Shea Butter Lip Balm Recipe

By Nature's Garden Aug 15, 2025

Yield: Approximately 28 Tubes

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Recipe Ingredients

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White Beeswax Pellets

8 oz

Coconut Oil 76

16 oz

Shea Butter (Refined)

12 oz

Refined, Deodorized Cocoa Butter

12 oz

Natural Vitamin E Oil (Pure Tocopherol T-50)

1 oz

Buttercream Cupcake Lip Balm Flavoring

1 oz

White Lip Balm Tubes with Caps

50 pc

Disposable Pipettes

10 pc

Directions

Step 1

1. Other Ingredients & Equipment You'll Need:

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2. Scale

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3. Stove

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4. Pots (for double boiler method)

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5. Mixing spoon

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6. Honey

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7. Total Recipe Weights

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8. 26 grams White Beeswax

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9. 21 grams Coconut Oil 76

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10. 30 grams Cocoa Butter Deodorized

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11. 40 grams Shea Butter

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12. 2 grams Vitamin E Oil

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13. 2 grams Honey

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14. 40 drops Buttercream Flavoring

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15. Prepare your work area and all of your packaging materials. We recommend that you wear gloves, a hair net, and protective clothing while creating this recipe.

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16. Step 1: Use a double boiler to melt 26 grams White Beeswax, 21 grams Coconut Oil 76, 30 grams Cocoa Butter Deodorized, and 40 grams Shea Butter.

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17. Step 2: Once all of the butters, beeswax, and oil are in a liquid state, add 2 grams honey, 2 grams vitamin e, and 40 drops of Buttercream Flavoring. Stir well to fully incorporate all of the ingredients.

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18. Step 3: Next, use the disposable pipettes to transfer the melted lip balm to the white lip balm tubes. Disposable pipettes will work better than the glass pipettes because they do not cool down your mixture as quickly as glass pipettes do.

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19. Step 4: Leave the lip balm undisturbed until it has setup.

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20. Step 5: Finally, place the caps on the lip balm tubes.

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21. Your Shea Butter Lip Balm is now ready to use!

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Tags: Lip Balm