Ever wanted to learn how to make lip balm or solid perfume? Do a happy dance ’cause this is a two-for-one, incredibly easy DIY beauty tutorial! It’s brought to you by our friends at Bramble Berry, one of my go-to sites for natural beauty making supplies. I’m using their 100% natural Solid Perfume Base, which also doubles as a lip balm base. Yay! I love a good two-for-one deal.

I opted for the Solid Perfume Base in their 16oz heat-safe bag, because it can be microwaved or boiled, making it really easy to melt the base down. The base contains Coconut Oil, Beeswax, Sweet Almond oil, and Avocado oil. If you’d like a truly vegan base, try Bramble Berry’s Nourish Lip Balm Base, which uses Candelilla Wax instead (a plant-based wax I also use in my vegan Coco Balm lip balm).

Lip Balm Recipe – makes 12 lip balms

• 2 oz Solid Perfume Base (about ¼ cup)
• up to 0.2 oz (6 mL) of your favorite lip-safe essential oil(s) (about 1 tsp)
  • caution: not all essential oils are lip-safe/edible! Verify that yours are before putting them into your lip balm.

Solid Perfume Recipe – makes 12 perfumes

• 2 oz Solid Perfume Base (about ¼ cup)
• up to 0.5 oz (15 mL) of your favorite essential oil(s) (about 1 tbs)
  • I used this combination:
  • 6 mL bergamot (lip safe, but is a photosensitizer*)
  • 6 mL rose absolute (not lip safe)
  • 3 mL grapefruit (lip safe, but is a photosensitizer*)

Other Supplies You’ll Need:

• a heat-safe measuring cup with spout – a Pyrex one or this will work great
• an oven mitt (that heat-safe bag gets hot!) 
• lip balm tubes or pots
• spoon
• optional: lip balm pouring tray – I have unsteady hands, so I like to use this when filling up lip balm tubes
• optional: pipettes – these make measuring your essential oils very easy!

Whether you’re making solid perfumes or lip balms, just melt down the solid perfume base (microwave the bag in 30-second increments), measure out 2oz (¼ cup) into your measuring cup, add in your essential oils, stir, and pour! Easy-peasy. Now you’ve got an all-natural lip balm or solid perfume. If you go somewhere in the middle on essential oil usage, you can use your creation as both a lip balm and solid perfume.

A note on citrus essential oils: Most citrus essential oils (lemon, orange, bergamot, grapefruit) are edible, but they are also photosensitizers, which means they absorb sunlight intensely and put your skin at greater risk of sunburn. Though I love my citrus essential oils, for this reason I would caution against using them in your lip balms. If you do use them in lip balms, wear a different lip balm (preferably one with some SPF) on days when you’re lounging at the beach or spending lots of time outside.

Not a fan of solid perfumes? Check out my recipes for an all-natural oil-based perfume and body spray and alcohol-based perfume.

Disclosure: I was provided some of the supplies shown in this post by Bramble Berry, because I totally love them and they love me too! This post also contains affiliate links which may generate a revenue for Poor & Pretty when a purchase is made. You can read more about my affiliate link policies here.