What are the primary ingredients for homemade lip balm? Unless you apply straight moisturizing oil or an oil butter to your lips, homemade lip balm can be made with as few as two ingredients whereas advanced recipes will feature three or more.
Two ingredient lip balm requires:
- A base, such as a wax or hard carrier oil butter, to keep oils from separating. (See: Note: What Can Be Used as a Base Foundation To Make DIY Homemade Lip Balm?)
- A moisturizer. Typically a carrier oil or carrier oil butter.
More advanced lip balm recipes will call for 3 or more ingredients such as:
- A base.
- One or more moisturizers (carrier oils or butters) to take advantage of the [different properties of lip balm moisturizers](#newnote).
- Optional additives that enhance the properties of the lip balm. Additives you can add are [flavorings](#newnote), [colorings](#newnote), [vitamins](#newnote), [essential oils](#link), [preservatives](#newnote), etc.