A quick & easy way to make your own lip balm

With three ingredients, two of which are probably in your pantry.

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The end result.

A question. Are you an enthusiastic user of lip balm and if so… have you ever tried to give it up? As I did a few years ago and… oh boy.

I have honestly never known such agony – dry, chapped lips for days on end. I just couldn’t do it. Like many children of the 80s and 90s, I got fixed on Lip Smackers at a young age and am now doomed to balm myself up in perpetuity.

I figure the best I can do now, is keep this process as cheap and chemical free as possible.

So, here’s a recipe for lip balm to make for yourself, or as a gift for other lip conditioning people in your life.

It’s quick. It’s easy. And you only need three ingredients – plus one is optional.