I got inspired to make my own lip balm after purchasing some homemade from a craft show (shout out to The Card Lady!) Hers was wonderful and didn't leave my lips feeling dried out and needing another application 10 minutes later. Turns out, making your own is super easy and you'll know exactly what's in it, and more importantly, what's not in it...have you seen the list of chemicals?! Yikes. In my true repurposing fashion, I gathered up all the tubes of chapstick around the house, (I have at least one in every room. I'm addicted to moisturized lips!) an old tube of sunscreen, and two other containers. I cleaned them out and sanitized them in boiling water because I'm a germ-a-phobe.
I googled a quick recipe a few weeks ago and ordered the ingredients from Amazon because I'm in a committed relationship with my Amazon prime. I threw together 5 tbsp. of coconut oil and 3 tbsp. of beeswax in a glass measuring cup and microwaved it for a minute and half, stirring every 30 seconds. Once melted I added about 20 drops of vanilla essential oil. I poured it into the tubes and viola, the best damn lip balm ever. Seriously, I don't lie. As they cooled the middle submerged a little so I used a syringe to top them off so that they would have a nice round top. This recipe doesn't have the most flavor, so if you're looking for something that tastes good, a different essential oil or lots more vanilla would be the way to go. I prefer something tasteless because sweet smelling lip balms mess with my head and help convince me I need to eat something sweet. And I don't need anymore help in that department. Resistance is hard.
As you can see, I had quite a bit leftover because my tube round up only produced 9 regular sized and 1 gigantic one. This recipe could easily fill 15 or more regular sized chapstick tubes. I've decided to just reheat the leftover when I need a refill or find another tube, which is inevitable. I haven't checked my desk at work or the baskets in my bathroom yet 😀
For Easter I bought my two nieces and two nephews eggs with candy for an egg hunt, BUT getting the big eggs (which I knew would be the most sought after) came at a cost. Each big egg was filled with 2 Reese's eggs and instructions for exercises 😂 I told them they had to do them or I was going to take the candy back and they know me well enough to know it's true. H collected the most eggs-er-cises (get it? 😏) and said she specifically tried to find most of them because she thought they would have the best candy (I knew it!). She did some of her exercises and then tried to pass the rest off on K, who is usually really into working out but was having a cranky day. C said, "Aunt Kim, why do we have to work for our candy?" Because life's not fair, buddy. 💋
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