Cranberry Lip Balm
The colour comes from a liquid carmine dye from Saffire Blue, but you could also use red oxide if you don’t have the carmine liquid dye. Carmine itself isn’t oil soluble, but this liquid carmine dye is, so unfortunately you can’t use plain old carmine, but red iron oxide works really nicely. Then there’s a bit of gold or copper mica for some Christmassy shimmer. Nice.
cranberry lip balm
10g beeswax
12g virgin coconut oil
7g raw cocoa butter
19g sweet almond oil
1g Vitamin E oil
20 drops liquid carmine dye (or red oxide)
1 “smidgen” gold, copper, or bronze mica
4 drops bergaptene free bergamot essential oil
2 drops clove bud essential oil
2 drops cardamom essential oil
15 drops peppermint essential oil
Gently melt the oils together in a double boiler. Remove from the heat and stir in the carmine and mica. Let the mixture cool enough that the mica will stay in suspension (but it is still liquid). Pour into lip balm tubes (this will fill 10) and let set. Enjoy!
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