ecoLIVING London

Over the holidays, I came across a company called Kiss Naturals (http://www.kissnaturals.com/). They have homemade DIY perfume kits, soap kits, bath fizz kits, and various lip balm/lip gloss kits. I thought it would be something fun to do with my daughter and a great thing to give out to her friends at her upcoming birthady party. What really got my attention though, was that everything was completely natural (and that it's a Canadian company).

The box contained a bottle of safflower oil, yellow beeswax beads, a container of shea butter and some essential oils.

It was super easy (and fun) to make. We simply mixed together the shea butter, oil, and beeswax in a pot, popped it onto the stove and stirred until the beeswax was melted.

Afterwards we added the essential oil (we had grapefruit) and tried to add food coloring to it. We were disappointed that the food coloring didn't work, but I guess I should have known better since it's an oil product. Oops! Apparently science isn't an area of strength for me:). 

About half an hour later we had lip balm.

Lip balm was pretty easy to make at home. Going forward, I think I'm just going to make my own (big surprise, eh?). Like everything else, the ingredient list is just so much shorter when it's homemade (and cheaper!). I found quite a few lip balm recipes online and they're all different. I'll try a couple and report back with what worked and what didn't. Until then, we're going to enjoy our naturally moisturized lips!

Dallas Rocheleau lives in London, Ontario and has been blogging about local eating since 2009. She sources out local foods from the Southwestern Ontario region and loves to spend time in the kitchen making seasonal recipes. She also avoids buying processed foods and tries to replicate common grocery store foods at home from scratch. Her blog can be found here.