Beeswax Lip Balm is the BEST Kind of Lip Balm

Beeswax lip balm has been around for a loooooong time. That’s because beeswax is among the most important of lip balm ingredients. Even some of the most popular brands such as ChapStick and Blistex still use beeswax as one of their lip balm ingredients in at least some of their products.

Beeswax is unmatched in its ability to help protect the lips by sealing in moisture. And beeswax has the advantage of being a natural ingredient with a delicate, sweet scent.

Some lip balm manufacturers substitute petroleum jelly (petrolatum) to hold in moisture because it’s cheaper. And some of them also throw in a number of dyes and preservatives. So when you’re shopping for lip balm, be sure to read that ingredient label!

You can buy lip balm made of only natural ingredients, including beeswax. Burt’s Bees Lip Balm is one of the most popular all-natural lip balms.

But another way to be sure you’re getting lip balm with beeswax and other natural ingredients is to make your own.

Making Homemade Lip Balm

It’s very simple to make your own lip balm. All you need is a lip balm recipe and the proper ingredients – one of which is beeswax, of course.

Here's a source of several free lip balm recipes along with some tips for making beeswax lip balm. Just click here for both some plain and fancy lip balm recipes (peppermint cocoa lip balm, anybody?).

Of course, you’ll have to buy the beeswax along with the other ingredients called for in the recipes.

And here are some additional recipes for lip gloss, lip gel, and even lip stain (made with beeswax and beet root powder or berry juice).

In addition to supplying all of those free recipes, Mountain Rose Herbs is a popular source (all-natural and all-organic) of the goodies needed to make those recipes, including beeswax.

A Tip…

Most beeswax lip balm recipes will require that you melt the beeswax in the process of making your homemade lip balm. Just be aware that beeswax is highly flammable, and you need to be cautious when melting it.

If you let the beeswax get too hot, in addition to risking a fire, there’s a chance that you’ll diminish the quality of the beeswax. So never apply a source of heat directly to the beeswax.

Instead, use a double boiler to melt the beeswax.

The double boiler provides even heating and avoids isolated hot spots that could reach the point of flammability even if the overall temperature of the wax is safe. Also, the double boiler method limits the maximum heat to the boiling temperature of water (You won’t need to get it that hot to melt your beeswax, though. Beeswax melts at about 150 degrees F).

It'd be a shame to end up with blistered lips in the attempt to avoid chapped lips, so be careful!

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