01Weigh wax, butter, oil
12 g beeswax, 12 g shea, 24 g almond oil — scales to ~50 g batch, fills ~10 tubes.
Wipe tubes with alcohol inside cap area.
Beauty & Grooming
DIY Lip Balm and Tinted Balms
Beeswax, butters, oils, pour, and a sheer tint — ten tubes from one batch
1h 30m12 photographed stepsBeginner
Complete lip balm course: calculate a 1:1:2 beeswax–butter–oil ratio, melt in double boiler safely, add vitamin E and optional peppermint, pour ten tubes, plus a module on iron-oxide tinted balm for sheer color. Covers sanitizing tubes, fixing grainy balm, and labeling for gifts.
What you'll learn
- Double-boiler safety
- Ratio that sets firm but glides
- Pour temperature ~65°C
- Fix grainy re-melt
- Sheer tint without food dye
Inside this course
- Formula and sanitizeTen tubes, one batch.
- Melt and pourLiquid gold.
- Tinted moduleSheer color.
- PassGift-ready.
- Troubleshoot and scaleFix and multiply.
- Market-ready labelsFriends will ask.
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02Set double boiler
Water simmering, jar or pitcher not touching bottom. Thermometer ready.
Water in balm = spoilage.
Pro tip. Cover workspace with parchment — wax is grief to scrape.
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Step 1
Weigh wax, butter, oil
Step 2
Set double boiler
Step 3
Melt wax first, then butter, then oil
Step 4
Add vitamin E and cool to pour
Step 5
Fill tubes and cap
Step 6
Mix iron oxide with tiny oil
Step 7
Pour tinted batch
Step 8
Chill test and label
Step 9
Re-melt grainy tubes
Step 10
Double batch for gifts
Step 11
Write ingredient list INCI-style
Step 12
Photo your lineup
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