Homemade Lip Balm: Choco-Coco

I wanted to name this “CoCo-CaCao”, but Sabrina suggested that the already established and well known “Choco-CoCo” would be more appropriate…

This recipe filled up 3 tubes and a little container, so it makes a lot!               

The ingredients below create a very light, and thin balm with a light chocolately (cocoa butter) scent with a hint of coconut. You can add a few drops of essential oils to give it a customized and stronger fragrance, but I think it’s fine the way it is!  If you wanted to make it thicker (and more of a heavy sealing balm/waxier), cut back the coconut oil and increase the beeswax and cocoa butter, and then only put 3-4 drops of jojoba oil.

Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
3/4 Tablespoon cocoa butter
1 Teaspoon beeswax (it melts quicker if you grate or chop it)                                                               6-8 drops of jojoba oil                                        

 *You can add a couple drops of honey to sweeten the taste.

Directions:

1.  Melt the coconut oil, cocoa butter, and beeswax in a double boiler or in a bowl over a pot of boiling water. Use an over mitt, and be careful!

    ***(I put 2 cacao beans in the warm mix of oils for about 10 mins. before adding the wax to 'hopefully' let some of the cacao flavour out. You could also add a dash of organic cocoa powder).

2. Gently stir so the ingredients are mixed.

3. Remove from heat and let the mix cool slightly.  (It will start to harden if you let it cool too much, if this happens just put it back over the steam and wait.)

4. Stir in the jojoba oil and any additional ingredients/essential oils.

5. Using a container with a pour spout, pour the balm into a clean container (old cleaned out tubes, or gloss containers).

6. Let the mixture completely set before covering it with the lid. Only once the mixture is at room temperature should you put the lid on. Just let it sit for an hour away from heat.

**Caution: This is NOT a lip balm that you can put in your pocket. Coconut oil and Cocoa Butter melt at body temperature, so if it’s in your pocket, it’ll become super mushy (unless you put a lot of beeswax, and minimal coconut oil). Also, it may be something you don’t want to leave out during the summer (find a cool place or stick it in the fridge).

Enjoy!