Homemade lip balm with coconut oil

Coconut oil is a truly versatile food and ideal for all types of cooking, but its use does not end only in the kitchen... Indeed, if cold pressed, organic and completely pure and natural, it becomes the right ally for the daily beauty routine of body, hair and more!

Coconut oil is the perfect ingredient for many recipes to make at home of products for our beauty routine and represents a sustainable and natural choice. Ideal for the care of facial skin and of body, dei hair also ricci, dei denti!

Its oily consistency in summer and more buttery in winter lends itself very well as an ingredient in the preparation of beauty recipes home-made come facial masks, body scrub, natural toothpastes e much more…

In this article we will discover how to make a homemade lip balm with coconut oil, really useful this season to prevent chapping and annoying redness.

Why use coconut oil on your skin

Oil is a fat of vegetable origin which is obtained from naturally dried pulp and then subsequently cold pressed, to preserve all its organoleptic properties intact.

Coconut oil is one of the richest sources of saturated fat. Medium chain fatty acids haveantimicrobial properties: lauric acid has proven to be very effective and is also the one most contained in coconut oil. The monoglyceride formed from the breakdown of lauric acid, the monolaurin, has an important natural antimicrobial action.

Coconut oil is a precious food, but like all natural vegetable oils it can also be used for body and hair. In fact, the antimicrobial properties of coconut oil are also exploited for external use, to make the skin more beautiful and healthy.

Homemade Lip Balm with Coconut Oil Recipe

This is a simple recipe for homemade lip balm with coconut oil that also works as a shimmer lip gloss, protecting the lips and preventing chapping, especially during seasonal changes.

Ingredients:

• 1 part beeswax (e.g. 1 tablespoon)
• 2 parts shea or cocoa butter (example 2 tablespoons)
• 2 parts NaturalBio Coconut Oil (example 2 tablespoons)
• 20 drops of essential oil of your choice (optional)

Preparation:

Heat all the ingredients except the essential oils in a bain-marie in a glass jar and as soon as the ingredients have melted, mix well and turn off the heat, but leave the jar warm.

Add and mix essential oils, you can choose according to your taste. For example, peppermint essential oil gives a refreshing note to the lips, while lavender will be slightly soothing.

Take the mixture with a glass dropper and quickly fill glass or metal containers.

Using smaller containers, to decorate externally, can be a nice idea to create truly delicious Christmas gift ideas!

Leave to rest without touching for several hours, until the mixture is completely cold and hardened.

Some tips

When making beauty recipes at home, the choice of quality ingredients is important. Coconut oil must beorganic and 100% pure. Organic products are certified by control bodies so you will be sure of purchase a pure and natural product, unrefined and free of chemical substances harmful to our health. Furthermore, cold pressing allows all of itsbeneficial properties to be kept unaltered.

Homemade lip balm with coconut oil should be stored in a cool, dry place, and it is best to always prepare small quantities and not store it for too long.

If you want to give a pop of color to your lip gloss you can use beet root powder or a drop of natural red food coloring for a pinkish hue. While for a brown shade, you can use cocoa powder or a pinch of turmeric or cinnamon.

Sources:

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285568592_Formulation_and_Antimicrobial_Studies_of_Coconut_Cocos_nucifera_Linne_Oil
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32602684/