jack, thanks for your earlier post on scrapers, my order of the tray came with 50 of the oval tubes all at $14.99. think i might order another tray, and whatever scrapers, not very expensive, rather than jury rigging something i might be cussing and swearing at..........
bakers, thanks! a great opportunity and yes my contact info will be on the label as well!
lazy thanks, as far as the large batch, i get what you are saying. i will have to adjust my recipe of 7 ingredients from 20-25 tubes of lip balm to 500, so i think the easiest and best way to do this is a trial run of 50, then go from there. also i am also always giving away honey, lip balm, candle gifts anytime i see the opportunity, it's very cool and always appreciated, last gift was to my surgeon and his p. a.. they don't get gifts or thank yous very often.
"I made several extra lip balms to have on hand and wonder if it will become rancid over time?" yes jack it can.........here's the secret/ some info and to anyone who makes lip balm, and it will last a very long time without going rancid:
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add an antioxidant. use vitamin e in your lip balm. it is an antioxidant and will increase/extend the shelf life of your lip balm, and also any bath and body products anyone makes. antioxidants reduce the 'oxidation' process of the oils/butters in your lip balm once the cap is opened. (exposure to oxygen (air).
i use
T-50 vitamin E oil, (tocopherol) it has a higher content of tocopherols than the vitamin e found off the shelf in gel caps or regular vitamin e liquid. with that said i have lip balm that has lasted for 2 years with just regular vitamin e out of the capsule dripped in the lip balm mix and never went rancid.
rosemary oil extract is another antioxidant. i use this in one recipe along with the vitamin e.
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The shelf life of your product is always the shelf life of the shortest-lasting oil or butter. with vitamin e added to your lip balm, it will extend the shelf life. some oils and butters have a very short shelf life. store properly, cool, dry, away from heat, and i have learned don't buy anymore than you need, otherwise it can and will go rancid on you before you can use it up. pay attention to how long you have had an oil or butter sitting around and decide if it's outdated or not. you can google shelf life of any oil or ingredient you use in lip balm. if the shelf life is about up or up, i wouldn't use it. get some fresh stuff.
also, for this project, i think i am going to use one recipe, a copycat of the popular name brand peppermint flavor.
just curious all, what lip balm do you purchase and use?
