May and June are busy months for graduations and parties; a perfect gift for the graduate would be to supply the party favors. This month, I created lip balms for a friend who graduated high school this year. Follow along and I’ll show you how it’s done:
THE RECIPE: My basic recipe is to weigh equal amounts of beeswax, coconut oil and shea butter in a double boiler. Melt. Use a dropper to drop into the lip balm tubes. View the process here. Add a bit more coconut oil if you live in a colder climate because it may need to be slightly softer. Each tube can hold .15 oz, so if you make a total of 100 lip balms, you would need at least 15 oz’ worth of lip balm mixture, or 5 oz of each ingredient. The DIY kit I sell on my site can make approximately 80 lip balms, although you’d need to purchase additional tubes (see resources below). You can color, scent, or use different oils and butters by checking out the various lip balm posts on my blog or read up on flavoring the lip balm in my Gift Giving e-book.
WHERE TO BUY THE INGREDIENTS & SUPPLIES*: I recommend shopping at FromNatureWithLove.com or MountainRoseHerbs.com for your supplies and ingredients. You can buy everything from either of these companies, including the lip balm tubes. For just the ingredients, you can shop my store. There’s a break-down in cost comparison in the Gift Giving e-book I sell. The labels can be purchased by the sheet here (although check with the size to make sure it’s a fit you like), or, my preference, here.
HOW TO MAKE THE LABELS: Now the fun part.
UPDATE:
Make the labels using https://www.canva.com/logos/templates/
Over the past couple years I have fallen in love with Canva. Canva stores thousands of images that you can use for free, or purchase for just a dollar (or even less if you purchase credits in bulk). Canva is a simple, drag-and-drop, design software that’s completely online and free to use. They’ve been around for over 2 years and already have 17 million users. What I love about it is that unlike PicMonkey, I can actually store the designs I create.
Start with this template post and then explore all the many options that Canva offers: https://www.canva.com/photo-collages/
*A few of the links are affiliate links.
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