From deep in the trenches, Johanna at Bramble Berry has revised and perfected a lipstick recipe to compliment our new Apricot Blush Mica. It’s such a nice, springtime color.
Sheer Lipstick (revised and perfected)
.5 oz White Beeswax
1.75 oz. Castor Oil
.06 oz. Shea Butter
.06 oz. Hemp Oil
.06 oz. Liquid Glycerin
3-4 Drops Vitamin E Oil (Tocopherol)
1 Full Tsp Lip Safe Mica or Pigment (or combination of both, add more for a deeper color, Micas are more sheer and Piments are more opaque)
Flavor and Stevia to taste if desired
This makes about 8 of the slider lip tins or 10 of the chap stick tubes.
Melt the beeswax in a double boiler until fully liquefied. Add Shea Butter to melted point, then add oils and glycerin. Mix well with a small whisk and add colors and flavor if desired. Pour into Pots and Tubes. Keep mixture stirred constantly for color and ingredient consistency.
The key to this recipe is the Castor oil to wax ratio (about 3.5 to 1). The final product is shiny but still firm enough to be solid but soft enough to glide onto the lips without difficult in a tin, pot or tube. You could likely replace the hemp oil, Shea butter with other oils or butters.
If you are using little lip balms and pots, make sure to keep a lip brush handy for the application to the lips to keep those fingers clean.
Be sure to leave a few butter knives in the freezer to dip into ready-to-pour concoctions and use tip with balm to apply to lips for a quick test. This is easier and quicker than having tor pour, wait and waste!
What if I just used the beeswax and castor oil and omitted the butters? Would it like drastically change the recipe?
Good morning, Aami!
If you omit the butters from this recipe it is going to be more of a liquidy product instead of a solid lipstick recipe. But, if you do try it out let us know how it turns out for you! 🙂
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Glycerin can add to lipstick? benefit of glycerin? can’t add glycerin?
Good morning, Reyna!
In our tests, we’ve found that glycerin doesn’t mix in very well with the lipstick. But, if you do try it and it works for you, let us know. 🙂
-Becky with Bramble Berry
I tried adding stevia to a recipe for lip balm and it stayed solid. Does it have a special melting temp or am I to mix it with something? I want a smooth gliding lip balm that is sweet.
The stevia stayed solid? As in “Didn’t dissolve?” or something different? Stevia suspends in the product rather than dissolves so it does best when you mix it in at lower temperatures. Additionally, you could try this sweetener: https://www.brambleberry.com/Lip-Smacking-Sweet-Flavor-Oil-P4679.aspx so you didn’t get any grains.
Bleached Stevia is a food-grade dietary additive that is usually used as a sweetener in food. We think it works pretty good for lip balm too. You can buy it separately here: https://www.brambleberry.com/Stevia-White-bleached-P3853.aspx Or you can use the easier-to-use-but-not-natural sweetener here as well: https://www.brambleberry.com/Lip-Smacking-Sweet-Flavor-Oil-P4679.aspx
Hi AM,
What is bleach stevia? I saw it as one of the ingredients in the kit.
Definitely, you can replace the beeswax with alternative waxes. The Candelilla is a bit harder than beeswax so use 10% less than the beeswax which is a softer and sticker wax than the more brittle Candelilla. The carnuba wax can be used as a replacement 1:1.
Hi! I'm vegan and don't use beeswax. Can it be replaced with Candelilla or Carnauba wax? If so would it be an equal amount? Thanks for your time! Love your blog!!!
You could replace the castor oil with mineral oil for sure. It would make a thicker, more weather-resistant lip balm in my opinion.
can you use mineral oil?
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Oops! Thanks for catching that Kathy.
The Shea butter is at .06 oz. – I have revised the recipe to get it in there.:)
Hello Anne-Marie! I do not see Shea Butter in the recipe…??? Did you forget an ingredient? Thank you!