DIY beauty at its coziest. This homemade pumpkin spice beeswax lip balm is the perfect fall project. Made with beeswax, shea butter, and warming spices, it is easy to make, smells amazing, and keeps lips soft all season.
Where I come from, pumpkin is king. It has to be since the annual festival is known as “The Circleville Pumpkin Show.” As a child, fall meant days off school for the festival, a gigantic pumpkin growing contest and of course, Lindsay’s Bakery and their massive – and world’s largest – pumpkin pie. Looking back, these are sweet memories that I wouldn’t trade for anything.
Growing up with creamy pumpkin roll, pumpkin crepes, pumpkin fudge and even pumpkin burgers, has made me a huge fan of all things pumpkin spice. In fact, it’s my favorite cold weather flavor. Ironically, I am not a huge fan of a pumpkin spice latte, but to each their own.
While I lived in Texas for over 10 years, I have never lost that love of pumpkin spice everything. I absolutely loved when the summer temperatures give way to cooler fall temps and grilled foods give way to my favorite flavor of fall. This pumpkin spice beeswax lip balm is one of the reasons I count down the days until that moment when sweater weather is in and summer flavors are out.
How Do You Make Lip Balm with Beeswax?
This lip balm recipe is a beeswax lip balm so it could not be easier to make! Lip balms made with beeswax usually only have a few steps. What it boils down to is melting the beeswax in a double boiler, adding whatever flavorings you want, pouring the mixture and let it harden. 3 main steps and you’ve got a great homemade lip balm to carry you through the season!
Store bought lip balms are filled with chemicals most of us can’t pronounce? Who knows what those chemicals are doing to our bodies. This beeswax lip balm is made only with natural ingredients like essential oils, sweet almond oil, coconut oil or jojoba oil and bees wax. You can even use olive oils if you don’t have anything else. This means it is going to be far healthier for you and your family.
What Essential Oils Make Pumpkin Spice?
Clove essential oil and sweet orange essential oil are the essential oils that make pumpkin spice scents or flavors. They’re the perfect combo for getting that classic fall flavor when you crave it. It’s a simple combo, but it creates the festive fall flavor of pumpkin spice that you’re looking for.
In fact, you can make a pumpkin spice sugar scrub, pumpkin bath salts or a fall lip scrub with the same oil blend!
If you’re not too familiar with essential oils, some oils are considered “warm” or even “hot” oils. Hot oils are oils that have a bit of spice or actual heat to them. You should never use a hot oil without a carrier oil because they can actually cause burns.
Clove essential oil is a hot oil.
But, since this pumpkin spice lip balm recipe also contains sweet orange essential oil as well as carrier oils the spice of the clove is balanced out with just a hint of sweetness.
Which Wax is Best for Lip Balm?
With a lip balm, you want a final product that is both firm but soft. Cocoa butter and beeswax are two of the most popular ingredients. I personally prefer beeswax. It’s simple to melt without risk of burning it, it goes on silky smooth and hardens nicely so I don’t have to worry about my homemade lip balm going everywhere in my purse. If you’d like, you can add vitamin e oil to make it even more conditioning to your lips.
Some do use paraffin wax and while paraffin is considered food safe, it’s not my cup of tea for this project. Mainly because I do believe that beeswax provides a better protective barrier for your lips.
How to Store Homemade Beeswax Lip Balm
This DIY lip balm is obviously shelf stable, but since it is made of coconut oil and beeswax, it will melt if it gets too warm. Keep your tins or sticks of lip balm in a cool, dark, place. Try not to use a clear container when you pour as light is the enemy of essential oil and causes them to break down faster.
I like to use THESE and THESE lip balm containers. They both work well for what I want out of this beeswax lip balm.
One batch is good for approximately 6 months. It can still be used after, but you may lose some of the properties of the essential oils as it ages.
This pumpkin spice beeswax lip balm is a fantastic way to ring in the cooler months of the year. It makes a great gift, is easily interchangeable with flavors like vanilla or peppermint oil, can be made in high quantities with a single bowl of the mixture (if you sell this at farmers markets like I sometimes do) and more! You can even let the kids help you as long as you provide supervision for the melting and pouring stages! It’s the best experience for them!
Pumpkin Spice Beeswax Lip Balm
Equipment
- Food scale, with tare option
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz beeswax pellets
- 2 tbsp. unrefined coconut oil
- 2 tsp. sweet almond oil
- 3 drops clove essential oil
- 12 drops sweet orange oil
Instructions
- Line your lip balm containers up so they are ready to be filled.
- Add beeswax to the top half of your double broiler and begin to melt over medium heat. If your beeswax is not in pellet form, chop is roughly so it melts easier. Be careful not to overheat.1.5 oz beeswax pellets
- Measure coconut oil and whichever other carrier oil you are using.2 tbsp. unrefined coconut oil, 2 tsp. sweet almond oil
- Once your beeswax is fully melted (with no clumps), turn your heat down to low and stir in the coconut oil using the wire whisk until it is fully melted and incorporated. Repeat with the other carrier oil. Remove from heat and add the essential oils. Stir well.2 tbsp. unrefined coconut oil, 2 tsp. sweet almond oil, 3 drops clove essential oil, 12 drops sweet orange oil
- Pour into the lip balm containers. Set where they won't be disturbed and allow them to fully cool without caps on.
- Add caps when cool and hardened.