Homemade Friday

Put down the gadgets and start to create. I don’t work on Fridays but I need to be creative or I feel the day has been wasted. Whilst scrolling through Pinterest I saw lots of recipes for homemade lip gloss. I’m always buying the ingredients but I never found the time to make it.This Friday was different I had my beautiful assistant my daughter to motivate me. We gathered the ingredients, petroleum jelly, coconut oil, peppermint oil and lipstick.Ingredients

• Coconut Oil
• Petroleum Jelly
• Peppermint Oil
• Pink or Red lipstick
• Glass/plastic container with a lid

Method

1. Melt the Coconut Oil in the microwave for 30seconds.
2. Add the Petroleum Jelly stir the ingredients together until both are liquid ready to pour.
3. Add pure essential oil – I chose Peppermint Oil.
4. Add the lipstick to add colour and stir vigorously to make sure there are no lumps.
5. Pour the lip balm into glass container with a lid.
6. Place in the fridge for half an hour and voila you have home made lip gloss.

Lip Gloss Second AttemptIngredients1 tbsp Coconut Oil1 tbsp Shea Butter1/2 tbsp Beeswax Granules10 drops vitamin E oilLipstick for colourStrawberry jelly crystals (for scent)Method

1. Melt Coconut Oil, Shea Butter and Beeswax until they become a clear liquid.
2. Add Vitamin E to melted oils.
3. Add lipstick for colour stir until melted in the oil. Reheat to get rid of lumps.
4. Add jelly crystals.
5. Pour into metal containers
6. Cool in fridge or freezer the mixture should be solid.
7. Place the lids on the containers.

Great gifts for friends and family.