I am a person who needs chap stick, I don't leave the house without one in my purse, pocket and/or the car. I went through a lot of money with buying chap sticks, plus I won't even go into what is all in that stuff. And the chap sticks that don't have all the stuff in it would cost me even more, for I don't know about you but I am always losing them.
My husband at first didn't like my chap stick, for it has a honey taste, and he still would buy his chap stick when he needed some. In the past months he has been asking me if I have chap stick on me and I always say, "its mine, not the store stuff". He would acted like he didn't care. The other week he told me, "I can't use the store stuff any more, it does not work as well and it is gross." SCORE FOR ME! YES! So here it is it really is so simple
What you will need:
2 TBS beeswax (about 1oz)
2 TBS coconut oil
2 TBS Shea butter
12 lip balm containers -the last time I made this I filled about 15 or more containers, so have more on hand
glass eye dropper
You can get everything you need at Mountain Rose Herbs http://mountainroseherbs.com/
Last time all I needed was chap stick tubes, I ended up buying a big bag on eBay. The beeswax I lucked out one time and my health food store was selling, it cost me about six dollars for a big chunk of it.
Okay back to what you will do once you all have your supplies
2. If you like to add essential oils, this will be your time to do so. I have tried peppermint and the kids like it. I like mine plain. (does not take much)
3. Use your small glass eye dropper to fill your tubes. Tip: try not to let the liquid go to far into the eye dropper for it will harden in the dropper, and try to do this as fast as you can (don't worry, does not have to be super speed but once you start just try to keep going, for it does start to dry quickly) but if it does harden you just have to get it to melt again with something hot
4. Once you fill a few go back to the first couple and top them off, there should be a nice bubble on the top of the tube, if not no worries either.
5. Let them cool and harden completely. Once then look dry I would let them sit a little longer, and give them chance to harden more. Cover with cap. If you like to label them you can and make them all pretty.
These are great little gifts for others, and great to give your kids too.
I have also used some to put on my baby's butt for diaper rash, and it works great. I hope I wouldn't have to say this but who knows, please either use your fingers (clean finger if you need more chap stick) or just have one just for the butt! Also for dry patches of skin or even small rashes. It does seem to soften easy, so sometimes in the summer, you just have to use your finger and not try to use the tube.
It seems to last a longer on the lips then store bought. One time I ran out of mine own and I used some store stuff of my husband's and I broke out with a cold sore that would not go away. I did everything to try to get rid of it and it got worse and worse. When I finally got to making some of my own chap stick with in a couple of days it healed up. Yep, never going back to store bought! I use to get cold sores, I don't any more or at least not as bad when I do, and I have noticed it is since making my chap stick.
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