Teach Soap

Have any of you used the lip balm base? I don't know if I should use the base or try making it from scratch? Thanks!

Necia

I would start with the base, til you get comfortable making your own.

I made lip balm the first time a few months ago and it was surprisingly easy. The hardest part was sterilizing everything. The lip balm is SO nice though. I don't have to continue using it over and over like chapstick. Just once and my lips are not dry anymore. I had no idea they sold base though.

I make CP so I've already got alot of stuff around to make lip balm. Id like to make some lip balm just for me. Wuold you care to share your recipe?

Try 1/3 oils, 1/3 wax, 1/3 butters as a start, then tweak it from there.

Soapbudy, I have shea butter. Does that work? and how much Flavor oil?

Shea butter is fine. For the flavor oil you need to follow the vendor's recommended %.

I thought Id just use edible EOs since I've got some for soapmaking. Lavender, peppermint , or orange or better yet some combination. at what rate to I use them in lip balm?

Be careful with EO's. Make sure they are GRAS (generally recognized as safe). Lavender doesn't taste very good and orange can be a sun sensitizer.

thank you for pointing that out. the reason I thought of those was beacuse a company named Badger makes lip balm in lavender /orange and I really like it . thought I might try to reproduce it at home. What EOs would you use?or do you recomend a lip balm flavor from BB?

I would go with a lip balm flavor from BB.

Im getting ready to make a big order and was thinking maybe to try passion fruit rose. Has anyone here used it?

Yes, I've used that one. I like it a lot - very sophisticated. It needs a light hand - like a lot of flavor oils, if you overdo it it will taste bitter.