Natural Lip Shimmer
This natural lip shimmer recipe combines simple ingredients to make a beautiful, natural lip balm that will color and moisturize your lips.
Servings 6 tubes
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp 100% pastured tallow *or see alternatives in notes, below
- 1 Tbsp cold pressed grapeseed oil *or see alternatives in notes, below
- 1 Tbsp beeswax pellets
- 1/4 tsp mica powder *we used pearl red
Optional:
- 10 drops essential oil
Instructions
- Combine the tallow, grapeseed oil and beeswax in a glass measuring cup. Heat in the microwave on high for 20 second intervals until melted.
- Carefully remove from the microwave. Stir in the mica powder thoroughly until combined.
- If using essential oils, add at this time.
- Carefully transfer the mixture into empty lip balm containers - this needs to happen quickly before the mixture cools. Allow the lip balm tubes to cool completely before adding the cap and using on lips.
- This recipe should make 6-7 lip balm containers.
Notes
Ingredient substitutions:
- Mango butter or shea butter can be substituted for the tallow 1:1.
- Replace the unrefined grapeseed oil with sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil or even rosehip oil.
- Geranium essential oil gives the lip shimmer a beautiful scent - however, Lavender essential oil would work beautifully too.