Homemade Lipbalm September 7, 2008

You know that tub of “coconut oil” that I got at Walmart [the Blue Magic one]? I looked at the ingredients and noticed that the first ingredient is Petrolatum which is a fancy way of saying Vaseline. Yeh, I highly doubt vaseline with a splash of coconut oil is going to moisturize my hair, so I needed to find another use for that big old tub. I looked up what people use Vaseline [or petroleum jelly] for and a lot of them said as a lip balm. I decided to get crafty and make my own tinted lip balm

Start with blue coconut oil petroleum jelly.

Add pigment. I used Everyday Minerals B&B blush because I found it was a bit dark to use as a blush. Although it’s a nice shade, it always went on heavy. The stuff underneath was the first batch of lip balm I made [late at night, bored]. Now I’m adding more balm and pigment to fill up the jar. The jar came from an old lip gloss that I didn’t like so i dumped the old stuff for my experiment.

Add jelly and then mix it up a bit.

Heat in microwave for 30 second intervals, mixing in between. I ended up heating mine for a minute and a half total. You could heat it up one more time to get it to really melt and be smooth.

Finished product! There are only 3 ingredients in the coconut oil I have so I don’t think it would be unsafe to put on your lips. I just know that petroleum jelly and coconut oil are common ingredients in lip balms or glosses and the last ingredient is “fragrance”.

For Lip Balm Lovers July 8, 2008

A quick post before I have to go back to work!

Want a lip balm that is dirt cheap, moisturizing and comes in a variety of flavors? The answer may be closer [and more nostalgic] than you think! I recently decided that my good old Chapstick brand chapstick outperformed many other lip balms that I’ve owned. I love the slippery, moisturizing feeling that it gives and can’t help but love the price. Each tube costs a little over a dollar! They have many new flavors out usually in a themed package [like Finding Nemo!]. I like the spearmint one and the fruit flavored ones. However, I have to say I’m not a fan of the Classic strawberry and cherry flavors because they taste bad, to me at least. Anytime my lips are chapped, I can slather this stuff on and it works wonders as an overnight treatment! So what are you waiting for? Go get some!

* And I will post up the eye of the…yesterday tutorial later today!

Buddha Balm June 4, 2008

I finally snatched some Buddha Balm by Karma Creatives. I first became intrigued by this when I read about it in another beauty blog. Plus I’m obsessed with lip balm anyway [especially lip balms that come in a tin, for whatever reason]! It has SPF in it and comes in many fruity or soda flavors. I’ll admit I was little disappointed when I saw it in person, because in my mind I imagined it to be bigger. Here’s a picture of the Buddha Balm next to some regular sized lipsmackers

However, the tin is so freaking CUTE that I’ll forgive it for being small. I only tried it out for a little while now and so far so good. No waxiness, no bad taste. It’s definitely moisturizing. I reallly wanted the watermelon flavor, but they didn’t have it where I bought it [Urban Outfitters]. It retails for $4.00 usd.