How to throw a DIY tinted lip balm party
This year, among the invitations to homemade cookie baking and Pampered Chef parties, why not throw your own unique party that will accomplish all of these:
- create unique, customizable gifts for all your female friends
- get your friends on board with natural make-up that is easy to make
- introduce a party that your friends have likely never attended before
- it’s perfect for bridal showers, Christmas gift-making parties, or after-Thanksgiving activities
- it’s calorie-free gift-making!
Invitations
I took care of that for you. Simply click here to download the page of invitations to print onto cardstock and cut: https://hardlotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Tinted-Lip-Balm-Invitation.pdf
Use the space on the front for date, place and time, or write it on the back and throw a stamp on the postcard.
Scroll down for downloadable lip balm labels
DIY Lip Balm and Invitation Graphics
Let’s say you’re going to take DIY to the next level. You can easily create your own invitations using Canva (look for “Create a Design” –> “Postcard”) or Pic Monkey. It’s super easy and your cards will look professional.
You can also make your own lip balm labels on either of the above websites. The cheap and easy way to do it is to design and then print onto return address labels. For a more professional look, design labels using these dimensions: 2.125″ x 1.6875″. Scroll down for a suggested place to purchase the label paper.
Now for the Instructions
The results on your lips are perfect: enough to show color, but not so much that you look like your great-aunt at Thanksgiving.
I personally use cocoa butter rather than shea butter in this recipe and that’s because the chocolate scent hides the sometimes earthy natural scent of the iron oxide colorant. Whether you use cocoa butter or shea butter (or mango butter or avocado butter), the ratio would be the same.
(Interested in an all-in-one DIY kit where you can make 30 lip balms in two shades of color? The kit includes a lip balm base, 30 tubes, 2 droppers, 2 colorants, and instructions. Click here: https://store.hardlotion.com/collections/diy/products/diy-tinted-lip-balm-kit ) The KIT include this:
HOW TO MAKE TINTED LIP BALMS without the kit:
Let’s get started!
Tinted Lip Balm Recipe
You can find all the ingredients and tubes, except the colorants, on our store site. Click here for the lip balm tubes.
To make approximately 35 lip balm tubes of lip balm (.15 oz per tube), weigh and melt:
2 ounces beeswax
2 ounces cocoa butter
2 ounces coconut oil
Melt completely in a double boiler or dedicated (make-up only) small crock pot.
Using a wooden skewer, add in:
1.5 tsp of iron oxide colorant (see below for source)
Stir well.
Use a medicine dropper to carefully fill each lip balm tube almost to the top. Leave a bit of room to cap off the lip balms with more lip balm mixture. Do this when the tubed lip balm is almost dry, but not quite.
Bonus! Downloadable and Printable Lip Balm Labels
We have downloadable lip balm labels for you in two different colors (one matches our Crimson Rose tinted lip balm and the other is our French Plum).
Click to download:
Download –> french_plum_handcrafted
Download –> crimson_rose_handcrafted
I found this resource for buying the actual labels to print on. You may want to double check with the seller (send them the pdf file) before purchasing but the dimensions do add up: https://www.etsy.com/listing/102376218/lip-balm-labels-150-rectangle-white?ref=hp_rv
Ready to make 30 tinted lip balms in 2 colors without having to source the ingredients yourself?
Click here to learn more about our DIY Tinted Lip Balm Kit:
https://store.hardlotion.com/collections/diy/products/diy-tinted-lip-balm-kit
Variations and troubleshooting:
- Try this source for colorants: www.brambleberry.com (or purchase two from our store: https://store.hardlotion.com/collections/diy/products/iron-oxide-colorant-for-tinted-lip-balms
- I caution against using Amazon as a source for purchasing pigments, unless you’re familiar with the reputation of the company.
- Iron oxide is my colorant of choice due to its rich hue, natural tones, and affordable price. Make sure that the particle size is small for easy blending.
- Use titanium dioxide (preferred) or zinc oxide to create a lighter version of your main colorant.
- A natural, easy to use, but expensive colorant to try is carmine (a rich red colorant, but as it’s derived from an insect called the cochineal, there might be a bit of ick associated with it)
- Make sure the colorant is oil-soluble, (water-soluble-only won’t do… it must be oil-soluble).
- Micas won’t add color, per se, but can add some shimmer/glitter and shine as they come in hues of gold and silver. When mixed with an iron oxide, you may need to add more than the 1.5 tsp total to create a strong enough color. Otherwise, use the 1.5 tsp of iron oxide, and then add a bit of mica.
- Make sure the iron oxide you use is cosmetic-safe and is 100% iron oxide (if it’s not the only ingredient, that’s not necessarily bad, but you may need to adapt the amount).
- Check a small amount by dropping a few drops onto wax paper, allow to dry, and then apply to the lips.
- Ready to learn even more? I highly recommend the blog www.humblebeeandme.com, or better yet, go straight to her book using our Amazon affiliate link.
DIY Video Tutorial