While the holiday season is full of cheer, it can also be tough on your lips. Blowing wind, cold temperatures, rain and snow can cause chapping or dryness. This Peppermint Pucker Lip Scrub lightly exfoliates, allowing lip balm to soak in better. This results in more hydrated, happy lips!
Red Jojoba Beads and sugar add gentle exfoliation and beautiful holiday color while avocado oil leaves a smooth and silky feeling on your lips. Mint Julep Flavor Oil adds a nice fresh kick to the scrub. And because this scrub is made with Nourish Lip Balm Base, it’s easy and quick to throw together as a last-minute handmade holiday gift.
What You’ll Need:
1 oz. Nourish Lip Balm Base
1 oz. Avocado Oil
1 mL Mint Julep Flavor Oil
1 tbsp. Red Jojoba Beads
1 tbsp. sugar
7 Slidey Lip Tins
Optional: Droppers
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TWO: Use a dropper to add 1 mL of Mint Julep Flavor Oil and mix well.
THREE: When your mixture is between 140-145F, add 1 tbsp. of the jojoba beads and 1 tbsp. of sugar and stir. Jojoba beads can melt if they’re overheated, so it’s important to wait for the mixture to cool. Note: This scrub is gentle, but if prefer a super scrubby product, increase the amount of sugar to 1.5 tbs.
FOUR: Pour the lip scrub into the slidey tins.
After the scrub cools, pop the top on and enjoy! To use, apply scrub to the lips and use your fingers to scrub back and forth. Wipe off any jojoba beads or sugar.
Do you have any tips or tricks to keep your lips feeling soft and hydrated during winter?
Yet another great recipe for lips! I made this on Christmas Eve and it came out great…but…I had a lot of trouble pouring the mixture into the tins. Once it was cool enough to add the sugar and jojoba beads, the mixture would begin to harden up. I tried to gently reheat it, with unfortunate results. 🙁 For my second batch, I poured what I could and then once the mixture started hardening, I transferred it to a Ziploc and then snipped a small corner, piping the still warm mixture into lip balm jars, not tins. This worked much better for me. Plus, since I used the BB stackable daisy pots, I was able to pair the scrub with a homemade gloss. Came out super cute! Just thought I would share this tip for those crafters who don’t work as quickly and have trouble. 🙂
Hi Nicole!
That’s a great tip, thank you so much! Piping is a great way to speed that process up a little bit. Also, I love the idea of pairing it with a gloss. It sounds like an amazing lip care set! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Just wondering what’s the shelf life for this scrub? I know sugar is added so I didn’t know how long this would last if I gave it to customers. Thx 🙂
Hi Latoya!
This scrub should last about a year. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Hi! Is this recipe okay without preservative, even if made to sell? (i.e. Because it contains sugar)
Thank you!
Megan
Hi Megan!
This recipe is just fine without a preservative! Preservatives are typically only needed when the recipe contains water. Because this recipe doesn’t, it doesn’t need one. I’ll include a blog post with more information on that. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Talk It Out Tuesday: Preservatives: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/lotion/talk-it-out-tuesday-preservatives/
Just wondering if this will work OK in a tube? Or will the added avacado oil make it too soft?
Hi Michael!
This scrub is fairly soft, so I don’t think it would push up very well in a tube. If you want a harder product, you can leave out the avocado oil. You may need to adjust the level of jojoba beads and sugar to get the scrubbiness you like. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Lip balm tubes: https://www.brambleberry.com/Lip-Balm-Tubes–P3024.aspx
Can’t get the 30% discount when adding the jojoba to my cart.
Thanks!!
Hi Sly!
I just double checked on the website and that 30% discount is working. In your cart underneath the Red Jojoba Beads, it says “12 Days of Xmas Special Discount” and how much money you save. Hope that helps!
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry