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This honey lip gloss recipe has only 4 ingredients, organic liquid honey, cocoa butter, castor oil, and beeswax. It is a clear and thick lip gloss recipe great repair for damaged, dry or chapped lips.
This homemade 100% natural recipe takes advantage of the natural shine, sweet taste and healing properties of the honey. It’s a fun easy to make lip gloss recipe to add to your DIY beauty arsenal. If you are looking for a natural DIY lip gloss with honey that will leave your lips shiny, hydrated and glowing, you came to the right place!
You can follow the step by step tutorial below if this is your first time making lip gloss.
Honey Lip Gloss Recipe Ingredients
Organic liquid honey is made by bees, of course! There are a number of different kinds of honey but I recommend the liquid honey because it is easier to blend in a DIY lip gloss. You can experiment with different kinds and shades of honey until you find one that produces the look and feel that you love. When choosing honey, make sure that honey is the only ingredient on the label and that is certified organic.
Honey is a natural humectant, which means that it traps moisture close to the skin and attracts more moisture to it. This makes it very hydrating for your lips. It is also anti-inflammatory and naturally anti-microbial.
Cocoa butter is a rich, nut butter made from cocoa beans. Despite its heavy texture, it absorbs rather well into the skin. It has a high fatty acid profile, which allows it to help smooth the skin and reduce any flakiness of the lips. It is also rich in the antioxidant vitamin E, which helps it to work as an anti-aging agent. As with all natural ingredients, make sure that the one you choose is 100% cocoa butter!
Castor seed oil is a vegetable oil made from castor seeds. It has a smooth, slippery texture and a high amount of shine, making it a natural replacement for petrolatum, which is often used to achieve the ‘gloss’ effect in conventional products. What I love about castor oil is that it is anti-inflammatory, promotes wound healing and also improves circulation to the area that is applied to – all good things for the lips! Castor seed oil is sometimes blended with other vegetable oils, so make sure to buy one that is a pure formula.
Natural Emulsifier
Cera Alba beeswax is a purified beeswax that comes from the bees’ honeycomb. It lends a silky texture to this liquid lip gloss recipe and also helps to provide a protective (and shiny!) barrier on the lips that locks in moisture.
The ingredients in this honey lip gloss recipe contain a silky blend of all-natural ingredients provides a nutrient-rich and slightly sweet tasting lip gloss that your lips will love!
Step by step Tutorial DIY honey lip gloss
Step 1
Melt the cocoa butter, castor oil, and beeswax together in a double boiler or an aluminum bowl inside a pan filled with warm water on low to medium heat.
Step 2
Once melted add the liquid honey and mix well for a few minutes until it is foamy. You want the honey well blended with the wax, butter, and oil. You don’t want to have the honey at the bottom of the bowl or it will separate later.
Step 3
Add the essential oils if desired. Mix well for a few seconds.
Step 4
Take the bowl off the heat (make sure you use heat proof gloves not to burn yourself) and pour immediately into a 1 oz nice container before it starts to solidify.
Step 5
Let cool for 1 hour and the honey lip gloss will solidify but will be soft enough to be applied with your (clean) finger on your lips.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon organic beeswax
- 2 teaspoons organic cocoa butter non-refined
- 4 teaspoon organic castor oil
- 1 teaspoon of organic liquid honey
- Essential oils optional
- 5 drops of peppermint essential oil
Instructions
- Melt the cocoa butter, castor oil, and beeswax together in a double boiler or an aluminum bowl inside a pan filled with warm water on low to medium heat.
- Once melted add the liquid honey.
- Mix well until it is foamy for a few minutes.
- Add the essential oils if desired.
- Mix well for a few seconds.
- Take off the heat and pour immediately into a 1 oz nice container.
- Let cool for 1 hour and the lip balm will solidify.
- This recipe makes 1 oz and can last up to a year (but also depending on the shelf life of the oil and butter you use)
- Use on your lips as needed!!!
How long does this DIY honey lip gloss last?
It can last up to 6 months. Take all the expiry dates of your ingredients and the shortest expiry date would be the expiry date of your lip gloss.
Crafty ladies, please take two minutes to let me know how you like this honey lip gloss recipe in the comments below!
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I’m Eve, a DIY organic skincare recipe creator since 2010 that loves to make a big mess in the kitchen!
I’ve embarked on a journey to empower women to ditch all the chemical-filled commercial beauty products and to share how to make your own organic beauty recipes at home towards a healthier lifestyle.
Homemade face & body creams, body butter, lips balms, face masks, shampoos, and all-natural perfume will have no more secret for you!
I am self-taught, read many books, and spend many hours in the kitchen creating brand new homemade beauty recipes. All my recipes are unique and are tested on humans!
In 2016, I studied Aromatherapy and became certified by the School of Natural Health Sciences.
At the end, can I add pigment for a little color?
A newbie to your site and making my own products. I need to find a moisturizing body lotion that I can wear everyday as winter weather wrecks havoc on my skin. What lotion would be best to make, and use day or night.
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I suggest this recipe https://www.organic-beauty-recipes.com/how-to-make-body-butter-less-greasy/
PS: curious as to why the 4 star rating if you have not made the honey lip gloss recipe?
Love your recipes but don’t know majority of them
I made this lip gloss with shea butter rather than cocoa butter since that is what I have. It is super! Very moisturizing and stays on even when I ate. thank you.
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Thanks Sara 🙂
I added some mica powder to some of the lip balm and am also enjoying it colored. Lovely. Thanks.
Love this lip balm recipe, thanks God bless.
Author
thank you for taking the time to rate this recipe Fummy <3
Hi Eve,
I am a complete newbie. I would like to try your recipes, but I am buying the supplies little by little.
I love your site and I cannot wait to start “cooking”.
Thanks for your effort.
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thanks Laura and have fun “cooking”!
I love everything I do following your recipes is great. Thank you, thank you, thank you.I have learned a lot, they are excellent recipes. ! Happy Hollidays!
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thank you Ligny <3 happy holidays!
Hello Eve. I love your recipes and do try them out. Thank you for all the detailed instructionb and info.makes it that much.more enjoyable using the final. Will keep visitinf to try more recipes
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Thanks Fatima!
Excellent product, I appreciate
New to your site, but love the purpose of it. I have made some creams, lotions, and lip glosses, but your recipes are so easy and make sense. I am going to try the anti-aging cream. It sounds easy and nourishing.
I am 87 so I need easy, lol
Thanks for all your hard work to provide us with good healthy recipes.
Helena
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thanks helena, you made my day!!!
I love your recipes
Love this recipe! Thank you for your dedication to making natural beauty products!
Love the recipe. Good quality products – easy to follow instructions. Well Done!
I love that fact that you provide a natural alternative to regular store bought cosmetics & skin care products.
I have to make this.. ♥️ great gift idea for my friends..love love all of your recipes..thankmyou
Hello Eve
Just made the lip gloss and it’s really nice on my lips. So easy to make, a pure winner.
Love all your organic recipes and what I like is you don’t overload lots of them at one time.
Thank you and well done.
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Thanks Lynn!!! <3
Made it, tried it, LOVED IT!!!!!
Author
oh thanks Tammy…!! made my day 🙂
Can this be poured into tubes instead of pots?
Author
no, its a little too soft for tubes!
Would Xanthum Gum make it a little more stiff and possible to for tube ?
Author
no, for a lip balm tube form you need to use more beeswax, please take a look at those recipes: https://www.organic-beauty-recipes.com/how-to-make-chapstick-with-shea-butter-10-min/
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thanks Joy <3