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(does not include sugar or sweetener)
ONE: Combine the beeswax, shea butter and liquid oils in a microwave safe container and heat until the beeswax has completely melted (doing 30 second increments in the microwave).
TWO: Once all of the oils are in liquid form, stir in your flavoring oil of choice and sweetener. Mix well.
THREE: Stir in 2.5 ounces of white sugar pour into your lip butter pots and let the mixture harden.
How to use the Kisser Scrub: Use your finger to apply a small amount of the sugar scrub to your lips and rub in a circular motion for 30 seconds (or longer if you want extra exfoliation). Then wipe the scrub off with a damp towel and apply lip balm. Your lips will feel silky smooth!
BONUS BALM: Try the Bramble Berry Lip Balm Base for a super easy balm. Just melt, add a flavor, pour into lip butter pots and let cool. Couldn’t be easier. If you have never made lip balm before, check out this premium episode of Soap Queen TV.
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Awesome recipe, I used BB’s Strawberry flavloring oil and the Red mica – it’s delish! Would the Lemon Cake, Pink Grapefruit or Lime fragrances work for the scrub? Could you recommend any of them or any other BB citrus oils for lip balm? Thanks!
Hi Art!
For this exfoliating kisser scrub you are going to want to keep to lip-safe products like flavoring oils, not fragrance oils. But, we do have a list of fun and delicious flavor oils you can choose from:
Acai Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Acai-Flavor-Oil-P4981.aspx
Buttercreme Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Buttercreme-Flavor-Oil-P3841.aspx
Caramel Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Caramel-Flavor-Oil-Pre-sweetened-P3850.aspx
Chocolate Orange Truffle: https://www.brambleberry.com/Chocolate-Orange-Truffle-Flavor-Oil-P3852.aspx
Cucumber Melon Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Cucumber-Melon-Flavor-Oil-P3842.aspx
Lip Smacking Sweet: https://www.brambleberry.com/Lip-Smacking-Sweet-Flavor-Oil-P4679.aspx
Margarita Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Margarita-Flavor-Oil-P3848.aspx
Mint Julep Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Mint-Julep-Flavor-Oil-P3845.aspx
Papaya Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Papaya-Flavor-Oil-P4982.aspx
Passionfruit Rose Fragrance And Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Passionfruit-Rose-Fragrance-And-Flavor-Oil-P3336.aspx
Pineapple Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Pineapple-Flavor-Oil-P4983.aspx
Root Beer Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Root-Beer-Flavor-Oil-P3846.aspx
Vanilla Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Vanilla-Flavor-Oil–P3843.aspx
Watermelon Flavor Oil: https://www.brambleberry.com/Watermelon-Flavor-Oil-P3854.aspx
I hope this helps!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
What can I use instead of the Sweet Almond Oil? This is an allergy situation.
Hi JD!
You can use Olive Oil or any other liquid oil of your choice, such as Apricot Kernel Oil or Sunflower Oil.
https://www.brambleberry.com/Apricot-Kernel-Oil-P3206.aspx
https://www.brambleberry.com/Olive-Oil-Pure-P5246.aspx
https://www.brambleberry.com/Sunflower-Oil-P3208.aspx
-Becky with Bramble Berry
what could i substitute the avocado oil with??
You could substitute the Avocado Oil with Sunflower Oil, Rice Bran Oil or even Jojoba Oil.
-Becky with Bramble Berry
https://www.brambleberry.com/Sunflower-Oil-P3208.aspx
https://www.brambleberry.com/Rice-Bran-Oil-P4971.aspx
https://www.brambleberry.com/Jojoba-Oil-Golden-P3219.aspx
how many does the recipe yield?
This recipe yields 14 of the yummy exfoliating kisser scrubs! 🙂
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Hi Anne-Marie,
Can I substitute the sugar with brown sugar or turbinado sugar?
Also, I do no currently have a scale as I am a complete newbie and this will be my first ever project! Would it be possible for you to send me the recipe converted in a way that I could measure by using my regular kitchen measuring cups and such? Or if what I’m asking you is completely ridiculous? Lol, sorry I have no clue
Thanks for the question Romey! It is totally fine to use brown sugar, but it will be a little less scrubby. We do have an excellent recipe that should work just fantastic for you.
1 tsp. Yellow Beeswax
1 tsp. Avocado Oil
1 tsp. Sweet Almond Oil
1/2 tsp. Vitamin E Oil
1 Tablespoon Shea Butter
2 Tablespoons White Sugar
6 ml Buttercreme Flavoring
4 ml Lip Smakin’ Sweetener (optional)
It won’t be EXACTLY the same, but it will be very close.
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Forgive me – that was a stupid question – if I reduce another ingredient – I’m back to where I started.
Sorry 🙁
Hehe no worries, percentages and things definitely get confusing. Hope the suggestion works! =)
I made this and it’s a tad thick – need a small spatula type thingy to scoop it out. If I were to make it a little more “loose” – would I use less of the sugar? (I used Caster sugar in mine – not sure if that’s what made it really thick?)
Or is it supposed to be thick?
Thanks! Love it otherwise!!
