I have memories of lots of trips to Bloomingdale's with my mom when I was little. I realize now that it was not because my mom was a shopping maniac. On the contrary, she was very frugal. It was just something to do to get out of the house while she was an at-home parent. My older brother was already in school and my younger brother had not yet made his entrance into the world.
On one of these trips, I recall my mom choosing a lipstick for herself. I must have asked if I could have one and she picked out what was essentially a lip balm, colorless but in the same shiny, silver lipstick tube. At the time, I thought it was very cool to have such a pretty lipstick although I did wish it was just a little pink. Now, I know that it was a ridiculously extravagant treat for my mom to have bought me because it was a real grown-up item from the cosmetics counter. I would have been thrilled with a cherry Chapstick which would have cost much, much less.
Penguin Girl likes a good lip balm so we made some.
- 1 slightly rounded teaspoon grated beeswax
- 1 teaspoon mango butter
- 1 teaspoon castor oil
- 1/2 teaspoon jojoba oil
- 1/2 teaspoon avocado oil
- several drops essential oil (optional, for fragrance, Penguin Girl picked tangerine)
- small glob of lipstick (optional, for color)
We put everything into a glass measuring cup and set in in a water bath in the crock pot. That was too slow. I got impatient. I switched to microwaving the mixture for 30 seconds. After cooling for a minute, I poured the stuff into empty .15oz lip balm tubes. The recipe made 3 full tubes.
PG: Cool.
Me: What did you like best about making lip balm?
PG: Decorating it.
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