Keep your lips soft and supple all autumn long with this easy natural DIY pumpkin spice lip balm! The moisturizing lip balm recipe is made with hydrating shea butter, beeswax, and flavored with essential oils. The 20-minute homemade lip balm includes free printable labels for packaging and gift-giving.
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Moisturizing DIY pumpkin spice lip balm recipe
When you’rewondering how to heal dry, chapped lips – you need this pumpkin spice lip balm recipe!This fall-scented homemade lip balm is amazing. Not only smells this DIYchapstick like pumpkin spice, but the recipe is made with nourishing ingredientsthat moisturize lips naturally and protect from dryness and cold.
My DIYlip balm is quick and easy, too. The lip balm recipe takes under 20 minutes tomake. And this homemade lip balm with essential oils is also a thoughtful DIYgift for fall. Think Thanksgiving hostess gift, fall birthday present, even asweet DIY Christmas gift. Ok, let’s learn how to make DIY lip balm!
Ingredients for pumpkin spice lip balm with shea butter and beeswax
Likemany lip balm recipes, my homemade pumpkin spice lip balm is made from a blendof natural waxes and moisturizing plant butters. While you can make a lip balmwith fewer ingredients, the moisturizing and skincare benefits will be boosted byusing a combination of different waxes and oils.
Here arethe materials you need to make a lip balm recipe with natural ingredients:
- beeswax – Beeswax provides stiffness and body to the homemade lip balm recipe and acts as a humectant.
- candelilla wax – Candelilla has a higher melting point than beeswax and is an additional ingredient to keep homemade lip balm from melting. For vegan lip balm, skip the beeswax and only use candelilla wax for a vegan lip balm recipe.
- jojoba oil – Jojoba oil creates a lipid film on the skin and locks moisture, making your lips soft and supple.
- shea butter, cocoa butter and mango butter – These plant-based butters pamper the skin and are excellent for natural lip care. Lip balm with shea butter, cocoa butter and mango butter is wonderfully moisturising, and your lips will feel softer afterwards.
- lip balm tubes – We also need a lip balm container. You can either use lip balm tubes or small lip balm pots. The free printable lip balm labels include options for both.
Optional ingredients
The following ingredients are optional but I highly recommend them for the best pumpkin spice lip balm.
- vitamin E oil – Vitamin E oil nourishes and moisturises the skin, keeping your lips hydrated and supple. As a potent antioxidant, vitamin E oil also fights free radicals and may prevent premature signs of ageing.
- ground cinnamon – A half teaspoon ground cinnamon enhances the fall fragrances and gives a slight lip plumping effect, almost like a cinnamon lip balm plumper.
- stevia powder – How to sweeten DIY lip balm? A pinch of stevia powder sweetens the lip balm naturally.
If youlike to make a lip balm with coconut oil, check out my simple 4 ingredientlip balm.
Is beeswax good for lips?
Absolutely!As I mentioned, beeswax is a natural emulsifier and humectant, which means the waxattracts and retains water from the air into the upper layer of the skin. Beeswaxprovides a long-lasting moisturizing effect, which is very helpful for dry lipsand chapped lips.
What essential oils are good for lip balm? – EOs for pumpkin spice lip balm
In my non-greasypumpkin spice body butter recipe, I talk about the skincare benefits ofspice essential oils. I decided to stick to the classic pumpkin pie spices forthis autumn-inspired homemade lip balm with essential oils: cinnamon, nutmeg,ginger, clove, and allspice. This EO blend creates a warm pumpkin spice aroma,and the essential oils are good for lips too.
Here is whatyou need to know about these essential oils for and Eos pumpkin spice lip balm:
- cinnamon leafessential oil – Cinnamonleaf essential oil is rich in antioxidants and helps skin cells to retainmoisture, which will keep your skin hydrated. Cinnamon essential oil lip balmis very stimulating and will give your DIY lip balm a mild plumping effect.
- ginger essential oil – Ginger essential oil reducesinflammation and is perfect to soothe dry, chapped lips.
- clove essential oil – Clove essential oil is rich inpotassium and vitamin C. The oil’s antimicrobial and anti-inflammatoryproperties can help to condition and to heal chapped lips in winter.
- allspice essential oil – The antioxidants in allspiceessential oil are said to promote the production of elastin and collagen cells,which give the lips elasticity and volume.
What can I use to flavour lip balm?
We just talkedabout how to make pumpkin spice lip balm with essential oils. While essentialoils are great to scent this moisturizing lip balm recipe naturally, the DIYpumpkin spice essential oil blend for lip balm I suggested above isn’t suitablefor pregnancy or small children.
So what elsecan I use to flavour lip balm? To make pumpkin spice lip balm for children and pregnantwomen, another idea is using candy flavoring in lip balm instead of essentialoils. For example, I used strawberry candy oil to give my strawberrylip scrub a fruity strawberry flavour.
LorAnn Bakery Emulsions are great optionsfor autumn lip balm recipes. Use cinnamonspice for DIY cinnamon lip balm, pumpkinspice for pumpkin spice chapstick, or maple for maple lip balm. Cinnamonand Pumpkin spices are also available as a bundletogether with Peppermint. You can also flavour the easy lip balm recipe with1/4 tsp vanilla extract.
How do you make lip balm? – How to make pumpkin spice lip balm
This DIYlip balm recipe is so easy! Let me walk you through how to make organic lip balmat home:
- Measureand gather your materials. If using lip balm tubes, take off the caps and makesure the bottoms are twisted down.
- Gentlymelt both waxes, the jojoba oil and butters. You can do this step in the microwaveor in a double boiler.
