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Natural Shimmer Colored Lip Balm Recipe
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Natural Shimmer Lip Balm Recipe

Katie WellsNov 7, 2014Updated: Feb 22, 2020
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I love making my own cosmetics. I’ve made foundation, natural bronzer, homemade lipstick and even mascara (recipe coming soon!).

In the comments of my homemade lipstick post, I had multiple people ask if there was an alternative to the beet root powder since theirs didn’t seem to be incorporating correctly.

A natural option that shines…

After much experimentation and research, I finally found another option that I absolutely love.

It is called Mica and it also provides a wonderful, subtle shimmer. Mica is a brittle silicate mineral and it comes in many colors. It is considered safe and non-toxic, with a green rating of 2 by the Environmental Working Group.

I’ve been experimenting with Mica in homemade cosmetics a lot lately and have a lot of new recipes to share in the next couple of months, but this shimmer lip balm was by far my favorite. It provides a slight shimmer and subtle color that accentuates the natural color of the lips and brightens your smile without looking fake or unnatural.

Why not just use regular lipstick? Glad you asked (but you might not be…)

Though they seem harmless, many lipsticks contain toxic ingredients, which is especially problematic due to the close proximity to the mouth. Some things found in conventional lipsticks:

  • Cochineal Beetles– These beetles eat the prickly pear plant in South America. They are collected, boiled, dried and crushed into a powder to make a red dye used in many cosmetics (and some foods!)
  • Ambergris– Street name: whale vomit. This waste from the digestive system of sperm wales (eww) is sometimes used in perfumes and lipsticks.
  • Chemicals- Lipsticks are also notorious for containing artificial chemicals

Finding Natural Ingredients:

In this recipe, I used the following ingredients:

  • Organic virgin coconut oil
  • Raw, organic Shea Butter (can also use Cocoa Butter)
  • Beeswax
  • Rose Red Mica Powder and Natural Gold Mica Powder

I also found the following supplies really helpful for this recipe:

  • Double boiler
  • Plastic pipettes or glass dropper
  • plastic lip balm containers

It is hard to see in the photo, but this natural lip balm provides subtle color and shine. Here’s how to make it:

Shimmer Lip Balm Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon shea butter or cocoa butter
  • 1 tablespoon beeswax pastilles
  • 1/2 tsp mica powder color of choice (I used a mix of red and gold)
  • 15 drops peppermint essential oil

What to Do:

  1. Melt coconut oil, shea butter/cocoa butter and beeswax in a double boiler over medium heat.
  2. When melted, stir well and turn off heat.
  3. Add mica powder and (optional) essential oil.
  4. Using a glass dropper or [url:7]plastic pipette like this one, carefully transfer the mixture into [url:8]empty lip balm containers. This must be done quickly before the mixture hardens. I filled 8 empty containers when I made this.
  5. Let cool for an hour until mixture has completely hardened.
  6. Use as regular lipstick/lip balm.

Ever made your own lip balm or lipstick before?

This natural shimmer lip balm recipe combines coconut oil, beeswax, and shea butter or cocoa butter with natural mica shimmer pigment and essential oils.

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Wellness Mama and Co-founder of Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (102 Comments)

  1. Jami

    January 9, 2015 at 10:25 PM

    Thank you so much for your blog; I read it every day. I am concerned about the Mica in this recipe. I’m not understanding how they pigment the mica. When I emailed the company they said their mica powder is natural but that doesn’t necessarily mean the pigmentation is natural. If you have information about how they color the Mica that would be really helpful to me.

    Reply
    • Katie - Wellness Mama

      January 9, 2015 at 10:34 PM

      I’m working on getting a full list from them as well as their sourcing and I’m planning to write a post about it once I get it 🙂

      Reply
  2. Steph

    January 8, 2015 at 2:45 PM

    Does the mica just add color to the balm so it looks pretty, or does the color actually transfer to the lips? Is it more of a natural look, or does it look intense like a lipstick? I hope that makes sense. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Katie - Wellness Mama

      January 9, 2015 at 10:51 PM

      It does add color that transfers to the lips but it is more of a natural shimmer look than an intense lipstick.

      Reply
  3. holly

    December 21, 2014 at 12:29 AM

    I just have to say I absolutely love your blog and I want to thank you for all that you do! Awesome recipe!

    Reply
  4. Deedra

    December 14, 2014 at 2:05 PM

    Last year I made sugar scrubs, lotion bars and chocolates for gifts from this website. All were a hit! I found myself using my lotion bar for chapstick, but it wasn’t packaged so I could take it places with me. So this year I decided to make the chapstick and try my hand at this lipstick recipe. So far I love it!! I used the red mica, and the color is great! I can’t wait to give these to my friends and family!

    Reply
  5. Mary

    December 14, 2014 at 12:02 AM

    I have been searching for a “Natural” colored lip balm on Pinterest all evening, most I found most used Petroleum Jelly which I really don’t consider natural. I read your blog a lot and should have known just to go straight to Wellness Mama and see what you had available. I won’t make that mistake again; save myself some time.

    After much research I decided mica was an okay product to put on my skin, my largest organ which absorbes everything I put on it very quickly. Thanks for your careful consideration and instructions in all the things you SUGGEST to us. After you suggest each of us has to decide for ourselves what we want to use or not use.

    Reply
  6. April

    December 13, 2014 at 2:43 AM

    Love this recipe! Quick and easy. Put half a cap ful of peppermint oils in mine! 🙂 oh my mica settled a bit to the bottom of the container even though it looked great and shimmery at first. Did I not heat long enough? I even stirred in the individual balm pots

    Reply
  7. Paige

    December 10, 2014 at 11:01 PM

    just finished making this and plan on making more fore Christmas. I absolutely love it but i did it without the mica powder due to various reasons.

    Reply
  8. melissa

    December 5, 2014 at 8:52 PM

    Katie- question, I just made my second batch, I used mica and beet root powder for color. The mica mixes really well, the beet root powder was clumpy when I poured it in, any suggestions?
    Also, weird question, how did you clean up? can you clean the supplies in your sink without clogging? It was kinda messy and afterwards my hands and sink were beet colored 🙂 any tips?

    Reply
    • Katie - Wellness Mama

      December 9, 2014 at 8:38 PM

      You can leave out the beet… if you use it, it does need to be really finely ground and you have to wait until it is thickening to transfer to get even distribution. I always wipe down with old rags before washing.

      Reply
  9. Nani

    November 19, 2014 at 10:39 PM

    Can you use mango butter instead of cocoa butter? My kids hate almost anything that smells even tho’ I think cocoa butter smells amazing.

    Reply
    • Katie - Wellness Mama

      November 21, 2014 at 5:35 PM

      Yes.

      Reply
  10. christi

    November 18, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    also, the company i order my mica from has lip safe and non lip safe colors.. so might need to watch out for that.

    Reply
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