As much as I generally detest winter, I will concede that it can be very pretty. My favourite winter sight is that of trees coated in sparkling ice crystals—it’s as if the entire world has been coated in diamond dust. That’s what this silver shimmer lip balm makes me think of, all the way down to the wee chill from the peppermint essential oil (USA / Canada).
This wonderful lip balm is based on most of my other favourite lip balm recipes, with the addition of some silver mica for a bit of subtle, cool shimmer. I used my miniature measuring spoons to measure out 2 “smidgens”, which results in a shimmer that is easily mistaken for the gloss of the lip balm. Feel free to step up the amount if you prefer more shimmer.
If you’re allergic to the sweet almond oil (USA / Canada) you can use any other carrier oil that absorbs at an average speed—jojoba and olive would both be good choices.
Silver Shimmer Lip Balm
10g | 0.35oz beeswax (USA / Canada)
12g | 0.42oz virgin coconut oil
7g | 0.25oz raw cocoa butter (USA / Canada)
19g | 0.67oz sweet almond oil (USA / Canada)10 drops peppermint essential oil (USA / Canada)
1 dash | 1/8 tsp silver mica (I use these wee measuring spoons for such tiny amounts)Weigh the beeswax, coconut oil, cocoa butter (USA / Canada), and almond oil out into a heat resistant glass measuring cup. Place the measuring cup in a pot of barely simmering water to melt the oils.
Stir in the peppermint essential oil (USA / Canada) and the mica using a flexible silicone spatula, stirring as the mixture cools a bit. Once the mixture has thickened enough to keep the mica suspended, decant into ten lip balm tubes and let cool. I like to use these labels to label my projects.
Enjoy!
Yield: 10 tubes
Don’t have the carrier oils called for in the recipe? Read this for a guide on how to choose appropriate alternatives.
Won’t this melt more readily in the summer if you live in a warmer climate since there’s more coconut oil than the harder cocoa butter in it? I’m new to this but my favorite lip balm so far is equal parts hard butter, coconut oil, and beeswax. Coconut oil here has a tendency to be liquid during the warmer months.
I’m loving your blog, by the way. I’ve learned so much and have gotten so many good ideas from you! 😀
I am happy to report that I brought this lip balm to Costa Rica with me, where it was regularly about 35°C, and this lip balm retained its texture perfectly 🙂 Thanks for reading!
Oh, that’s awesome! Thank you! 😀
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Hey Marie.
Today was a DIY lipbalm day! And try this receipe, but once on your lips, you cannot see the mica… So my question is, the mica is just for the lipbalm itself to look nicer or it supposed to show the shines on the lips?
Hi Elen! This one just has a touch of shine on the lips as written, but you can add more mica if you want more shimmer & shine 🙂
Hi Marie,
I used this recipe as my first attempt at DIY, and the lip balms turned out great. They glide on, and feel simply luscious. My husband is a beekeeper, and we’ve got lovely beeswax for me to use in many of your applications. I am encouraged by this first success and can’t wait to try more.
Thank you for making this easy and fun!
Susan
Awesome! I’m so thrilled everything worked out for you for your first DIY 🙂 Lip balm was my first project as well, and it was so freeing not to have to buy $5 lip balm from the store anymore. And how lucky are you to have your own hives! Wow 🙂 Colour me a touch jealous 😉 Thanks so much for reading & DIYing with me!
hi, where do you buy your lip balm powders from, ? brambleberry? please let me know it you can share this with me.? thankyou
Hi Lynn! If you scroll up to the big box above the comments I’ve linked to all my major suppliers 🙂
Hi Marie!
I’m getting ready to place an order through Saffire Blue for some supplies to make Christmas Gifts and I’m wondering which Mica you would recommend for a shimmery lip balm? They have one called “Polished Silver”, do you think that would work? Thanks for your help and the ever-fabulous recipes!!!
Hmm, I took a look and I wouldn’t recommend it. That mica is more grey, and if you look at the photo of the mica I used above it’s more of a white silver. They sell a white mica that looks to be closer to what you’d want 🙂
Hello Marie!
So, I haven’t commented in a little while…It has been super busy getting settled in here in Cochrane and starting school. I was also in a car accident while moving here, so that complicated things for a few weeks.
Anyway, I am settled here in Cochrane and love concocting when I am not studying. I can’t believe how blessed I am!! I have and ENTIRE kitchen (cupboards, sink, stove, and fridge space) to myself for my DIY stuff!!! I love having everything organized in the cupboards and not having to compete for kitchen time.
I just wanted to say thanks again, I am going through all your ‘recently’ posted recipes and looking for ones I want to try. I love how there are sooo many options with DIY stuff. amazing! and I have been making some of my own recipes based on your ideas. 🙂
Thanks!!!
Michelle
Hi Michelle! Welcome to southern Alberta 😉 Sorry to hear about your accident, but I’m glad you’re settling in well. How lucky to have an entire kitchen! I feel blessed just to have some spare cupboards for my ingredient problem, so an entire kitchen must be bliss.
Let me know if you want to grab a cup of tea sometime!
Thanks! The mountains are gorgeous!!
Yes, it definitely is! You are welcome to come and DIY with me sometime! I would love to learn how to make liquid soap and liquid shampoos!
Oh, I would love to have tea with you! I’ll shoot you an email and we can figure out a time. 🙂
I look forward to it 🙂 I’ll also be teaching some workshops coming up, though I suspect they will be a bit entry-level for you 😉
Love your recipes! Can you tell me about those tiny measuring spoons you use? Where can I get that?
I got them on Amazon 🙂
Hi Marie,
OK I am a problem student. I purchased the wrong Silver Mica which you say is too dark. Too late now to order more for my Christmas gifts…will the darker work at all?
Also, I bought some Rosehips powder…God know why! Can I used this in any of your recipes for color or nourishment?
Thanks
Hi Jess! You’ll probably get a sort of pewter-hued lip balm, but it’ll definitely work 🙂
I’ve used rosehip powder in lip gloss and it’ll work in bath bombs as well!
Tired this tonight with out the mica as a base recipe. Had to convert to teaspoons as I had no way to readily measure grams. Finished product filled 6.5 basic lip balm tubes. Going out tomorrow for a metric scale because I’m convinced the conversion affected the output.
So glad to have found your site by the way. I sell essential oils and am very much into diy. On February 1st I will be opening a small booth at a local vendor mall to sell homemade health and beauty products here in Texas. Finding you blog today was very encouraging.
Hi Laurie! I think you’ll love your new scale 🙂 Working in grams is so much easier than trying to figure out volume conversions, and it’s much more reliable 🙂 Thanks so much for reading & DIYing with me!
Would I be able to add zinc oxide or possibly something else to make this have a UV protectant? Can you recommend something?
Hi Brittany! Read this 🙂