Ah, what could be better than slathering chocolate on your lips? Not much, and I bet if we dug around in the Environmental Working Group’s, Skin Deep website and checked out what’s in lipstick (lead, yikes!), we’d skip the lipstick and make our own.
Why chocolate lip balm? Chocolate contains flavonoids. These act as antioxidants (like in dark vegetables). Antioxidants protect the body from aging. Anything that curbs aging and tastes good gets my vote.
Holiday Chocolate Lip Balm
What you need:
1 teaspoon beeswax
2 teaspoons pure Fair Trade organic cocoa butter
3 teaspoons organic coconut or olive oil
5-10 drops peppermint essential oil
recycled containers
What to do:
Slowly melt ingredients in a double boiler or in 30-second spurts in microwave. Cool slightly and fill recycled containers. You may need to adjust the ratio of ingredients to suit your liking.
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elissa jane // Dec 4, 2010 at 9:17 am
this is the greatest idea! I’m so making this for friends this holiday season. Ronnie, you ROCK! <3
Ronnie // Dec 4, 2010 at 9:28 am
Yeah, this is a fun and easy project. If you can’t find recycled pots, I think they sell them at Jean Turmo in Woodstock.
Thanks, Elissa!
Lesley // Dec 24, 2010 at 4:53 pm
ANYthing Chocolate is wonderful…
Beth // Dec 27, 2010 at 2:12 pm
I don’t get it. Where’s the chocolate in this? The cocoa butter? This is a good recipe, and the cocoa butter does taste a bit like chocolate, but as far as I can tell, there is no chocolate in this recipe for Chocolate Lip Balm. Please explain.
Ronnie // Dec 27, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Beth, thanks for your question. I dug around and found that, “Cocoa butter is the natural fat extracted from the cacao bean. Also known as oil of theobroma, cocoa butter is slightly yellowish in color, and while it is extracted from chocolate, it has a bland taste and only a faint chocolate smell. It is edible and is used in making white chocolate and certain confections.” from Wise Geek.
This really is a wonderful tried and true recipe. This year, my husband made a small pot of this for everyone in my family. It does smell and tastes like chocolate…technically, you are right – it is made from cocoa butter.
JK // Feb 5, 2011 at 8:40 am
Any advise on what we can use as safe colors & for the shimmering effect?
Tks