How to Make Nourishing DIY Tallow Lip Balm (No Plastic, No Toxins)
Skip forever chemicals and endocrine disrupters by making your own animal-based lip balm!
Most lip balms on store shelves are a cocktail of petroleum byproducts, synthetic fragrance, and plastic-leaching packaging. But soft, healthy lips don’t need all that. This simple DIY tallow lip balm deeply nourishes with only a few whole, clean ingredients that are safe enough to eat, and with no hormone-disrupting chemicals included.
Why Tallow?
Grass-fed tallow is rich in skin-loving nutrients like vitamins A, D, E, and K. It’s incredibly healing, especially for chapped or sensitive lips, and mimics our skin’s natural oils for deep, lasting moisture.
Simple Recipe
Here's how you can make your own DIY tallow lip balm for a fraction of the cost of store-bought!
4 tbsp grass-fed tallow
2 tbsp beeswax pellets (for firmness and longer-lasting balm)
2 tsp jojoba oil or lanolin (optional, for extra softness and moisture)
A few drops of essential oil (optional—try lavender, orange, or peppermint)
Instructions:
In a double boiler or heat-safe bowl or glass measuring cup over simmering water, gently melt the tallow and beeswax.
Stir in jojoba oil and essential oil, if using.
Pour into small glass pots (avoid plastic tubes —heat and oils can cause plastic to leach).
Let cool completely before sealing.
That’s it. Pure, nourishing care for your lips—no toxic ingredients, no endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and no compromises. Just healthy, soft lips!
Share the Goodness
While you can most certainly keep these simply wonderful balms all to yourself, making a batch of them makes for easy and thoughtful little gifts for birthdays, Easter baskets, or Christmas stockings!
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