrease the amount of essential oil for your preference.
- I use 2 tablespoons each of the butter(s) and coconut oil and 1 tablespoons of beeswax to make about 18 tubes.
- This will make a medium firm lip chap. If you prefer a firmer and longer lasting lip chap, you can add more beeswax, up to double the recommended amount. If you prefer a smoother and more oily lip chap, you can reduce the amount of beeswax.
Here are some other DIY beauty recipes if you want to branch out:
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- Homemade Shaving Soap Recipes
- Luxurious Sugar Scrub Recipe
- Mint Chocolate Lip Scrub for Deliciously Smooth Lips
- Homemade Lotion Bars
- Deodorant Bars
- DIY Sunscreen Bars
- Bug-Off Lotion Bars
- Herbal Hair Color Recipes
- Seven Natural Baby Care Recipes
- DIY Beach Waves Hair Texture Spray
- DIY Dry Shampoo for Dark or Light Hair
- Natural Skin Care Recipes
- Homemade Make-up Recipes
- Feminine Hygiene Solutions
- Natural Homemade Substitutes for Conventional Beauty Products
- Seven Natural Remedies you Already Have at Home
- Seven Natural Beauty Tricks From Your Kitchen
- How to Make Natural Shampoo [Easy way]
- Natural Homemade Baby Wipes-Easy to Make
Do you make any of your own beauty products? What recipes would you like to try? Share below!
Thank you for the great recipes. Do you think that almond oil could be used in place of the coconut oil for the lip chap? I have a mild allergy to coconut, and wondered what would make a good substitution to try your recipes out?
Yes, but you’d only need about half as much since it is a liquid oil…
I want to make a lip balm stick that also has some sun protection to it. What changes to this recipe would you recommend? I would also like to add beetroot powder to it so I can use it as lipstick. Will that work?
When making thing like this or the lotion bars do you melt the coconut oil first or measure it out hardened from the jar?
You don’t have to melt it to measure it. I usually use a spoon to scoop it from the jar and into a measuring cup.
love this stuff. butbut my daughterwanted make it for her classroom,an y idea if a kid with a bee allergy can use beeswax? or should i stick to some other wax?
I”d stick with another just to be safe…
I have a bee allergy and cannot use bee by-product such as beeswax or bee pollen (causes blisters, rash, and swelling in area of use)
Nope. Not safe.
I have a coworker whose lips developed a red ring after using some of my lip balm. She said earlier that a lotion bar had irritated her skin. I said it was an allergic reaction. She replied she had no allergies. I did not know at the time that she is allergic to bees and wasps. Good thing to know for next time.
Can I use Carnauba Wax instead of Beeswax? Hubby is deathly allergic to honey (Which seriously sucks), so I do not want to take any chances
I haven’t tried but the info I”ve seen shoes that it substitutes well…
Excellent, thanks
Does it work
Can you add zinc oxide for sun protection? If so, how much?
Yes, interested in making one with sunscreen too. Would adding essential oils that have a natural sunblock work? Carrotseed has natural spf, correct?
Can I use flavor oil in these to make them fun for my daughter? I haven’t done any research on them so I wasn’t sure if they were safe to use or if you only recommend using essential oils.
there is another recipe that calls for Cool-Aid
i was going to make this recipe and add some flavor oil instead of essential oil, im sure its fine. theres two companys i know of that sell good flavor oils, newdirectionsaromatics.ca and saffireblue.ca. i bought chai flavor oil, and strawberry flavor oil they are both really nice in lip balms and lip glosses 🙂
I have beeswax pellets, cocoa butter disks and solid shea butter from mountain rose. How can I measure the ingredients considering I dont have a scale? Do you recommend grating the cocoa disks?
If I remember correctly, 2 disks makes a tablespoon…
I know this question was asked over 2 years ago, but since I JUST had this exact same question a few days ago, I emailed Mountain Rose Herbs and asked them, since I needed to know for my own recipes. They responded right away (nice customer service!) and here is their answer:
“Each of our cocoa butter wafers contains more or less a teaspoonful of cocoa butter. (So about 3 would make a tablespoonful.) This is not exact because the wafers differ in size slightly; they range between about 1/2” – 3/4” in diameter.”
I cut mine up in an almost shaving form. I make whipped body butter constantly and this method works well for measuring. this is my first attempt at lip chap so wish me luck?
I make my own lip balm – my favourite at the moment (here in the Australian summer!) is beeswax, sweet almond oil, cocoa butter with some grapefruit and lavender essentail oils 🙂
Hi,
can you please give me the recipe for your lip balm?
if you can’t find beeswax, up the cocoa butter: it melts at right around body temperature, which makes it right around perfect for lips in my book. cocoa butter smells better than beeswax, too!
I did once and it smells great. Unfortunatelly it does not stay on your lips as long as beeswax.
Is there something we canput in place of the beeswax? My daughter is allergic to it.
You can always use Candelilla wax, Canuba wax, or Soybean wax 🙂
I love that you call it “lip chap.” That is what i called it growing up but then people began making fun of me saying that it’s chapstick. I forgot I even used to call it that so I’m glad i wasn’t the only one. My in-laws now make fun of me for saying “cupboard” instead of cabinet. Maybe I’m just an easy target?!?! LOL
I grew up with those two terms– “lip chap” and “cupboard”–as well, and was also ridiculed! That’s very funny. 🙂
Awww, I have never heard Lip Chap before, but it makes sense. I mean we say Lip Balm and Chapstick is just a brand really. I think that since it is in a tube it’s like “Lip Chap-Stick form”. 🙂 I use Cupboard though, for me Cupboards are where dishes go or under sinks. And cabinets are like armoires, but I rarely if ever use cabinet. If makes me feel like I am talking about politics. lol.
Wow, the memory of getting made fun of in high school for saying lip chap just hit me out of the foggy past when I read your comment. Glad to be in good company 😛
My friend calls shopping carts “buggys”, now THAT’S weird. It’s gotta be a regional thing or something, so many of those weird little things are.