Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Vegan Lip Balm
After many trials, I think I finally came up with a recipe I like for lip balm. I gave a tin to a friend and she liked it so much that she just bought a container to give to another friend. I really like the feel of Candelilla wax much better than beeswax. It seems to spread much nicer, though it could just be that I added extra liquid oil. Let's see if I can reproduce the lip balm. I am excited to try new flavors. So far I have made mango flavor and chocolate flavor. I have a few other flavors on hand that I try soon. How do you all get the lip balm sweetened? Do you add a sugar substitute of just get flavor oils already pre-sweetened?
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wow you are a busy bee!
ReplyDeleteI've used the pre-sweetened flavor oils from Brambleberry (Caramel) and WSP (Cherry Vanilla) and they are wonderful. I have also used the Brambleberry Passionfruit Rose fragrance oil which can also be used in lip balm and can be left as is or stevia can be added, I left it as is, but have not yet tried it. And, yes you have been extremely busy, trying loads of new ideas.
ReplyDeleteStevia is an excellent sweetner for lip balms and the nice thing is that its all natural. Your lip balms are so stinkin cute, I love how you packaged them in those tins and the label is cute!
ReplyDeleteI've used pre-sweetened lip flavors from MMS and Oregon Trails with great success. I also use the candililla wax - makes the balm so much silkier than beeswax!
ReplyDeleteWell i have actually been making all this stuff for a while and finally took pictures of everything so I could update the blog almost daily. I have enough through Saturday and then I need to make more goodies so that I can post more on my blog..haha
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice on stevia...do you use the green or white powder?
I just ran across this blog and while I know it's been quite some time since this was posted, I decided to join in the conversation anyway.
ReplyDeleteStevia isn't oil soluble so you might want to infuse it in one of your lighter oils and then strain the oil before use so you don't end up with crystals in your balm. Another option would be sucralose, and a tiny bit of that goes a long, long way.