This sparkly princess lip balm is a continuation on a theme that started with my princess soap. It’s great for the little ladies (and the big ones), and smells pretty awesome (roses, lavender, and vanilla). Mmm.
The base of this princess lip balm is a blend of glossy coconut oil, smooth cocoa butter (USA / Canada), fragrant rose wax, and moisturizing sweet almond oil (USA / Canada), all thickened with honey scented beeswax.
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To that base I’ve added a few drops of lavender and benzoin essential oils to complement the rose scent from the rose wax, and then some silver mica for some shimmer. A few drops of liquid carmine dye makes everything pink, though you can use red iron oxide instead, or just leave the lip balm uncoloured.
Like all lip balms this one comes together quickly and easily—simply measure, melt, stir, and pour. Voila!
Princess Lip Balm
8g | 0.28oz beeswax (USA / Canada)
9g | 0.32oz virgin coconut oil
1g | 0.03oz rose wax (don’t have it?)
6g | 0.21oz cocoa butter (USA / Canada)
16g | 0.56oz sweet almond oil (USA / Canada)
1g | 0.03oz Vitamin E MT-50 (USA / Canada)2 blobs benzoin essential oil
4 drops lavender essential oil
1 pinch | 1/32 tsp silver mica (I use these cute measuring spoons to measure tiny amounts like this)
4–6 drops liquid carmine dye or a 1/64 tsp red iron oxide (optional)Weigh out the beeswax, coconut oil, rose wax, cocoa butter (USA / Canada), sweet almond oil (USA / Canada), and Vitamin E MT-50 (USA / Canada) into a heat resistant glass measuring cup and melt in a pan of gently simmering water.
Once everything has melted, remove the measuring cup from the heat and stir in the essential oils, mica, and dye (if using) with a flexible silicone spatula. Once everything is uniformly mixed, carefully pour the liquid lip balm into nine lip balm tubes.
Let set and label, and that’s it!
If you don’t have rose wax, use 10g (0.35oz) of coconut oil and add a few drops of rose essential oil or rose absolute to the lip balm along with the other essential oils.
Don’t have some of the oils or butters called for in this recipe? Read this for information on how to make good substitutions.
Fills nine 4.5g (0.16oz) lip balm tubes.
This is so pretty and with that beautiful Princess soap, would make a perfect gift for a girl.
I know someone with a granddaughter and I think I’ll steer her this way 🙂
Thanks, Cristie! That’s exactly what I was thinking 🙂
Hello,
I love your lip glosses! They feel so good and last, too! Could you recommend a mica powder that would be more nude in color but with sparkle?
Thank you
Hi Shannon! I’ve found that in concentrations this low you’ll only get the shimmer from the mica on your lips—not the colour—so it doesn’t really matter which one you use. I chose silver to preserve the pink colour, as a gold or copper (or whatever) would have effected it in the tube.
Hello Marie!
Would it be possible to substitute the rose wax with some rose absolute, rose water, or the like? Rose wax is one thing I don’t have 🙁
As per the instructions above: “If you don’t have rose wax, use 10g of coconut oil and add a few drops of rose essential oil or rose absolute to the lip balm along with the other essential oils.”
🙂
This is lovely! I have a question about colorants. I made a lip butter last night, just enough for one tube, and when I put the red iron oxide in (can’t use carmine it irritates my skin) it is has a tad bit of a muddy color. How are you able to get such a nice bright pink like this? Is it due to the difference between carmine and iron oxide? Thank you!
Oh! Also, where do you get your labels for the balm tubes? Thanks!
Check the FAQ 😉
Yup, it’s all the carmine vs. oxide. Carmine is MUCHO brighter, whereas the oxides definitely have a bit of that derived-from-rust thing going on which tends to muddy them up a bit (we can call it “earthy”, haha). If you’re looking for an alternative D&C Red #7 Lake is very carmine coloured (and way cheaper than carmine), but definitely not natural (though safe according to Skin Deep). Saffire Blue sent me a sample of it and the colour really is fantastic… but yeah, definitely not natural, so it’s really just up to you as to your preferences 🙂
I made this for my 4 year old niece (and her 30something aunty!) She loved it! She said it’s exactly what Elsa or Belle might wear and was thrilled with the sparkles on her lips. I recently found a U.S. supplier with waxes and I think I might order a few. Other than rose, are any others that you recommend?
Awww, that makes me so happy 🙂 I’m afraid I only have two floral waxes, and the rose is definitely the one I’m most enamored with. I’d recommend starting small with your order, and leaning towards flowers you enjoy in their original form 😉
Love the recipe, can’t wait to try it. But, I don’t have rose wax or coconut oil. What do you recommend instead?
As for USA suppliers who sell mica’s & oxides, I use brambleberry.com. They lean more towards soap making, but do have ingredients for all kinds of other body making needs. They do not overcharge for shipping like some of the other suppliers do.
Hi Virginia! This and this should give you the answers you need 🙂
I love the Brambleberry/Soap Queen website, it’s very helpful!
Hey of course this isn’t intended for eating, but, if something is on the lips sometimes a little taste occurs. Does it taste dreadful? Or ok? I see NDA has some lip balm flavours could something like that be added in?
It tastes fine, nothing dreadful 😛 It doesn’t really taste like much, honestly, but it smells sweet, so that makes you think it tastes nice. Flavour oils for lip balms are really just fragrances designed to fool you into thinking things taste nice, and I find they are so chemically that they actually ruin things for me 🙁 I’d stick to it as written 😉
I don’t have any micas or pigments on hand. Would I be able to “repurpose” unopened, unused lip tints or lip sticks to melt into the mixture to give it color?
Please don’t; those are much more than colour. They contain other ingredients, preservatives, thickeners, stabilizers, fragrances, and heavens knows what else, and it is never a good idea to incorporate finished store bought products into DIYs. Sorry!
Where do I find the liquid carmine dye ?
I’ve got more info + links in this recent post 🙂 Happy making!