The second lip balm recipe I just had to try and make was Orange Creamsicle Lip Balm.
These lip balms are just so easy to make. I love it!
The Orange Creamsicle has to be my favorite!
I plan to make up a few more lip balm recipes and add them to Christmas gifts this year.
Tip: You will need a kitchen scale to help you measure out the ingredients.
Orange Creamsicle Lip Balm Recipe
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
- 1/2 ounce beeswax pellets
- 1/2 ounce coconut oil
- 1/4 ounce shea butter
- 1/4 ounce of cocoa butter
- 30 drops of wild orange essential oil
- 2 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
- 8 to 10 round lip balm containers
- glass measuring cup
- a large saucepan (big enough to set the measuring cup in)
- popsicle stick to stir with
- labels
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How to Make Orange Creamsicle Lip Balm
Step 1: Measure out beeswax, coconut oil, shea butter, and cocoa butter and place them in your glass measuring cup. (photo shows each one individually)
Step 2: Fill your large saucepan with about 1 to 1 1/2 inches of water and bring the water to a boil.
Step 3: Once the water is boiling, place the glass measuring cup with the ingredients into the center of the large saucepan.
Step 4: Stir every few minutes until everything is melted.
Step 5: Once it is all melted, remove from heat and let it sit for 3 minutes. While waiting the 3 minutes, line up our lip balm containers so you can fill them.
Step 6: Add wild orange essential oil and pure vanilla extract and stir.
Step 7: Pour mixture into the lip balm containers and let them cool before capping. Be careful not to overfill. It is easy to do, trust me.
Step 8: Once the lip balm is cooled, you can put the caps on and add labels. (Keep reading to get the free printable)
Printable Lip Balm Labels
If you want to use the labels I made, you simply just have to enter your email into the box below. You will receive an email with a link where you can get the labels.
You will need these Avery labels (6450) to print on. The printable is made to print on them.
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paula rosenquist says
Where do you get the containers with lids?
devon says
I got them from amazon. Amazon is my best friend for when I have to find things. 🙂
Jessica says
Great recipe! I’m not fond of the Shea & Cocoa butter smell, so I use Mango butter, which in this case works particularly amazing! Also, I squeezed in some fresh Clementine juice to mix in, and it makes it smell incredible. I could eat it. Thanks for the post! I needed something different to do for the holidays besides the usual!
Diane says
Did you use a small clementine to extract the juice and did you omit the essential oil?
Diane says
Did you extract the juice of a clementine instead of using the essential oil? If so, how much did you put in? Thank you.
anna says
hi! what is the shelf life of this balm?
devon says
I would think it would be anywhere from 3 months to a year.
Signs to look for if you think it has gone bad:
Change in color, Change in Smell, Spots form on the balm (could be mold or bacteria), and if the balm becomes thin.
I hope this helps!
Laura says
Can I use vanilla oleoresin instead of extract? And will tubes work for this?
devon says
Sorry, I am not sure what Vanilla oleoresin is so I can’t tell you for sure if it will work. Yes, you can use the tubes as well. I just chose the round containers.
Stacey V says
I tried your recipe and when I added the vanilla extract in it just congealed. Did I do something wrong. Is this what yours did.
devon says
I don’t think so. I can see in the containers that the vanilla solidified first. When I flip it over, I can see it at the bottom.
Debbie says
Would you be able tell me the measurements for 1 of these lip balms? I would like to see if I like it before making such a large quantity.
devon says
Sorry, I don’t know what the measurements for 1 is.
Diane says
To make the orange creamsicle lip balm, could I omit the vanilla extract? I am not fond of vanilla. I will be making these but putting them in tubes which I just purchased from Amazon. Thank you for your recipes. When I make salves and lip balms, I keep them all in the refrigerator and they keep very well for a long time.
devon says
Sure, you can omit the vanilla. That is fine. Thanks for the tip for keeping them longer!
Linda says
Do you have a printable recipe for this? I’d like to keep it to add to my book.
devon says
Linda, Sorry I do not have a printable version at the moment.
Patti says
I made this tonight and it smells heavenly however when I added the vanilla it completely separated. It made me think that the extract is water based and adding it to the oils/waxes it isn’t going to mix. Nice idea though. I was able to let the vanilla settle at the bottom and not let it mix in my tubes. I didn’t want the cocoa flavor and I didn’t have Shea so I just used mango. It turned out fabulous.