not-so-organic lip balm

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:

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!