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Basic Lip Gloss Fun!
Ingredients:Paraffin wax
Coconut oil
Petroleum jelly
Candy melts (to color the gloss and make it taste sweet)
Oil-based candy flavoring (if you want a special flavor)
Grater
Wax paper
Ziploc bag
Small container (recycle old lip gloss / balm containers or other makeup containers, even 35mm film containers work well. Other places to look include, stores that carry beads, crafts, or fishing tackle supplies.
How to:
Grate a bit of paraffin wax onto wax paper. Put ¼ teaspoon grated wax into the plastic bag. Add 1 teaspoon coconut oil, 1 teaspoon petroleum jelly, and 1 candy melt to color the gloss and make it sweet. Add 1/8 teaspoon oil-based candy flavoring if you like.
Seal the bag and put it in a bowl of hot water to melt the ingredients, for approximately 3-5 minutes. (Use tap water! Please never use a microwave or stove to heat the water).
When all the ingredients are melted, take the bag out of the water. Move the ingredients around in bag to mix. Make sure you work quickly. Clip off a tiny corner of the bag and squeeze gloss into the clean container. Let it set for an hour. If you can’t wait that long, just put this in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Use a cotton swab to apply gloss to help your product last longer. Your lip-gloss should last a long time. If it changes color, odor, or texture, though, throw it away.
Basic Lip Balm II
1/2 ounce beeswax beads, refined
4 ounces sweet almond oil
2 teaspoons essential oil or food flavoring oil
Put the 4 ounces of sweet almond oil in measuring cup, add beeswax beads and melt in microwave.
Stir with spoon, and when cooled a bit, add essential or flavoring oil. Pour into jars or containers.
Candle Wax Lip Balm
1/2 a teaspoon of melted candle wax.
2 teaspoons of Olive Oil.
1/2 a teaspoon of Shea Butter or you can also add Cocoa Butter.
1/2 a teaspoon of Honey and any flavor of oil to taste.
one vitamin E capsule to preserve the Lip Balm