Homemade Burt's Bees knockoff

[jennysmitten]

Awesome.

[isabel]

Did you use Shea, mango, or cocoa butter?

[isabel]

Oct 24, 2014 10:05:05 GMT -5 ste said:

Oct 24, 2014 9:58:30 GMT -5 isabel said:

Did you use Shea, mango, or cocoa butter?

Shea, mostly bc we already had it in the house.

Awesome. I think I'm going to try this. I spend way too much money on Burt's.

Eta: also, are they not cruelty free? I thought they were. Or maybe it's the larger company that owns them?

[bugandbibs]

Thanks, this looks like a fun project to do with J.

[adhdfashion]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[isabel]

Ok, I know this is really old, but I'm bumping it because I finally got the ingredients and made chapstick.

I followed the OP's recommendation and doubled the beeswax. I got about 15 tubes using roughly 30 grams of each ingredient. I did about 40 drops of peppermint essential oil. I still have 10 tubes to fill and will probably do about 50% more peppermint oil, as I like the tingly feeling and this isn't quite doing it for me. The consistency is awesome though! Also, I spent about $30 on ingredients and still have a ton leftover. At this point, without making more, I spent just over $1 a tube, as opposed to the $4 some that I pay for a tube of Burt's.

Thanks for the recipe, ste!