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Lip Balm
At Michael's craft store I purchased a lip balm "kit"(was actually small plastic bag) which includes beeswax in pellet form and sunflower oil. I also purchased some containers. 4 tube style and 4 "use your finger". I ended up having to use other containers because it made a ton. Use the directions on the back of kit for basic lip balm. After it's been heated you can add:
Honey, a bit of lipstick for color, essential oil (peppermint), vanilla extract, cocoa buter, shea butter
Lip balm was actually harder than I thought it would be. Just play around with your ingredients. Stir with small wisk or bamboo skewer. Pour into containers and let dry. If it starts to harden before you fill your containers, pop it back in the microwave for 5-10 seconds.
*Ideas for containers: I went to the dollar store and got a few lip glosses (in a pan)and just cleaned it out and filled it with my own. They also had stackable containers which were great. You can see both in the picture.
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