This vanilla lavender lip balm is made with real vanilla beans and dried lavender flowers, which makes it smell amazing! Homemade herbal products are some of my favorite things to make. It’s so satisfying to make an all natural herbal lip balm, salve, or herbal remedy with real ingredients from scratch. It’s easier than you would think, too!
Vanilla Lavender Infused Oil
The first step in this recipe, just like in my herbal salve recipe, is to make an infused herbal oil. This time it will be made with dried vanilla beans and lavender.
You’ll need about 1/2 cup of infused oil for the lip balm recipe, so keep that in mind when making the infused oil. Put some dried lavender flowers and one or two whole vanilla beans, split down the middle, into a jar.
Then fill the jar with a carrier oil, or blend of oils, of your choice. I like to use equal parts of olive oil, coconut oil, and sweet almond oil.
Cover the jar and let it sit in a cool and dark place to infuse for at least a week or two, if not longer.
When I make my infused oils, I will often put them in my Excalibur dehydrator for several hours a few times at a low temperature (around 110 degrees), which helps to extract the herbal goodness without making the oil too hot.
When it’s done you will have an amazing smelling infused oil, which will be the base for this vanilla lavender lip balm.
Vanilla Lavender Lip Balm Recipe
When you are ready to make the lip balm, strain out the lavender and vanilla bean from the oil with a fine mesh sieve.
Create a makeshift double boiler by putting a small bowl or a glass Pyrex measuring cup over a pot with about an inch of simmering water.
Put the vanilla lavender oil into the small bowl or glass measuring cup, then add the beeswax. Heat until the beeswax completely dissolves into the oil, stirring occasionally.
Then add the shea butter and stir until it completely dissolves. Stir in the lavender essential oil.
Carefully pour the mixture into small tins or lip balm tubes and let sit until the lip balms sets up completely.
I usually make my lip balms in tins, which I love, but I’ve been experimenting with using lip balm tubes.
They are a bit difficult to pour into (a disposable dropper may help), but they are so handy to have!
This lip balm smells so amazing, you will love it! It is seriously one of my favorites, and it’s really not that hard to make.
The whole vanilla beans really make it wonderful, and the shea butter adds a nice creaminess.
Making homemade herbal products like this vanilla lavender lip balm is so satisfying and fun. It also makes a great gift!
Looking for more DIY herbal lip balms?
Try our Orange Peppermint Lip Balm or Rose Hip Lip Balm to soothe your dry lips.
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Vanilla Lavender Lip Balm
Equipment
Ingredients
Vanilla Lavender Infused Oil
- ½ cup dried lavender flowers approximately
- 2 whole vanilla beans
- 3/4 cup carrier oil of choice I like to use equal parts of olive oil, coconut oil, and sweet almond oil.
Vanilla Lavender Lip Balm
- 1/2 cup vanilla lavender infused oil
- 1 ounce beeswax
- 1/2 ounce shea butter
- 8-16 drops lavender essential oil
Instructions
Vanilla Lavender Infused Oil
- Put some dried lavender flowers and one or two whole vanilla beans, split down the middle, into a jar.
- Then fill the jar with a carrier oil, or blend of oils, of your choice.
- Cover the jar and let it sit in a cool and dark place for at least a week or two, if not longer.
Vanilla Lavender Lip Balm
- Create a makeshift double boiler by putting a small bowl or a glass Pyrex measuring cup over a pot with about an inch of simmering water.
- Put the vanilla lavender oil and beeswax into the small bowl or Pyrex, and heat until the beeswax completely dissolves into the oil, stirring occasionally.
- Add the shea butter and stir until it completely dissolves.
- Stir in the lavender essential oil.
- Carefully pour the mixture into small tins or lip balm tubes and let sit until the lip balms sets up completely.
I am buying the ingredients for this recipe. I am wanting to use the three different carrier oils like you do, snd I was wondering with the coconut oil do you use liquid coconut oil??
Hi Christa. I just use refined solid coconut oil. If you go that route, it’ll stay liquid in a sunny window.
Oh ok gotcha! That makes sense because I was wondering how it would work with solid. Could you use liquid coconut oil though? Would it make a difference with the consistency?
Hi
I’m allergic to olives and olive oil – it’s a rare allergy, but severe in my case. I have found a few of your recipes that I really like the look of but they contain olive oil. What would you recommend as a substitute oil instead of olive oil? Thanks
Hi there. You can use jojoba or another mild-flavored oil!
Hi, can I add vanilla essence / essential oil instead of vanilla beans? If yes, what’s the amount please?
I’ve never done it, but you could. Maybe a drop or two?
Can you add Vitamin E oil? If so how muc
Hi there,
I was wondering if the vanilla bean is essential in this (other than for the scent?) as it is quite expensive!
Thanks,
Kaitlan
Hi…I eould love to make this for a few ladies as gifts. I am trying to work out how many 10ml-tin do you think I can get out of 1 recipe? Thanks
Hi Colleen,I was wondering if I could make this lip balm Recipe from … Infusion oil from your calendula cream…I have a fair amount made ahead..
Thanks ,Deb.
Hello I was wondering how you can make them different colors? Thank you for sharing this. I am so excited
Hi, I struggle to understand if you’re referring to fluid ounce or ounce as weight. I’m not american or english so work with the metric system and will meed to convert into either grams or centi/decilitre.
Thank you
Hi Johanna, for the beeswax and shea butter it is ounce by weight.
This is a lovely idea.I’m so exited to starts begin.But…in my country,it’s too hard to found lavender in here.Thank’s for sharing your secret recipe!So love it..
Trezky
How do you make the lip balm with more of a matte, stick to your lip finish? (like Carmex)..most DIY lip Balms have to be reapplied often because they wear pretty quick.
This is a lovely idea. I can’t wait to see how these all turn out. We are making them as gifts.
I am excited to try this recipe – I have all of the ingredients. I only have one question though – we have the Excalibur Dehydrator – how long do you leave it in the dehydrator?
Thanks
Christine
hi! how do you do your labels?
Hello, I use Maestro Label Designer, it’s super easy to use! https://www.onlinelabels.com/maestro-label-design-software.htm
You can also buy labels to print at home, or buy printed from https://www.sheet-labels.com. They have a great selection of circle labels on various types of blank sheets, cut-out’s etc.
I could never get my labels to line up correctly, so I use my Cricut to design, create & make my own labels. :-)
How much does this make
6 ounces in total.