Ingredients
- Cocoa Butter
- Vanilla Infused Jojoba
- Maui Beeswax
- Coconut oil
Instructions
ALL Ingredients are sustainably wild harvested, cultivated certified organic, biodynamic, or grown without chemicals. Hand made in small batches.
$10.00 in a cardboard lipstick tube (can be made in a slide tin by request)
Contact Bobbi to order
This is my new favorite lip balm. Very simply made with no essential oils. I wanted to highlight the warming and sweet vanilla infused into the jojoba. I have been making a heated infusion using organic (and local when available to me) vanilla beans. I complemented the scent and flavor with cocoa butter and coconut oil. Yum. Added 100% Maui beeswax to hold it all together.
Cocoa butter and beeswax combine to lend some firmness to this balm, still allowing it to glide smoothly over the lips. Cocoa butter is extremely rich in essential fatty acids and vitamins (including 5 IU of vitamin E per oz!). I use organic unrefined cocoa butter so it retains its nutrients and it’s scent. Coconut oil has one of the highest natural presences of lauric acid which is antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and energy boosting.
Coconut oil also contains palmitic acid which is very lubricating and both coconut oil and jojoba contain tribehenic acid which is humectant and emollient.
Why does my lip balm have white dots on it? It’s called blooming.
Do not worry – the lip balm is good to use and still makes your lips feel good and moisturized.
Since our lip balms are made with natural unrefined cocoa, shea, or mango butters, sometimes you may see that your lip balm has white spots on it. This is called “blooming”. It is not uncommon for products that are made with high percentage of natural butters to appears grainy. This is not a reflection on the quality of the butter, but rather a reaction to changing temperature the lip balm is exposed to.
There are various fatty acids within body butters. These fatty acids melt and cool at different rates and temperature leading to graininess, in finished goods or fresh butter, this process is also known as crystallization. Crystallization may take place right away, or it may only show up several months after the product has been manufactured – particularly if the product was exposed to temperature changes while being used, stored or transported. If the the process of cooling down is too slow, the fatty acids may crystallize into clumps or look grainy.
When I make lip balms I temper them quickly (cool them in the freezer) so the fatty acids cool down fast which will prevent grains from forming and the lip balms will be smooth. However during shipping or the temperature of the where they are stored between your uses the butters will melt and slowly re-solidify.
I only utilize clean ingredients that are beneficial to you, and avoid using ingredients that are unnecessary or problematic. Due to the absence of any chemicals, emulsifiers, or stabilizers in our lip balms, it is rather sensitive to the effects of heat. When lip balms are left in handbags or anywhere that are warm, it may melt and re-solidify into a gritty consistency after it has cooled. This is the outcome of melting cocoa, shea, or mango butter at a low temperature and letting it cool at a slow rate, which causes it to crystallize. Since the butter has larger molecules than coconut oil, it melts and solidifies at a different rate than coconut oil does. This is one reason why many lip balms products on the market typically contain additional synthetic chemicals to stabilize the products —and ours do NOT.
Grainy lip balms are super moisturizing and pose no health risk, and they dissolve when coming into touch with the skin. Don’t worry if this happens to your lip balm; it’s still good to use! Lip balm with a grainy texture is still effective.