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Offline brooksbeefarm

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Got my Lip Balm kit
« on: November 29, 2014, 10:32:03 am »
Was wondering what to use to pour the solution into those lip balm tubes, without making a mess or getting burnt?? Jack

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2014, 10:44:58 am »
Teenage girls is the best thing to use. After all, they are the ones wanting them.
Hand them a pyrex 1 cup measuring cup with the little spout area and let them at it.
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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2014, 11:13:32 am »
Good idea, iddee, from driving fence post, driving tractors and many other farm related jobs, my fingers are more like clubs and i can visualize burn blisters all over them ; :o. Jack

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2014, 12:24:53 pm »
i have also used disposable pipettes and syringes, some beeks use a fancy tray the tubes fit into, a filling tray, looks like this:
Lip Balm Filling Tray

i think i'd take iddee's advice jack, you in the wife's kitchen and pouring wax?........... ;D................. :D
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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2014, 05:53:55 pm »
 :D Your scaring me squirt :o, it's been two weeks sense her knee replacement and she walking with a cane now. She can handle that cane pretty good now, so i'll stay out of her kitchen. ;D Jack

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2014, 08:12:48 pm »
Jack, what recipe are you using? 

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2014, 08:48:20 pm »
None yet, got any ideas on what or how to start. ??? Jack

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2014, 09:03:31 pm »
":D Your scaring me squirt :o, it's been two weeks sense her knee replacement and she walking with a cane now. She can handle that cane pretty good now, so i'll stay out of her kitchen. ;D Jack"

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jack, did you order a lip balm kit? was that a kit with tubes, wax and some other ingredients/ basics to try it out and get started?
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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2014, 09:27:39 pm »
Yep, B12, said Brushy Mountain had a sale on there Lip Balm kit so i ordered one, plus 100 extra plastic tubes.Showed the kit to my wife and telling her how much fun it's going to be making different flavors 8), she said it might be something she could do to keep busy while her knee was healing ;D. I've still got it. :yes: Jack  :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2014, 09:52:47 pm »
okay jack,  i looked it up.......start with the kit and use the wax supplied to test out making lip balm to help get you started.  brushy's description and it comes with directions.......?
does it have recipes to use the different ingredients for different flavors of lip balm?

"if you have thought you might like to try making Lip Balm this is the perfect way to test it out. .
This complete kit contains the following: Natural Beeswax pellets, 4 oz. of pure Almond Oil, 4 oz. of exotic Shea Butter, 12 small pots and 12 tubes for the finished product, 4-1 dram bottles of flavoring oil (tangerine, peppermint, pineapple, and tropical punch), stir sticks, decorative labels, and full instructions. With this premium kit you can make 24 containers of your favorite lip balm.
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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2014, 10:08:00 pm »
Thanks rb, the bess wax they sent is shavings and alot whiter than my yellow bees wax? Wonder how they bleach it out ???. Jack

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2014, 10:47:51 pm »
i have seen others use these kits. i don't know how they bleach that out jack, sure is white isn't it?  i would just use it to practice on and experiment with so you kind of get the hang of it. 

pick out any recipe you'd like to try on the thread i started and any of us can tell you how we do it. it is pretty easy, the pouring part can be a pain, i am not so good with a pyrex measuring cup.

the key is to get the lip balm to the flavor and/or consistency you want it.  how i gauge this is, when i melt the wax and add the ingredients, stir it up, i will take a teaspoon, dip it in the mixture, drop some on wax paper, throw it in the freezer to firm up. take it out, wait a bit and smear it on. or just drop some on wax paper and wait for it to firm up and test try it.  the thing about this, your recipe isn't 'ruined', you can remelt, add more wax, or your other ingredients to get it to the consistency and strength of flavor you want.  it's just takes some experimenting and messing around with it at first.

but don't forget to write down how you did it.......... :P

EDIT AND ADD:
if your lip balm is a little on the stiff side, remelt, add more of whatever carrier oil to the mixture......
if your lip balm is too soft, remelt add more beeswax
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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2014, 02:06:46 pm »
I took a class on making soaps, lotions, balms and butters through my bee club.  I looked up the recipe for lip balm that was handed out at this class.
Lip Balm
.5 oz beeswax
.6 oz coconut oil
.4 oz cocoa butter
.1 oz almond oil (optional-makes a softer balm-good in winter)
1/4 tsp mint flavoring (approximately)
OR
2 oz shea butter
.7 oz beeswax
10-12 drops essential oil of choice

To make:  Melt together oils and wax.  Add essential oil and all oils/waxes are melted.  Pour into small tins or plastic tubes.
Optional ingredients for any recipe:  tea tree, aloe vera, glycerine, vitamins A or E

Lip Balm for chapped lips
2 TBL each:
Almond oil, castor oil, jojoba oil
1 TBL beeswax (1/2 oz) chopped
2 tsp honey
10-20 drops mint oil
10-20 drops tea tree oil
To Make: melt together oils, wax and honey in a double boiler.  Add mint and tea tree.  Stir until cool and begins to change color (thickens).  Pour into 1/4 oz tubs. (Not recommended for tubes)

Hope this helps.

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2014, 06:55:15 pm »
Thanks B12, i was wondering about a chunk of butterscotch colored bees wax( about 6lbs.) i have, i've melted it and strained it 3 times, but it is still darker than i like? would any of you make lip balm, candles, ect out of it? Jack

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2014, 11:25:58 pm »
you bet i would jack!

i would use it for lip balm, and have myself!...... :yes:

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2014, 09:22:47 am »
I have made lip balm and I think the color of the beeswax gets diluted when all the other ingredients are added.  Someone will correct me if I am wrong.

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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2014, 06:40:53 pm »
"i was wondering about a chunk of butterscotch colored bees wax( about 6lbs.) i have, i've melted it and strained it 3 times, but it is still darker than i like?"

okay jack, i said i am not shy about using a butterscotch colored bees wax in lip balm. have you seen yankees post on Beeswax Wood Butter?

Yankee's Beeswax Wood Butter

might consider that, (or candles)  pretty cool!


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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2014, 11:17:19 pm »
jack, i was wondering how your lip balm adventures turned out?! .........

do tell! :)
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Re: Got my Lip Balm kit
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2014, 07:39:37 am »
I try to keep it simple when making lip balm. 2/3 beeswax. 1/3 coconut oil. Melted in small can which I previously pinched to form a spout. Hold the small can with cooking gloves when pouring. Makes it slow and clean.

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« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2014, 08:27:23 am »
Hey Squirt ;D, Sorry to say i haven't got to it yet, with taking the wife to therapy, Christmas shopping, feeding cattle in the mud, repairing and painting bee equipment, wiring frames and putting real foundation (wax) in them, ;D and like tonight, going to get together with my brothers for our Friday night card game (5 point Pitch). Maybe after the first of the year i can start my bees wax projects,.Thanks for asking. Jack