I love using dark organic cocoa butter for lip balm, as it retains its gorgeous chocolate aroma. This recipe contains vegetable glycerin rather than honey, but you could just as easily swap it if you prefer. The flavouring is a lip balm flavour that you can buy online. You could use a food flavour, but you may need to adjust the quantities to taste and check that it is oil soluble. The main recipe is for jars or tins and the variation is slightly more solid for twist-up tubes.
  1. Melt the beeswax, cocoa butter, and shea butter in the double boiler.
  2. Add the almond oil and glycerin and stir gently until everything is liquid.
  3. Remove from the heat and pour the hot mixture into the jug. Add the orange oil and chocolate flavouring, stirring until slightly cool but still pourable.
  4. Carefully pour the mixture into the jars to set.

These recipes were adapted from The Little Pocket Book of Natural Beauty: 35 Step-By-Step Projects for Homemade Beauty by Karen Gilbert, published by Cico Books at £9.99.

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