Homemade Lip Gloss Recipe - How to Make Your Very Own Flavored Lip Balm

Little girls as well as adult women love flavored lip- gloss. It is fun to apply and has a great taste. I especially like the shine. It's great to wear on those days when you don't want to wear makeup, just slap on the lip-gloss and you are off. The different flavors are the best part of the lip-gloss. Another great thing is making your own. Using a flavored lip-gloss kit found on Martha Stewarts "Good Living" website you can make it in any flavor you want.

You can combine the many essential oils creating delicious new unique flavors. The kit provides you with 5 bottles of essential oils. They are the essential oils of lime, lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, or peppermint. The kit also includes 12 empty plastic pots, empty plastic tubes, and pots of beeswax.

You can customize a basic recipe with your pot of unscented oil and wax. You will also need to use:

A thin-tipped marker,
Cooking pot and stove,
Measuring spoons,
Paper cup,
Paper towels,
Lipstick
A utility knife.

It is a good idea to begin by hand washing all mixing jars, plastic tubes, and plastic pots. Dry them thoroughly. Set aside two pipettes to measure the essential oil. A pipette, acts like a baster, drawing the oil or lip balm up inside. Use the remaining pipettes to stir the lip balm, and transfer it to the tubes and pots. To get a glossy lip balm, add an extra 1½-teaspoon of sunflower or safflower oil.

Fill the pot with 1" of water, and bring to a boil; lower the heat to medium. Combine teaspoons of the beeswax beads and 5 teaspoons sunflower or safflower oil in a mixing jar, and set the jar into the pot; the water should be below the rim of the jar.

Stir the mixture using the pipette; the wax will begin to immediately melt. After it is thoroughly mixed, add the preferred oil one drop at a time. I recommend limiting the total number of 10 drops to prevent an overpowering scent.

You can experiment with the assorted oils provided you wash the pipette with warm water before adding different oils.