Lip Balm Flop & Win

So my sister asked me to add a line of Lip Balm to our products. I decided to give it a shot last night. I had a few rules for myself. First it had to be organic and all natural. Second I wanted it to be Vegan, both because I have a pretty big vegan consumer base and also because I wanted to use Soy Wax instead of Bees Wax since I buy bags in the "Holy Frigg that's a big bag of wax" size.

Not sure you can appreciate the size in this pic but it's about the size of a standard pillow case and I currently have 3 of these bags.
  So I researched lip balm and what ingredients make the best balm, I decided on Organic Coconut oil, Organic Cocoa Butter, Virgin Olive oil and well the soy wax. I slipped into my Mad Scientist coat and had at her. This was late last night and like a kid at Christmas I jumped up this morning all excited to try the best lip balm ever!

Yea, not so much. It was soft and gloopy.

Wet and mucky.

It just would not harden. So back to the drawing board I went. I calculated the balm using bees wax not Soy Wax and with the amount of mint essential oil  used I really needed to add a lot more Soy Wax.  So with more tweaking and a few extra lip lovin ingredients I crossed my fingers and poured again.

Success!!  Solid Lip Balm Love!!

It only took a few tries to perfect and now I have a smooth lip nourishing all natural vegan minty tingly lip balm. I wonder how many tries it took those guys at Kraft to make Cheese Whiz? :)

** These will be available in my Etsy store and at the Farmers Market in two types Mint & Sweet Orange as soon as I get them labeled.