A little softer? Use more liquid oil and that will take care of it for you. I’d go with an extra 15% liquid oil in the recipe. =)
Thanks Anne Marie – forgive me, the recipe posted is in ounces. I converted it to percentages and the total Avocado and Sweet Almond is around 22% – are you saying to increase that to approx. 37%?
What do I reduce by the 15%?
Many thanks!
I’m a newbie at this and I’m confused! 🙁 An earlier posting said that the recipe is by weight. How do I measure out the oils by weight? I make lip balms using pre made base, which I weigh, and add flavoring using a pipette so I thought I’d do the same with this for sugar scrub but now realize I’m not sure how to weigh the oil??? Or do you only weigh the butter and the wax but the rest is by fluid oz???
We usually use a scale to weigh out our oils which works for liquid products as well as solids.
Let me know if you have any other questions =)
Could you eliminate the sugar and use this as a lip balm?
Definitely – it would be rich and decadent for sure!
Is this recipe by weight or by fl oz? It seems like the recipes are generally posted by weight, but I wasn’t entirely sure. Thank you for your help! 🙂
It’s by weight but if you need me to to do a conversion to volume, let me know =) I can get it pretty close for you.
Thank you so much for your help!
I was wanting to make a grapefruit lip scrub, would it be reasonable to substitute grapefruit essential oil for the flavor oil in this recipe, and if so, would I use 6 ml, or should I use less because it is an EO?
oops didnt mean to post that twice 🙂
I wanted to try to make a version of this with grapefruit essential oil. Would it be ok to add this in place of the flavor oil, and if so would I just add 6 ml or should I add less?
You could substitute the Grapefruit EO for the flavor. Just remember that Grapefruit is a photosensitizer so you’ll want to not sit out in the sun with the exfoliating balm on your lips just to be on the safe side (small chance of that happening I know, but just wanted to put it on to be on the safe side =)
Thank you! I had thought about putting something on the label informing people about grapefruit oil being a photosensitizer, so they may want to follow up with a balm with spf protection or avoid too much sun exposure. I can’t wait to try out the recipe with the grapefruit EO now! 🙂
It’s a rinse off product so there’s very little chance of any of the Grapefruit EO being left on the lips so there’s a small chance of anything happening so keep that in mind if you run into labeling issues with your small label space =)
Is it true that only the micas you mention are lip safe so? I have a chocolate flavor I wanted to make this scrub with, is there a lip safe brownish colored mica I can use, I didn’t see any
We have a list of lip safe colorants on the Bramble Berry website. There are quite a few different browns that are approved for use in lip products. Here’s the list https://www.brambleberry.com/Webpage.aspx?WebpageId=37
HI Anne-Marie,
Could you share some recipes on Lip Gloss, preferably with a balm.
Rgds
Subha
Here’s a link to the “Lip Products” section of the blog where you’ll find some fun lip balm recipes https://soapqueen.com/category/bath-and-body-tutorials/lip-products/
Yes – though it will be very oily in the shower and will cause a lot of slippiness so keep that in mind.
Is it possible to use this as a body scrub instead of only on the lips?
Thanks a lot, i love this recipe, ill will try it!!!
Fixed! All holiday cheer! =)
You don’t need a preservative because there’s no water in there. The shelf
life is the shelf life of your shortest-life oil, in this case the Shea
Butter so 1 year should be safe but I’ve had shea butter last longer but
conservatively, 1 year.
Let me know what you think of it when you try it! =)
Definitely – any other liquid oil would work – so Olive Oil would be a nice substitute.
Any suggestions for an alternative to use if you have a nut allergy (like me) – as almond oil is out! Thanks!
Candilla would work great and I’d do an 85% substitution for the beeswax. It tends to be harder than Beeswax.
When you make it, I dare you not to instinctively lip your lips. It tastes SO yummy! Thankfully, in addition to tasting yummy, it works really well too =)
Nevermind, I did a little search on how much substitute wax to use.
thank you !!! been searching long time for lip scrub that i like
Definitely; Vitamin E is a great antioxidant. I use it at 1% frequently and love it!
It is possoble to add vitamine E to preserve the lips scrub???
🙂
SilviaCa
Funny you should mention that! We just made the CUTEST holiday onesie soaps
for the holiday banner =)) You guys are always keeping me on my toes ….
It’s still Fall, usually it changes with the holidays & seasons?
This has been on my to do list for so long now….thanks for a jump start to get me going!
I’m not seeing anything wrong with the banner…..
Hi, i love this lip scrub recipe, i just have a question, what its the shelf life of this recipe if we dont add preservatives???
Thanks a lot,
Silvia
Hey Anne-Marie, Have you looked @ the banner of the blog or maybe you wanted it that way. Isn’t it amazing how busy we are this time of the year.
What would be a good vegan replacement for the beeswax.. or more importantly, the equivalent amount of it?
Carnuba or candelilla wax. Since these waxes are harder, you should use half as much as the reccomended level of beeswax.
Or you could use 5-7 ounces of one of our EcoSoya waxes https://www.brambleberry.com/EcoSoya-Advanced-Soy-Wax-P4698.aspx
Courtney from BB