DIY Green Tea Lip Balm

• Produce

  • 2 bags Bigelow green tea flavor

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 1 tsp Olive oil

• Other

  • ½ oz of beeswax (1 TBSP

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 TBSP coconut oil
• 2 bags of Bigelow Green Tea flavor of choice
• 1 tsp olive oil (or almond oil)
• ½ oz of beeswax (1 TBSP)
• optional: few drops of flavored oil and additional bag of green tea for bottom of lip balm

Directions

• Using double boiler method, fill pan with water and add a mason jar to pan.
• Place coconut oil and 2 tea bags in mason jar. Allow to melt. Then reduce heat to low to steep for 1 hour.
• Place a sprinkle of green tea in bottom of lip balm container from additional tea bag if desired while waiting on melting.
• Remove tea bags from mason jar. Now add beeswax and olive oil to mason jar. Melt completely.
• Pour a little bit of melted ingredients on top of tea in lip balm container (this keeps the tea in the bottom so lip balm is not chunky). Allow to cool.
• Pour rest of melted ingredients into lip balm container.
• Let lip balm cool for 8 hours or until lip balm hardens.