This summery smelling mimosa coconut lip balm makes use of tropical mimosa floral wax to get a soft floral scent that’s rather lovely and exotic.
Like all lip balms, this one is a blend of different oils and butters, thickened with wax. I’m using my coconut oil, cocoa butter (USA / Canada), and walnut oil as my main oils, with beeswax to thicken and Vitamin E MT-50 (USA / Canada) as an antioxidant.
Because the scent of the mimosa wax is quite mild, I recommend using a deodorized cocoa butter (USA / Canada) in this recipe as a lovely, fragrant one will completely overpower the mimosa wax (sadly I know this from experience).
You can purchase the floral wax from Saffire Blue or Amazon. I’m afraid substitutes will be quite difficult. If you happen to have mimosa absolute on hand you could use more coconut oil and a few drops of the absolute as an alternative, but that’s the only thing that is going to come close.
So, if you’re looking for a lightly floral, summery mimosa coconut lip balm, look no further!
Mimosa Coconut Lip Balm
8g | 0.28oz beeswax (USA / Canada)
8g | 0.28oz virgin coconut oil
2g | 0.07oz mimosa floral wax
6g | 0.21oz cocoa butter (USA / Canada) (I recommend unscented for this recipe)
16g |0.56oz walnut oil
1g | 0.03oz Vitamin E MT-50 (USA / Canada)Weigh all the ingredients out into a small heat resistant glass measuring cup and melt everything together in a double boiler—this will take about five to ten minutes.
Stir with a flexible silicone spatula to combine and pour the melted oils into 9 lip balm tubes to set up. Cap, label (I use these labels), and enjoy!
Don’t have some of the oils called for in this recipe? Read this for information on making substitutions!
Mmmmmmm. I’m wondering what Mimosa floral wax tastes like. (Or even smells like!)
Just discovered these waxes recently when I had the opportunity to get samples, but Mimosa was not offered 🙁
I love all your lippies, Marie. Made a few!
Cj
It is very mild and nice scent… I like it. Almost citrusy fruity one, but not quite. 🙂 Its smell like Mediterranean.
A lovely description, thank you 🙂
Hmm. I’d say it’s quite soft and subtlly floral—far less potent than orange wax. It’s sweet and round, if that makes any sense, ha.
This lip balm is amazing!!!!!!! I whipped up a batch and it is probably one of my favorites. I added a little more beeswax (it is still in the eighties and nineties here in Florida) and the texture is smooth, silky, and has great staying power a triumph thanks Marie!!!!!!!
Hi David! I’m so thrilled you’re loving the lip balm 😀 Enjoy that beautiful Florida weather enough for the both of us, we’ve already had snow up here 😉
This lip balm looks wonderful! I’d like to make it to give out as a gift, but am concerned about allergies to the walnut oil. Would I be able to substitute olive or jojoba oil? I read your entry about substitutions but am still not clear on walnut oil substitutions. Thanks in advance!
Yup, either of those would work 🙂
Hey, Marie!
Just made some of these and they smell lovely! Very subtle floral, certainly wouldn’t mind having it under my nose all day!
I’ve been thinking, though, have you found any other use for mimosa floral wax? I have about 70 grams and no idea what to do with it!…
xx
Hey Karina! You can really use the mimosa floral wax anywhere I use rose wax, though you may want to re-consider the accompanying essential oils to suit mimosa more than rose 🙂 Here’s a bunch! You can also swap out ~1% of oil for mimosa wax in any recipe and treat it pretty much like an essential oil.