Homemade Red Beet Tinted Lip Gloss
Beet juice can be purchased in the grocery aisle of most stores as well as at any juice bar. It can be used to color more than just food. Homemade lip gloss is quick to make and a wonderful gift or stocking stuffer. You can add slightly more or less beet juice depending on how intense a color you would like. There are all kinds of lip gloss tins and containers available online. Or if you want to be thrifty, save your store-bought lip gloss containers and refill them with your homemade concoction.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons shea butter
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons beeswax pastilles or shaved from a block
- 1-2 drops essential oils (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon beet juice (optional)
Instructions
- Combine the shea butter, coconut oil, and vitamin E, in a small mason jar and set in a saucepan with 2-inches of simmering water. Stir until melted.
- Remove from pot with an oven mitt and set on counter. Add optional essential oils and beet juice here and stir.
- Pour the mixture into lip gloss containers.
- Let cool at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
- Use within 3 weeks.