- Next,add the vitamin E oil, essential oils, ground cinnamon, and stevia powder. Stirtogether all lip balm ingredients.
- Waituntil the lip balm mixture cools to 130°F / 57°C. Then pour into the lip balmtubes or containers.
- Letthe DIY lip balm solidify at room temperature, which can take 2 to 4 hours.
And nowyou know how to make pumpkin spice lip balm at home!
How do you fill a lip balm container?
Now thatour pumpkin spice lip balm recipe is ready, let’s talk about a few tips andtricks how to fill a lip balm container.
- Usea microwave-safe jug or container with a spout.A spout is very handy to fill narrow lip balm tubes. And if the container ismicrowave safe, you can easily re-melt the lip balm mixture in the microwave ifit gets too cold for pouring.
- Don’tpour while the lip balm is too hot. A temperature of 130°F / 55°C is perfectfor pouring lip balm. A laser thermometeris useful to check the temperature.
- Pourslowly. Pouring too fast can create bubbles and air pockets.
- Don’tpour all the way up. Instead, leave a little room at the top. Pouring lip balminto tubes will often result in sinkholes and having a little leeway allows usto fix that easily.
- Seta little lip balm mixture aside for later to fix sinkholes.
- Letthe lip balm cool at room temperature. While it’s tempting to cut the coolingprocess short, the texture of the balm will be better if the lip balm has timeto harden slowly.
How to deal with lip balm sinkholes
Lip balmsinkholes can be an issue when you’re using lip balm tubes but can happen withpots as well. Sinkholes in lip balm are usually a result of the wax beingpoured too hot and/or the wax cooling too quickly.
Here ishow to fix lip balm sinkholes:
- Firstremember to NOT pour to the top but leave a little wiggle room.
- Oncethe first pour has set and you see sinkholes, use a hairdryer to warm the topof the lip balm. The surface should look wet and doesn’t have to be fullymelted.
- Meltthe leftover lip balm mixture in the microwave and pour to cover up thesinkholes.
- It’sokay to overfill. You can always remove any excess and reuse it again.
How long does DIY lip balm last?
Because thisDIY lip balm recipe doesn’t contain any water, pumpkin spice lip balm can bestored for a year. Keep the lip balm in a cool, dry place and avoid heat so thelip balm doesn’t melt.
DIY lip balm kit and gift set
Recently, I shared a delicious pumpkin spice sugar scrub recipe, which doubles perfectly as pumpkin spice or cinnamon lip scrub. You can easily reduce the amounts to make brown sugar lip scrub. Fill the pumpkin spice lip balm and lip scrub in little lip balm pots and you have an adorable and inexpensive homemade gift!
The printables for this DIY, come with lip scrub labels as well, so you have everything to make a cute lip kit gift set. You can download the free printables at the end of the post. For another lip balm kit, try this cute DIY lip duo.
More autumn beauty recipes and pumpkin spice crafts
Can’t get enough pumpkin spice crafts and homemade pumpkin spice beauty products? Try some of these natural DIY beauty recipes:
- pumpkin spice bath bombs– My 3 pumpkin spice bath bomb recipes are a lot of fun and give your bath time the autumn makeover.
- pumpkin spice body scrub – This easy homemade sugar scrub recipe smells like pumpkin pie, perfect in the fall!
- whipped pumpkin spice body butter– This homemade whipped body butter recipe is perfect for your fall skincare routine and made with skin-loving ingredients.
- pumpkin spice bath salts – You’ll love this pumpkin spice latte inspired bath salts recipe.
- pumpkin face mask – Because we want glowing skin in the fall, too!
- homemade fall beauty basket – Turn your homemade beauty products into a beautiful fall gift basket, a great DIY gift idea for autumn!
DIY Pumpkin Spice Lip Balm – Easy Homemade Lip Balm Recipe
Yield: 6 - 8 lip balm tubes
Keep your lips soft and supple all autumn long with this easy natural DIY pumpkin spice lip balm! The moisturizing lip balm recipe is made with hydrating shea butter, beeswax, and flavored with essential oils. The 20-minute homemade lip balm includes free printable labels for packaging and gift-giving.
Materials
Pumpkin Spice Lip Balm
- 2 tbsp / 20 g / 0.7 oz beeswax
- 1 tbsp / 5 g / 0.2 oz candelilla wax
- 1 1/2 tbsp / 20 g / 0.7 oz jojoba oil
- 1 tbsp / 12 g / 0.4 oz shea butter
- 1/2 tbsp / 5 g / 0.2 oz cacao butter
- 1/2 tbsp / 5 g / 0.2 oz mango butter
- 1/4 tsp / 2 g / 0.07 oz vitamin E oil
- 1/2 tsp / 2.5 g / 0.09 oz ground cinnamon (optional)
- pinch stevia powder (optional)
Essential oils
Tools
Instructions
- Add the beeswax, candelilla wax, jojoba oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, and mango butter in a microwave-safe jug or container with a spout.
- Melt in 60-second bursts on a medium-low setting and stir between each interval.
- Once melted, stir in the ground cinnamon, stevia powder, vitamin E oil, and essential oils.
- When the lip balm mixture cools to 130°F / 57°C, pour into tubes or pots and allow to harden at room temperature.
Notes
Storage and shelf life
Because this DIY lip balm recipe doesn’t contain any water, pumpkin spice lip balm can be stored for a year. Keep the lip balm in a cool, dry place and avoid heat so the lip balm doesn’t melt.
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Printable Pumpkin Spice Lip Balm Label
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