Learn how to make rose hip lip balm with organic dried rose hips and rose hip seed oil. It is a soothing and moisturizing herbal lip balm for dry lips!
Combine the dried rose hips and carrier oils in a jar, then cover the jar and let it sit to infuse in a cool and dark place for 4-6 weeks.
Rose Hip Lip Balm
Put the infused oil and beeswax into the top container of a double boiler, and stir as the beeswax melts. (Tip: you can make a double boiler with a smaller pot, bowl, or glass pyrex measuring cup over an inch or so of simmering water. If you use glass pyrex, put something in the bottom of the pot that it can rest on, such as a canning jar lid).
Once the beeswax has completely melted, add the shea butter and stir until it dissolves.
When everything has liquefied, remove from heat and stir in the rose hip seed oil and sweet orange essential oil (if using).
Carefully pour the mixture into small tins or lip balm tubes.
Let the lip balm cool and harden undisturbed for several hours before using.
Notes
Refined cocoa butter or mango butter can be substituted for shea butter, though because they are harder, the final product may also be harder than the original recipe.
This recipe makes about 40 .15 ounce tubes of lip balm or 12 .5 ounce tins. It can be adjusted to make more or less.