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Beeswax Lip Balm Recipe

Andy Olenick shares his Beeswax Lip Balm Recipe that uses ingredients you prob ab ly already have on hand. Andy Olenick GRIT's Guide to Backyard Bees and Honey 2011
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It's not just honey that you'll get from your bees. Use this recipe to make your own Beeswax Lip Balm.
courtesy Andy Olenick

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Get som e nonm edicinal experience handling products from the hiv e by m aking this sim ple, all-natural lip balm . Besides the beeswax, its ingredients probably are in y our pantry now.

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Weigh beeswax and m easure rem aining ingredients. In sm all double boiler, add beeswax and m elt. Once m elted, add honey and oil, and stir for 1 to 2 m inutes. Add extract and stir well. (Be aware that the honey will not fully m ix with the oil because of the water content, but its a good healing agent for the skin.) Pour heated m ixture into a sm all glass container or beaker, then distribute into lip balm tins or tubes.

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NOTE: Adding m ore or less beeswax will m ake the lip balm harder or softer depending on y our preference; the harder it is, the longer it stay s on y our lips. You also can add v itam in E oil or grapefruit seed oil as a preserv ativ e. You also can m ix oils, such as alm ond oil, sunflower seed oil and others, depending on the av ailability and the product y ou wish to m ake. Other oils and butters alter the texture and healing properties of the final product.
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Jenny Costello 54 days ago could you substitute sesame oil for the olive oil?
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a n i t a a l l ee 6/27/2011 11:54:08 A M

I once had a recipe including beeswax, oliv e oil, cocoanut oil and fraqrance for a hand lotion. I hav e lost the recipe and would like to m ake m ore. It is especially good when one has been gardening and the hands get into a general m ess.Thanks, ALA

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