Armed with a
recipe
more accurately
a guide...
a suggestion
I went about making
Peppermint Lip Balm
for holiday
gift giving.
I'm going to back up
a moment
to explain how
something magical happened
after taking a few
on-line whole food cooking
courses.
I gained confidence in my kitchen.
I will often change a recipe
something I rarely did before
with items
I have on hand
thereby skipping the last-minute trip
to the store
determined to use
everything I have
in my pantry
or
I will
substitute ingredients
to make the recipe
vegan.
Body care recipes are no different.
The original recipe
called for
castor, jajoba, soybean, or almond oil
I used coconut
1/2 a tube of natural
synthetic-free lipstick
as a colorant
I used
dry beet powder
with eh-eh results
finally the peppermint essential oil
which I used
but after applying it
I found it
to be quite
drying.
My second attempt:
recipe
more accurately
a guide...
a suggestion
I went about making
Peppermint Lip Balm
for holiday
gift giving.
I'm going to back up
a moment
to explain how
something magical happened
after taking a few
on-line whole food cooking
courses.
I gained confidence in my kitchen.
I will often change a recipe
something I rarely did before
with items
I have on hand
thereby skipping the last-minute trip
to the store
determined to use
everything I have
in my pantry
or
I will
substitute ingredients
to make the recipe
vegan.
Body care recipes are no different.
The original recipe
called for
castor, jajoba, soybean, or almond oil
I used coconut
1/2 a tube of natural
synthetic-free lipstick
as a colorant
I used
dry beet powder
with eh-eh results
finally the peppermint essential oil
which I used
but after applying it
I found it
to be quite
drying.
My second attempt:
utilizing an old compact
that I cleaned
and deciding to use
the last of
my favorite
Clinique lipstick...
you'd be surprised
at how much product
is left in that
tube!
It made sense to use
my favorite lipstick
as the
colorant...
don't ya think?
The process
following the recipe
for the most
part
measuring the
bees wax
given to me as a gift
from my godson
who is a beekeeper
his honey
for just the right amount of
sweetness
whisked it all together
and dug out that
lipstick
added and blended
poured into
my salvaged pots
labelled
and covered
giving it time to
rest and set
The End Result:
My not-so-organic
Pink-A-Boo
Lip Balm.
A duo-compact with
some of my favorite eye shadow
still in there
(never waste a thing!)
Old Maid New
strikes
again!
I'm Lovin' it!
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