Ever tried making your own homemade lip balm? Once you have the ingredients and supplies, it’s not all that hard. And it will last forever – even if you go through lip balm like crazy like I do! This DIY Honey Lavender Lip Balm is delicious and nourishing for lips all year long.
I’m really excited to share this easy homemade Honey Lavender lip balm and hand salve recipe! I used beeswax, coconut oil and essential oils to create an inexpensive and delicious natural moisturizer. Any extra I had from the balms I poured into mason jars to make little pots of hand salve! I am obsessed with lip balm and always have dry hands in the winter, so this two-in-one recipe kills two birds with one stone. Now I have balms to stash in every nook and cranny – purse, car, bathroom, kitchen, etc. – plus extras to give as gifts.
Here’s how I made them!
Homemade Honey Lavender Lip Balm and Salve Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 empty lip balm tubes
- 4 ounces beeswax
- 6 four-ounce mason jars (or tin containers like these)
- 1 tbsp lavender and 1 tsp vanilla essential oil (or your favorite combination of any flavors!)
- 1 14-ounce jar coconut oil
- Washi tape, chalkboard labels and pen, string for decoration
Directions
- Heat your coconut oil in the microwave just enough to be able to pour it from the jar into a pot. Allow it to melt.
- Add 4 one-ounce bars of beeswax and stir until melted. Be careful – this is HOT HOT HOT!! Mine melted at about 260 degrees.
- Allow to cool a bit – down by 100 degrees or so – but not enough that it starts to cloud and harden.
- Pour the still hot mixture into a glass container that is designed for high heat (like Pyrex). You can pour right from your pot into jars if you wish, but for the tubes you’ll want a more fine-tuned spout.
- Add 1 tablespoon of lavender essential oil and 1 teaspoon of vanilla essential oil and stir. Use more or less to your liking!
- Carefully pour mixture into lip balm tubes and salve containers. Ours filled about 10 balms and 6 four-ounce jars.
- Allow to cool and decorate away!
Happy gift giving!
Matt says
I’m totally gonna make a hop one somehow
Ariana Mullins says
What a great tutorial! It’s awesome that we can find things like chapstick tubes so easily online now– I will have to order some and give this a shot. Thank you!
Kori says
What an awesome idea and project!
Laura says
What an awesome idea! Thank you for the tutorial!
Renee Kohley says
Such a great gifting idea and so simple! I love the little patterns on the tubes! So fun! My girls would love that!
Sarah says
Cool tutorial! I love DIY gifts for the holidays. Is there actually honey in this recipe as the title states?
KathEats says
Nope, just the essence from the beeswax
linda spiker says
Love it! Pinning and sharing!
Brittany says
Hey Kath and readers, just an FYI, but beeswax is EXTREMELY flammable. You should never, ever heat it directly in a pot on the stove. Always use a double boiler method.
KathEats says
Didn’t know that, but good FYI
Irene says
Hi! That is a very important detail and I would really think that it should be incorporated somewhere in the post – not everyone will read the comments. Better safe than sorry!
Kelli says
Is there any honey in the lip balm, or just beeswax?
KathEats says
Just wax!
KathEats says
Guess the title is a little misleading, but it reminds me of honey so that’s why I chose it as the “flavor”
Abbey says
Hi Kath! I am flying into Charlottesville for an interview today. As a long time reader, can’t wait to check out the town!
KathEats says
Welcome!! Sorry it’s so gross out. How long are you here?
Abbey says
Thanks! No worries — I’m from Wisconsin, I will take rain over snow! Heading out tomorrow evening.
Emily @ Recipes to Nourish says
I bet these smell great! Love homemade DIY’s like this. Such a fun gift to give this time of year too.
Sally says
Love your videos lately! So fun 🙂
Tina says
Thank you for this! This is by far the easiest tutorial I have ever watched on how to make lip balms! I will definitely be giving this a try now as I am totally a lip balm junkie as well! 🙂
Megan Stevens says
Love this flavor and the tutorial, thanks!
Rachel @ day2dayjoys says
What a great gift idea for Christmas!
Melissa Moore says
Perfect timing with this tutorial as I was just trying to figure out what DIY project I will do this year. Thank you, Kath!
Faith says
I am all about DIY skin & personal care recipes! I love the lavender & vanilla combination! Thanks for sharing!
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Libby says
What a beautiful gift these would make! I always like to give my girlfriends useable, handmade gifts so I’m adding this to my ‘to-make’ list this year. Thanks! 🙂
Sylvie says
What a great stocking stuffer idea!
Sagan says
Very cool idea! Most of the time when I find recipes for beauty products they include all kinds of weird ingredients I don’t know about. I like the simplicity of this one 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Robyn D says
I love these, they are so easy to make! I add shea butter, as well and they are super healing for lips, cuticles, kitty paws, puppy noses and even an emergency hand lotion!
Tammy Le says
This looks so easy and fun to make! Thanks for the awesome video 🙂
miro says
I will be happy if you write a soap reciepe with honey (not joking)
Diy-Beauty-Recipes says
I made a peppermint lip balm instead of lavender and it turned out really well. It’s really easy to make, it contains only 4 ingredients that can also be used in various other face and body recipes.
It’s fun to make lip balms because you can customise lip balm recipe to your preferences and substitute oils and the butter with the ones you like better