Pretty Pink Peppermint Lip Balm

I'm in the mood for something girly again. Onto more pretty pink things. Here's a great DIY recipe for making a girly pink peppermint lip balm. You can make this for yourself, your friends, your family, etc. It's super moisturizing and nourishing for your lips. If you want to make it non-girly for the guys in your life don't add the alkanet root or the glitter.

Ingredients:

14 grams cocoa butter
14 grams almond oil
alkanet root shavings(for color)
25 grams coconut oil
12 grams beeswax
5 vitamin E capsules
15 drops of essential oil (peppermint,spearmint or another pleasing mint you like)

a sprinkle of edible sparkle/luster dust (optional: you can get this from online bakery sites)

• Combine cocoa butter, almond oil and beeswax in a heatproof bowl or similar container. Heat this container in a larger pan of warm water to melt the ingredients.
• After the mixture is melted, stir thoroughly.
• Slice open five vitamin E capsules and add the contents to the mixture (figure A).
• Add 15 drops of essential oil and the alkanet root shavings.
• (you would want to add the glitter now)Mix well and remove from heat.
• Pour into shallow lip balm pots or plastic tubes to store (figure B). You can find these online or at health food stores near the beauty supplies. The balm firms up in about 10 minutes.
  

(figA.)

(fig.B)